Time Frame:
1 class period that runs 45 minutes.

Group Size:
Pairs

Summary:
Students will use a plug and play type of program writing to modify an existing program and then expand it to write their own creation.

Main Curriculum Tie:
Career and Technical Education Introduction
Standard 8 Objective 3
Explore the relationship and impact of information technology and digital media in today's technology world.

Materials:

Attachments

• Basic_computer_programming.docx
  Student worksheet
• ScratchGettingStartedv14.pdf
  Quick start for learning the basics of Scratch - created by MIT.

Background For Teachers:
You will need to download the "Scratch" program onto each hard drive. It can be found at scratch.mit.edu

Intended Learning Outcomes:
Learn the basic structure of computer programming.

Instructional Procedures:

Attachments

• doily.sb
  
• Square.sb
  
• GetTheHunk.sb
  

Web Sites

• Scratch MIT
  

Author:
Carl Lyman
Rebecca Smith
Ryan Andersen
Jeff Hinton
MICHAEL WOOD

Created Date :
Jun 08 2010 13:48 PM