High School course

Programming Studio 2

  • ALL GRADES
  • ADVANCED
  • WEB
  • 16 LESSONS
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Answer Key

Module 4: Learn to Fire Targets

Open Sample Project

Module 5: Fix the Impulse

Module 7: Get the Dynamite

Open Sample Project

Module 8: Quiz

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U.S. Standards

  • CCSS-Math: MP.1
  • CCSS-ELA: RF.5.4.A, 6-8.RST.3, 6-8.RST.4, 6-8.RST.7
  • CSTA: 1B-AP-10, 1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-15, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-16, 2-AP-17
  • CS CA: 3-5.AP.10, 3-5.AP.12, 3-5.AP.13, 3-5.AP.14, 3-5.AP.17, 6-8.AP.13, 6-8.AP.16, 6-8.AP.17
  • ISTE: 1.c, 1.d, 4.d, 5.c, 5.d, 7.c

U.K. Standards

Key stage 2
Pupils should be taught to:
  • design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts
  • use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output
  • understand computer networks, including the internet; how they can provide multiple services, such as the World Wide Web, and the opportunities they offer for communication and collaboration
  • use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; recognise acceptable/unacceptable behaviour; identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact
Key stage 3
Pupils should be taught to:
  • design, use and evaluate computational abstractions that model the state and behaviour of real-world problems and physical systems
  • create, reuse, revise and repurpose digital artefacts for a given audience, with attention to trustworthiness, design and usability
  • understand a range of ways to use technology safely, respectfully, responsibly and securely, including protecting their online identity and privacy; recognise inappropriate content, contact and conduct, and know how to report concerns

Impulses

Impulses

Learn to use impulse to fire projectiles in a certain direction.

Introduction
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Concepts
2
Learn to fire Targets Example
3
Learn to Fire Targets
4
Fix the Impulse
5
Get the Dynamite Example
6
Get the Dynamite
7
Quiz
8

Description

Students advance their coding skills designing physics-based games by adding impulses, setting angles, trajectories, and programming collisions.

Topics Covered: Draw geometric patterns using pen-based drawing primitives to manipulate angles, direction, sizes, and color. Build a projectile based physics game using the physics engine - manipulate gravity, hit boxes, collisions, bouncing, static platforms, impulse, velocity, and force. Learn about timers, define interactions between objects, and learn to create special effects.

What Students Learn

  • Draw shapes and patterns using pen drawing commands
  • Program fluid motion with keyboard control
  • Control Actors using messaging
  • Define and use functions with parameters
  • Build physics projects using gravity, impulse, and velocity
  • Build their own versions of classic arcade games

Technical Requirements

* Online courses require a modern desktop computer, laptop computer, Chromebook, or Netbook with Internet access and a Chrome (29+), Firefox (30+), Safari (7+), or Edge (20+) browser. No downloads required.

Lesson 13 : Impulses
Programming Studio 2

Time: 60+ minutes

Introduction

Tynker Blocks Introduced

Vocabulary

Objectives

Materials

Warm-Up (15 minutes)

Activities (45 minutes)

Facilitate as students complete all Impulses modules on their own:

1. Introduction (Introduction)
2. Concepts (Concepts)
3. Learn to Shoot Targets Example (Example)
4. Learn to Shoot Targets (DIY)
5. Fix the Impulse (Puzzle)
6. Get the Dynamite Example (Example)
7. Get the Dynamite (DIY)
8. Quiz (Multiple-choice)

Extended Activities (10 minutes)