DLT:
- Use code blocks to create games that have visual and sound effects
- Apply conditional statements to program location changes in a game
Activity:
- Tynker 202: Game Effects and Rules - In this lesson, students will create fun games with special sound and visual effects, and will learn how to apply conditional statements to program location changes in a game. Due by the end of class.
- Tynker Earth Science: Rock Cycle - In this lesson, students will play a multiple-choice quiz game to learn learn about the rock cycle. Next, students will follow a step-by-step tutorial in the DIY (do-it-yourself) module to create their own version of the quiz game they just played! Activities include customizing the background and Actors; using code blocks to ask the user a question about rock formations; adding facts about different types of rocks; and using code blocks to make Actors appear and disappear.
Vocabulary:
- Igneous rock: Rock formed from molten magma
- Metamorphic rock: Rock formed from intense heat and pressure
- Sedimentary rock: Rock formed when particles of rock and other materials are compacted and cemented together
- Lava: Magma that reaches Earth's surface
- Metamorphic: Changing form
- Geologist: People who study the physical conditions of the earth