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.

Concepts

computer science, computer code, algorithms, technology resources

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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