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Lesson Overview
Lesson Overview
Students will continue the creation of an About Me project in Scratch that will show their understanding of events.
In this second lesson of a three lesson "create" sequence, students will continue building their project using Scratch, then pause to provide feedback in small groups on each other's About Me projects, using that feedback to revise and finalize their work.
Agenda
Agenda
💫 Review: Using events to create an interactive "About Me" collage in Scratch (5 min.)
💥 Mini-Lesson: Using Events in Scratch: initializing with the "when green flag clicked" block (5 min.)
🚧 Build: About Me project in Scratch (25-40 min.)
📬 Peer Feedback: Providing positive and constructive feedback on 2 peer projects (15 min.)
📓 Reflect: (5 min.)
What did you get stuck on while working on your project? How did you persevere?
What did you learn from your classmates' projects feedback?
What did you discover from looking at other projects?
Scratch Project Resources
Scratch Project Resources
About Me starter projects: sprites & backdrops (no code) / exploded code
About Me example project: All About Me (Student-Created)
Project Extensions
Project Extensions
About Me: Interdisciplinary Project planning guide / Scratch studio of project ideas
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
event: an action that causes something to happen
parallelism: sets of instructions that run at the same time
program: a set of instructions written in a language that a computer understands
script: a set of Scratch blocks connected together to form a sequence
sequence: a set of instructions that follow one another in order
Standards
Standards
CA CSS 3-5.AP.12 Create programs that include events, loops, and conditionals.
CA CSS 3-5.AP.13 Decompose problems into smaller, manageable tasks which may themselves be decomposed.
CA CSS 3-5.AP.15 Use an iterative process to plan and develop a program by considering the perspectives and preferences of others.
CA CSS 3-5.AP.17 Test and debug a program or algorithm to ensure it accomplishes the intended task.
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
Scratch website: scratch.mit.edu
Getting Unstuck Strategies from the Creative Computing Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
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