Animal Race

(Events: more than one, Flag, When touched,

when bumped)

Course B

Objectives

Resources

Materials

Students will learn

how to use the ”when clicked” and “when touching” button, the waits, and speech boxes

• Have two animals race
• One sprite goes when the flag is clicked
• One sprite goes when it is clicked

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VOCABULARY:

• Event
• Sequence
• Loop

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Videos included

• Tutorial how to do dialogue between two characters using speech boxes.
• Tutorial how how to use the different event blocks
• Instructional Video on how to draw the turtle Sample Projects
• Vocabulary Cards
• Animal Report Graphic Organizer

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• Tortoise and the Hare Sequence cards
• https://read.gov/aesop/025.html
• Wild Kratt’s: Creature Challenge Episode
• Who would win books by Jerry Pallotta
• Worldbook Online Kids
• Wild Kratt’s Creatureredia
• Scratch Jr

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Toroise/ Hare

Fish/Fish

Bat/Bird

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Animal Race

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Event

Sequence

Loop

Vocabulary

Engage: Show different animals on worldbook online and let kids explore different animals. Fill out the animal report questions.

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Introduce: Review the vocabulary and introduce lesson by watching the Wild Kratt’s Epidsode (9 minutes) Show the Tortoise and the Hare sequence cards and talk about racing and who would win.

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Model: How to use the different Events: When Clicked, When Flag is clicked, and When touched, waits, and speech bubbles.

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Model: How to code a dialogue between two characters using the wait tool. Show how long the wait actually is (10=1 second, 20=2 seconds) Discuss how to put the dialogue into the correct sequence.

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Gallery Walk: Have students walk around and look at each other projects. Have them give a compliment and ask a question. (hearts and wishes)

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Debrief: Ask students questions about what they saw in their projects? Ask them how they debugged the problems? Ask them what other things could they create? How could you have the other animal win?

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This lesson has 2 options:

• Tortoise & Hare (one day)
• Who Would Win (multi-day)

Note:

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Toroise/ Hare

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Story: Tortoise & the Hare

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Sample Project

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Introduce Wait Block

The “wait” block makes a character wait before moving on in a sequence.

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Introduce Wait Block

The number inside the “wait” block tells a character how long to wait.

1 second

2 seconds

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Bat/Bird

Activities

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How long will the butterfly wait before moving?

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The butterfly will wait 1 second!

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How long will the frog wait before hopping?

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The frog will wait 3 seconds!

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Tortoise and the Hare Videos

Code for the Hare Video

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How to draw the Turtle video

Code for the Tortoise Video

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Toroise/ Hare

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Who Will Win Sample Projects

Bird vs Bat

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Fish vs Fish

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Sample Code

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Fish Vs Fish Videos

Coding for yellow fish Video

Coding for green Fish Video

Coding for crab Video

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Toroise/ Hare

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Bat Vs Bird Videos

Coding for bat Video

Coding for bird Video

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1. Show your project to a classmate.

4. Switch!

Share

Sharing your project with classmates can help you get feedback about what to work on next.

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Activities

1. Read several of the picture books Who would Win by Jerry Palota and discuss animal traits. Students can write facts about their animals.
2. Add a Third Spirit to join in on the race.
3. Create an Adobe Spark about the animals you choose to do for the race

(Sample Adobe Spark Project).

• Discuss with another student why you think which animal would win.
• Discuss perseverance and persistence and talk about what happens if you lose? Could you try again? Could you try something different. What would would you need to do to have the other animal win in your program.

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Credits

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Lesson Inspiration: https://pbskids.org/learn/scratchjr/activities/creature-powers

The Official Scratch Jr Book: Activity 8 Change the Pace

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