This activity pack contains video tutorials to help you develop your programming skills and understanding through Scratch activities linking to various areas of the curriculum. This activity pack aims to familiarise you with Scratch and teach you the principles of programming along the way: Water Cycle States of Matter Translation Quiz
Blockly
Get to grips with Blockly – a block-based programming language from Google. Blockly is a block-based visual programming language developed by Google. This pack gives you an introduction to the challenges Google has made for learning Blockly. What you’ll need: – Access to the Blockly website: https://developers.google.com/blockly
Block That Noise!
Ever want to shut your alarm up in the morning? This pack is for you! This pack will teach you about sounds and how we can insulate devices inside objects to stop sounds from reaching them. What you’ll need: – Cardboard or Tupperware box – something with a lid – Household items you can use as insulation e.g. cotton wool, … Read More
Eye of the Storm
Learn all about the exciting principles of Physics with these fun experiments. What you’ll need: – Cup – Water – Cardboard – Ping-pong ball – Hair dryer – Scratch installed or access to https://scratch.mit.edu/
Scratch Food Chain
Learn all about food chains and make your own interactive model of a habitat using Scratch! This activity pack explores the features of landscapes and shows you how to model a food chain in Scratch. We’ll be looking at: The different features that make up a habitat What a food chain is and how we can draw one How to … Read More
Robot Board Game
Build your very own robotic board game with a micro:bit whilst learning all about Conditionals! This activity pack introduces conditional statements, how they work and where they are used. These are 3 sections: Conditional Statements micro:bits Board Game You will be learning about how a conditional statement works in computers and everyday life. What you’ll need: – 7 x 7 … Read More
Pixel Art
Learn all you need to create beautiful low-fi colourful artwork both on and off the computer. This activity pack introduces pixels, hex values and where pixels are used. There are 3 topics: Basic Pixel Art Hex Values Using Pixel Art online / 8 bit graphics What you’ll need: – Pens/pencils (at least 2 different colours) – Access to the internet
Scratch Solar System
This activity pack explores the movement of the planets in our Solar System and shows you how to model this in Scratch. We’ll be looking at: The different orbits of the planets around the Sun How to create environments and sprites in Scratch How to code a working model of the Solar System in Scratch
Programming Principles
This pack introduces you to some fundamental programming principles through the use of the block-based editors Scratch, MakeCode for micro:bit and Lego Mindstorms! It combines theoretical knowledge with tasks and challenges around the following key principles: Writing algorithms and computer programs Using selection in computer programs Creating and using variables
Programming Concepts through Scratch
This activity pack contains videos and tutorials to help you develop your programming skills and understanding through Scratch games and tasks. This activity pack aims to familiarise you with Scratch and teach you the principles of programming along the way: Maze Game tutorial Chasing Game tutorial Programming Tasks on: Variables Selection Iteration This activity pack is worth 30 points … Read More