Programming with Scratch – Lessons This unit introduces students to basic programming and control technology concepts It is taught through stand alone lessons which increase with difficulty and complexity throughout the scheme Through the series of lessons students will learn the skills required to create a basic game, which they will develop on their own at the end of the unit This will be peer assessed in pairs Objectives Outcomes Lesson 1: Disco Lesson outline To understand what Scratch does and the basics of the Scratch interface To be able to create an animation by writing a simple script (program) that moves the sprite To be able to change backgrounds and swap costumes All students will be able to create a changing background and animate a sprite Most will be able get a stick man sprite to change costumes Some will complete the extension activities Part 1: introduce students to the topic using the powerpoint Part 2: demonstrate the disco to students, ensure the interface, sprites, scripts and costumes are explained Part 3: students are to use the work sheet to create the disco scene Part 4: share student examples with the class Ext: complete extension tasks To understand how to make sprites interact All will create sprites with a reaction to touching the maze, Most will create an event for a winning sequence Some will attempt the extension tasks Part 1: introduce students to the topic using the powerpoint Part 2: demonstrate the maze to students, ensure the interface, sprites and scripts are explained Part 3: students are to use the work sheet to create the maze game Part 4: share student examples with the class Ext: complete extension tasks on the sheet The extended maze program can be used to demonstrate with hints on the powerpoint All students will create an animated bat and ball Most will create a game where the ball Part 1: introduce students to the topic using the powerpoint Part 2: demonstrate the ping pong game to students and ensure the interface, sprites and scripts are explained Resources PLTS/literacy Notes Lesson 1: disco.doc Lesson – Disco.ppt Disco (scratch) Lesson 2: Maze To understand the FOREVER IF command To understand how to control sprites using the keyboard Lesson – maze.ppt Lesson – maze.doc Maze (scratch) Maze extended (scratch) Lesson 3: Ping Pong To understand how to control sprites using the mouse To demonstrate how to Pong (scratch) Pong player(scratch) Pong player with score(scratch) When students create the maze they must ensure they make it as a sprite, not a background They must also ensure that the background is transparent make sprites interact bounces off the bat and ends the game when it touches the boundary Some will attempt the extension activities Part 3: students are to use the work sheet to create the ping pong game Part 4: share student examples with the class Ext: complete extension tasks on the sheet The extended pong program can be used to demonstrate how to create a player game To understand how the pen tool works All will create sprites which are controllable by arrow buttons and use the pen tool Most will create a consequence if the snake eats the mouse, Some will complete the extension tasks Part 1: introduce students to the topic using the powerpoint Part 2: demonstrate the snake game to students and ensure the interface, sprites and scripts are explained Part 3: students are to use the work sheet to create the snake game Part 4: share student examples with the class Ext: complete extension tasks on the sheet All will create sprites which are programmed, including a moving rocket and firing laser Most will be able to program the aliens to hide when hit or when they reach the bottom Some will attempt the extension activities Part 1: introduce students to the topic using the powerpoint Part 2: demonstrate the basic game to students and ensure the interface, sprites and scripts are explained Part 3: students are to use the work sheet to create the space invaders game Part 4: share student examples with the class Ext: complete extension tasks on the sheet All students will improve their games Part 1: introduce students to the topic using the powerpoint Complete the Think, Pair, Lesson 3: ping pong.ppt Lesson 4: pingpoing.doc Lesson 4: Snake To understand how to use colours in Scratch to make game Lesson snake.ppt Lesson snake.doc Snake (scratch) Snake with score (scratch) Lesson 5: Space Invaders To understand how to create complex if commands To learn how to create a complete game Lesson – space invaders.ppt Lesson – space invaders.doc Space invaders (scratch) Lesson 6: Space Invaders development To understand what Lesson – Improvements.ppt Students are to work independently on makes a good game To understand how to improve the game play This degree of complexity will depend on ability Share activity Part 2: students are to work on improveing their games They may want to use the help sheets provided depending on the ability of the group Part 4: share student examples with the class Ext: Students are to play each other’s games and provide verbal feedback Lesson – Improvements.doc Space invaders with score(scratch improving their games Lower ability students may require the improvements document for help Lesson 7: Assessment To understand how to give effective feedback To understand what level students are now working on All students will evaluate their own performance, and give/receive feedback to/from others ALL students will complete the levels sheet Task 1: Use the powerpoint to share objectives Students are to open and save the feedback sheet They should swap computers, and provide peer feedback Task 2: Complete the self-evaluation page Task 3: Fill out the Level’s spread sheet for the PowerPoint unit Fill this out for the start of the scratch unit Levels.xls Lesson – assessment.ppt Peer-self assessment.doc Literacy Link – Students are to evaluate their own performance Focus should be on their use of evaluative terms, spelling and grammar You may want to come up with criteria as a class and fill these into the peer assessment sheet ... Lesson 4: Snake To understand how to use colours in Scratch to make game Lesson snake.ppt Lesson snake.doc Snake (scratch) Snake with score (scratch) Lesson 5: Space Invaders To understand how... extension tasks on the sheet All will create sprites which are programmed, including a moving rocket and firing laser Most will be able to program the aliens to hide when hit or when they reach the... share student examples with the class Ext: complete extension tasks on the sheet The extended pong program can be used to demonstrate how to create a player game To understand how the pen tool works