IB MYP Scratch Unit Design Educational Game

This unit acts as fun and engaging introduction into coding, with** students using the Scratch language to create their own interactive educational game for primary year students. There is an accompanying portfolio for students to complete where they investigate, design then test/evaluate their programs.

Statement of Enquiry: Scientific logic and systems can be used to create innovative and functional products.

Unit covers:

♦ Introduction to coding: How does a computer understand instructions?

♦ Introduction into: storage - process - output: How can we create interactions?

♦ Debugging: How can we find and fix errors in code?

♦ Creating Sprites and backgrounds: How can we size and move things on screens?

♦ Program analysis: Why look at the work of others?

♦ Generating and evaluating design ideas:

♦ Loops: How can I simplify my code?

♦ What/if statements: How can code make it’s own decisions?

♦ Variables: How can we use storage to make our programs more interactive?

♦ Feedback: How do we measure the success of our program?

Included are:

Slide presentations for each lesson.
Editable student portfolio.
Additional lesson resources.
Scratch how-to cards.
Links to an online coding course.
Student outcomes and examples.

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