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Saving Santa

To use variables in programs


✔️ To understand that some variables can only be true of false (boolean)

✔️ To understand that programs can do different things if the value of a boolean variable is true or false (conditional statements)


✔️ design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts

✔️ use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with variables 


✔️ The children program Santa to do something when the sprite is touching the sleigh sprite


Scratch

🌐 Link: https://icomp.site/scratch

iCompute's Christmas Scratch Studio

🌐 Link: icomp.site/icompute-xmas-studio

ResourceKS2.1

Optional Tutorial:

🌐More Scratch - Level 1 - Saving Santa: icomp.site/learn-programming

Tablet User Guidance:

🌐Link: icomp.site/scratch-tablets

  • Lesson Plan
  • Support Resources

  • code
  • bug
  • debug
  • repetition

  • repetition
  • loop
  • sequence
  • if
  • when

  • true
  • false