HELLO!

I AM NICK ESPOSITO

• Teach 6th-8th grade
• In Florham Park
• Twitter: @MrEspoTech
• Email: Nick.Esposito@fpks.org

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GOAL OF THE UNIT

What do we want the students to learn

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6th Grade Programming Unit

• Learn about Digital Footprints and create a program that informs their peers about it.
• Approximately 6-10 class project

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SCOPE OF THE UNIT

IDENTIFY/

RESEARCH

Students begin by researching our topic of study:

Digital Footprints

PROTOTYPE

We then break down the unit into a series of mini lessons explaining the concepts to be utilized.

• Controls
• Inputs/outputs
• Loops
• Variables
• More

TEST/REDESIGN

Students share their designs with a real world audience (their peers) and user their feedback to redesign their programs.

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SCOPE OF TEACHING

How to implement the lessons

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Requirements

Maze

• 4 Facts
• Keyboard controls
• Sensing blocks
• A variable (or two)
• A broadcast
• Custom Sprites
• Custom Background

Quiz

• 4 Questions
• Sensing blocks
• A variable
• A broadcast
• Custom sprites
• Custom background

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Day 1

DO NOW:

You have 10 minutes to

1. Open Google Classroom
2. Open #402 - Daily Do Now Projects
3. Open Day 1 - Fix the Scripts
1. Complete it
2. If you finish early, customize the sprites!

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Day 1

Game

Start by creating “simple sprites”

• Main Character (you control w/ keyboard)
• Enemies to avoid
• A sprite for the maze lines
• Sprites to pick up

Quiz

Create blocks for each of your 4 questions

• Create Ask blocks for 4 questions with one word answers

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Day 2

DO NOW:

You have 10 minutes to

1. Open Google Classroom
2. Open #402 - Daily Do Now Projects
3. Open Day 2 - Help Optimus!
1. Complete it
2. If you finish early, customize the sprites!

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Lesson - Inputs/Outputs

Inputs and outputs are the FOUNDATION for all programming!

Input - What comes into the program

Output - What comes out of the program

Process - What we tell the program to do

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Lesson - Inputs/Outputs

What do inputs and outputs look like in Scratch?

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Event - starts the code.

Input - what comes in

Output - what goes out

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Day 2

Game

Start creating interactions between Sprites

• Use conditional statements
• Forever blocks
• If blocks

Quiz

Start to build your quiz with if - else blocks

• Use green operator blocks
• Use blue answer blocks
• Make the “answer” = the answer

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Day 3

DO NOW:

You have 10 minutes to

1. Open Google Classroom
2. Open #402 - Daily Do Now Projects
3. Open Day 3 - Fix Me!
4. Complete it
1. If you finish early, customize the sprites!

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Lesson - Variables

• Variables are used to store information to be referenced and manipulated in a computer program.
• They also provide a way of labeling data with a descriptive name, so our programs can be understood more clearly. This data can then be used throughout your program.
• The possibilities are endless!

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Day 3

Maze

• Control blocks and sensing should be wrapped up. Complete those, then:
• Add a variable
• Add blocks where needed

Quiz

• After creating the quiz questions and answers
• Create variables within your project to keep track of score

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Lesson - Broadcasts

A broadcast is a message or code that is sent out and received in Scratch. A broadcast must have something that sends out the signal and something that receives it:

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Day 4

Maze Game

Controls, sensing blocks and variables should be finished before broadcasts.

Today:

Add a broadcast to your project (either between characters and the background)

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Quiz Game

Sounds, motion and broadcasts should be finished. Then:

Start to customize your project by customizing costumes and backgrounds.

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Redesign Phase

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1. Share your project
2. Go to your project page
3. Add instructions

Digital Footprint Project

STUDENT SAMPLES

Screenshots of student work

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Quiz Sample - 1

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Quiz Sample - 2

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Maze Sample - 1

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Maze Sample - 2

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Hybrid Sample

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THANKS!

ANY QUESTIONS?

You can find me at:

• Twitter: @MrEspoTech
• Nick.Esposito@fpks.org
• Scratch: @MrEspositoTech

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