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Groups work with the program they built in the previous lesson to make it more creative. The resource challenges pupils to add functionality to their existing programs by adding a new command.
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Instructional Ideas
- If you have not done "The Need for Algorithms" with your class, do so before this lesson
Classroom Considerations
- Cut out the command strips prior to class
- The video is the same video used in the first lesson of the unit
- The third lesson in a series of 10
Pros
- There are extra challenges for those pupils that quickly figure out the first one
- Teacher links provide a key for the activity and a cumulative assessment for the unit
Cons
- None