7-8 Computing - 2021

How Do Computers Work?

Year 7-8 Computer Science intro

CS is about more than just coding. It's about thinking and problem solving and how to use algorithms and computers to help us to solve problems.

Digital Technologies are sometimes call IT, ICT, Computing, DTEC, Digital Media and Computer Science.

This is a taster course is only one hour per week. You'll learn many things. This complements the 7-8 STEM course and leads on to 9-10 Digital Technology.

Compuational Thinking

- Coding With Scratch.mit.edu

Copy of Scratch - Learning the Basics
Scratch - Make a Maths Quiz

Coding Cover Lessons

SAVE & PUBLISH your progress with Slides

Make a Google Slideshow to save examples of your favourite / best challenging code from the following puzzles. Screenshot your certificates. You can use the Snipping Tool app or use the keyboard shortcut Windows+Shift+S.

Remember to Blog to show your learning: Learn - Create - Share

7-8 Computer Science Code Puzzles

Task 1a) Introduction to Coding with Code.org Minecraft Designer

1) Use Code.org's Minecraft Code Designer: https://studio.code.org/s/minecraft/lessons/1/levels/1 to learn basic loops, events and variables

Sign in to your Gmail. Go to Code.org and click Sign-in, then click the red button 'Continue with Google'.

Watch the videos and solve the puzzles. Screenshot your challenges & success.

play this on Code.org

Task 1b) FarmBot Coding

Click here to play Robot Magic Farm

Work throught the puzzles. At the end, add screenshots to your slideshow of problem solving how to plant all the squares using variables and nested loops.

Task 2) Terminal Two Coding Games

Sign-up for a free account with TerminalTwo.com.


2b) Frog Squash Rumble

click here to play FrogSquashRuble (Beginner)

2c) ArrayFarms: Crowded Sprouts

Click here to play Crowded Sprouts

(Intermediate)

click here to play Croweded Sprouts

2d) ArrayFarms: Tractor Traversal

Click here to play Tractor Traversal

(Intermediate)

to use loops and arrays to help an older farmer with his smart tractor.

Task 3) MinecraftEdu - Computer Science

3A) AI [Artificial Intelligence]

Using Minecraft Edu to introduce coding and Computer Science, can you tell your Agent to build with code?

Use Hour of Code 2019 (A.I.) to write code to prevent forest fires, save the village & restore the forest.

3 TIPS:

  1. right-click on NPC (non-player character) to talk.

  2. Click the 'immersive reader' icon.

  3. Press 'C' to open the code editor.


MENU PATH:

  • Play

    • View Library

      • Subject Kits

        • Computer Science

          • Hour of Code -> "Hour of Code 2019 (A.I.)"

3B) MinecraftEdu - Sustainable Farming AI

When you've finished, do:

7-8 Computing JHE

Hapara Link: https://j.mp/388ctvf

Google Meet Link:

https://meet.google.com/lookup/dbirclpphh

Google Form Class Sign-in

Work through the CS Express Course (2021) at your own pace.

Click the Red 'Continue with Google' button. Try to do 25mins per day!

We will use Meet on Tuesday 31 if we are still in Lockdown.

7-8 Computing JVE

Hapara Link: https://j.mp/3AOafxh | Google Classroom Code: qbhxufc

Roll Sign-in Goole Form Link:

https://forms.gle/4Be2XjD5QZDQGuUu6


Tues 07/09/21

- Google Meet Link Online Lesson:

https://meet.google.com/lookup/axugnlqspy

I have set you work for Computing & STEM.

Sign-in to Code.org using the red button 'Continue with Google' your school Gmail.

Work through the CS Express Course (2021) at your own pace. Try to do 25mins per day!