Programming Dance

Action Algorithms! – Lesson 6 Objectives To know what an algorithm is To write an algorithm for a dance routine To give clear, unambiguous instructions Lesson Resources Lesson Slides Dance routine planning sheet Action Algorithms! Lesson 1 – Crazy Characters Lesson 2 – Recipe Algorithms Lesson 3 – Sharing Sweets Lesson 4 – The Human…

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Action sequences

Action Algorithms! – Lesson 5 Objectives To know what an algorithm is To write an algorithm for an action sequence To understand that computers follow programming languages or ‘code’ Lesson Resources Lesson Slides Symbol cards – Full page versions – For teacher demo if needed Symbol cards smaller version – 2 sets per group Symbol algorithms…

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The Human Crane

Action Algorithms! – Lesson 4 Objectives To know what an algorithm is To write an algorithm To use an algorithm To improve an algorithm Lesson Resources Lesson Slides The Human Crane – Children’s cards The Human Crane – Teacher’s cards   The Human Crane – Worksheet 1 The Human Crane – Worksheet 2 The Human…

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Sharing Sweets

Action Algorithms! – Lesson 3 A note about this lesson This lesson has been taken and adapted from Barefoot Computing. Barefoot resources are made available under Open Government licensing. THE ORIGINAL LESSON PLAN CAN BE FOUND HERE. You can access more resources by creating a FREE account on the Barefoot website. You can do this easily…

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Recipe algorithms

Action Algorithms! – Lesson 2 Objectives To know what an algorithm is To write an algorithm for a recipe To understand and explain debugging To be able to debug an algorithm Lesson Resources Lesson Slides Smoothie photo recipe cards Recipe photo cards Recipe algorithms task sheets Action Algorithms! Lesson 1 – Crazy Characters Lesson 2…

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Crazy Characters

Action Algorithms! – Lesson 1 A note about this lesson This lesson has been taken and adapted from Barefoot Computing. Barefoot resources are made available under Open Government licensing. THE ORIGINAL LESSON PLAN CAN BE FOUND HERE. You can access more resources by creating a FREE account on the Barefoot website. You can do this easily…

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