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Students tap into their creativity to draw or import one or more original sprites that reflect personal interests! They program sprites these sprites to play a sound and/or move when touched.
Agenda
Agenda
- Warm-up: Brainstorm interests. Strategize which will be drawn, photographed and imported, or selected from the Sprite Library. (10 minutes)
- Main Activity: Students program one or more original sprites to Start on Tap. (15 minutes)
- Debrief: Student project showcase and/or gallery walk in Presentation Mode. (10 minutes)
Materials
Materials
- Tablets: 1-2 per pair of students
- Physical items to photograph and import as sprites (optional)
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
- blocks - a visual unit of code
- initialize - to set a computer program to a starting position, value, or configuration
- sprite - a virtual object, animal, or person that a programmer controls with code
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
Standards
Standards
- CA CSS K-2. DA. 7 - Store, copy, search, retrieve, modify, and delete information using a computing device, and define the information stored as data.
- CA CSS K-2. AP. 14 - Develop plans that describe a program’s sequence of events, goals, and expected outcomes.
- CA CSS K-2. AP. 15 - Give attribution when using the ideas and creations of others while developing programs.
- CA CSS K-2. AP. 16 - Debug errors in an algorithm or program that includes sequences and simple loops.
- CA CSS K-2. AP. 17 - Describe the steps taken and choices made during the iterative process of program development.
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