Students build on introductory coding skills to create interactive, multimedia projects using block-based environments (Scratch, App Lab, MakeCode). The unit emphasizes adding sprites and backdrops, playing sounds, using simple input/output and lists, and applying systematic debugging and project-planning strategies to produce functioning programs.
Learning Objectives
- analyze common runtime and logic errors across Scratch, App Lab, and MakeCode and apply systematic debugging strategies to correct them
- apply block-based programming constructs to add and configure sprites, backdrops, sounds, and event-driven code (e.g., code on start) to create interactive programs
- demonstrate the use of basic input/output concepts and simple lists/arrays to store, retrieve, and manipulate data within projects
- evaluate program plans and recipes to organize code structure, sequence steps, and produce a working project that meets given requirements
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 18 Lessons
- 30 hours
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- Unit 2 — Interactive Block-Based Projects18
- 1.1A Hello World! Example20 mins
- 1.2Getting Fancier with User Interfaces20 mins
- 1.3Debugging Scratch Programs20 mins
- 1.4Start a New Project20 mins
- 1.5Add a Backdrop20 mins
- 1.6Sidebar: Inputs and Outputs (I/O)20 mins
- 1.7Code on start20 mins
- 1.8Recipe for a Program20 mins
- 1.9Debugging App Lab Programs20 mins
- 1.10Add a Backdrop20 mins
- 1.11Add an Emoji Sprite20 mins
- 1.12Add a Backdrop20 mins
- 1.13Sidebar: Simple Lists (Arrays)20 mins
- 1.14Planning a Program20 mins
- 1.15Debugging MakeCode Programs20 mins
- 1.16Add Instrument Sprites20 mins
- 1.17Code the Stage to Play a Sound20 mins
- 1.18Add a Mascot Sprite20 mins
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