Programming 201 - Course Overview
An introduction to block programming for beginners in upper elementary grades with a focus on game design, animation, and music.
- GRADES 5-6
- BEGINNER
- WEB IPAD
Description
An introduction to programming for beginners in upper elementary grades. Introduce your class to programming using a fun scenario-based approach where they build two complete games. Side Scroller Survival introduces them to basics of motion and animation. In BeatBot Battle, they program a robot to make it dance. On completing this lesson plan students will be able to build simple games, animations, and a variety of simple projects.
Topics
- Use sequencing
- Pattern recognition
- Loops
- Conditional logic
- Create scenes
- Add sounds and music
- Use keyboard controls
- Learn about motion
- Broadcasting messages
- Adding special effects
What Students Learn
- Create interactive scenes with actors, scenes and music
- Design animations using loops
- Program motion along x- and y-axes
- Build algorithms using conditional logic
- Understand scripts running in parallel
- Program music using notes, tempo and instruments
- Create different scenarios and effects in games
- Publish projects to the Web
- Troubleshoot and debug simple programs
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.
* Tablet courses require an iPad (iOS 10+) with Tynker or Tynker Junior app installed and Internet access