Introduction to Coding for Elementary and Middle School Students Presented by: Amanda Owens January 27, 2017 12:00 PM - 12:40 PM
Objectives Brief introductions Why teach coding? Favorite coding resources Unplugged coding Overview of Scratch Create
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Why Teach Coding?
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Unplugged
Task Cards Printable Coding Blocks Thank you, Paul Heather Download the file here!
Fishball Click here for full .pdf of Fishball game Thank you to author Dr. Jon Woodcock
scratch.mit.edu 2 1 Create an account Create your 1st project
sprites location of sprite stage script backdrop sprite library
3 4 Rename your project Fishball Put together the above script to control the cat sprite
Put together this script to control the soccer ball sprite 5 Add a soccer ball sprite 4
Click Data then Make a Variable and type “Score” next to Variable name: 8 6 7 Add Button 1 and Button 5 in Sprite Library. Move them on stage as shown. Rename Button 1 as Goal and Button 5 as Start
Add these two blocks to the soccer ball’s script 9
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