Programming 1: Further coding with Scratch

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Programming 1: Further coding with Scratch

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Scratch is a project of the Scratch Foundation, in collaboration with the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is available for free at https://scratch.mit.edu.

Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

Identify how variables and if statements are used in Scratch games.
Explain what a variable is, tracking and how a condition changes what happens.
Create variables to keep and display scores.
Use sensing blocks and if statements to control game actions.
Combine variables, sensors and if/else blocks to build a multiplication game.
Debug code by finding and fixing errors.
Evaluate the game by explaining what worked well and what could be improved.

Suggested prior learning

Programming: Scratch

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