Create an Interactive Greeting Card

Create an Interactive Greeting Card

Students (grades 3-8) will create a greeting card.

This activity can be modified to suit many occasions: Mothers’ Day, Fathers’ Day, Earth Day, etc.

Students will code the computer to:

  • Create, and speak, text boxes

  • Animate a heart shape

  • Navigate pages with buttons

  • Create backgrounds and sounds

  • Write procedures

  • Advanced options include:

    • ask their friends a question

    • take their answers, and

    • read them out loud.

Grades: 3 - 8

Time: maybe 4 60 minute sessions

CODING CARDS

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WEBINAR RECORDING

CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS

Math C3. solve problems and create computational representations of mathematical situations using coding concepts and skills

Grade 3

C3.1 solve problems and create computational representations of mathematical situations by writing and executing code, including code that involves sequential, concurrent, and repeating events

C3.2 read and alter existing code, including code that involves sequential, concurrent, and repeating events, and describe how changes to the code affect the outcomes

Grade 4

C3.1 solve problems and create computational representations of mathematical situations by writing and executing code, including code that involves sequential, concurrent, repeating, and nested events

C3.2 read and alter existing code, including code that involves sequential, concurrent, repeating, and nested events, and describe how changes to the code affect the outcomes

Grade 5

C3.1 solve problems and create computational representations of mathematical situations by writing and executing code, including code that involves conditional statements and other control structures

C3.2 read and alter existing code, including code that involves conditional statements and other control structures, and describe how changes to the code affect the outcomes