Lesson 1

Developing a plan

In this lesson, students are introduced to the final project. To begin planning their program they will discuss the importance of clear and intuitive designs. On a planning sheet, students will outline the sprites they will use and create a draft of their program layout. They will be introduced to Scratch and will begin to implement their plan in their program.

school
Grade 5
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Subject Science, Math
schedule
Length of lesson 50 minutes

Learning objective

Students will develop a plan for their program.

Standards

🌐 CSTA Standards

  • 1B-AP-16: Take on varying roles, with teacher guidance, when collaborating with peers during the design, implementation, and review stages of program development
  • 1B-AP-17: Describe choices made during program development using code comments, presentations, and demonstrations

🇺🇸 NGSS Standards

  • 3-5-ETS: Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Multi-lesson projects

Lesson contents

Scratch projects

What are the odds?

Student resource

Multi-lesson project

Students will use the same project across multiple lessons