DLT:
- Use code blocks to program Actors to move up and down
- Apply coding concepts to move Actors using changes in y-values
- Use code blocks to create an animated story of what you did over the summer
Activities:
- Tynker: Jumping Over Obstacles - Do you think games like Super Mario Brothers would be as fun if all you could do was move horizontally?
No, probably not. It’s the jumping that adds an element of excitement to the game and allows the characters to avoid obstacles and grab objects for extra points.
If you were a game designer how would you want your characters to move? Due by the end of class today.
Here are some of the vocabulary words you will be learning in this lesson.
- Horizontal axis (x-axis): The line on a graph or coordinate plant that runs horizontally (left-right)
- Vertical axis (y-axis): The line on a graph or coordinate plant that runs vertically (up-down)
- Coordinate plane: A plane divided into four sections (quadrants) by two axes (x and y), where the axis intersect at a point (0,0) called the origin
- x-value: Horizontal (left-right) value along a coordinate plane
- y-value: Vertical (up-down) value along a coordinate plane
- Tynker Class/Weekly Projects: My Summer - Summer vacation has come to an end and school is back in session! Students will reminisce about their summer fun as they follow a step-by-step tutorial where they are provided code blocks and instructions to create their own animated My Summer project. (Due before next class)
