Lesson 5

10 Block Challenge

Students will learn more about Scratch by exploring how 10 different Scratch blocks work and interact with each other. They will be challenged to push their creativity and create a project under the constraints of using only these 10 blocks.

Objectives

Computer Science Objectives

Students will create a project with the constraint of only being able to use 10 blocks.

Language Objectives

Students will be able to describe their projects with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.

Language Frames

Lesson 5 Language Frames Placemat

Emerging

I used___blocks to___

I learned_____

My project shows

This challenge was easy/difficult because ____

Expanding

I sequenced ___ and ___ to ___

I explored _____

My project has used ___, ___, and ___ to show

This challenge was easy/difficult because _____ and _____.

Bridging

My algorithm used the following blocks,____,____, and____.

Through this challenge, I learned….

My project has used___, ___, and___ to show, because

This challenge was easy/difficult because ____ and _____. I would do _____ differently.

Lesson Plan

Lesson 5: 10 Block Challenge

Vocabulary

algorithm: A list of steps that you can follow to finish a task.
program: An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine.
sequence: A particular order of steps or events.

Materials

Projector
Computing devices for students
10 Block Challenge studio (create your own!)
Student Workbook (p. 11)
Impacts of Computing

Additional Resources

Scratch Project Student Checklist
10 Block Starter Project / Microworld
10 Blocks public Scratch studio for inspiration on what is possible with only 10 blocks!
Pair Programming video and posters to review with students
Peer Feedback Strategies

Standards

Computer Science

CSTA 1B-AP-10: Create programs that include sequences, events, loops, and conditionals.
CSTA 1B-AP-16: Take of varying roles, with teacher guidance, when collaborating with peers during the design, implementation, and review stages of program development.
CSTA 1B-IC-18: Discuss computing technologies that have changed the world, and express how those technologies influence, and are influenced by, cultural practices.

English Language Arts

ELA RL.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
ELA RI.3.7: Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
ELA SL.3.1,6: Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
ELA SL 3.3: Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
ELA L.3.3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
ELA L.3.6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships.

English Language Development

6. Reading/ viewing closely
9. Presenting

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