Getting warmer
This lesson sequence intentionally uses a visual based programming tool to introduce designing and validating algorithms. Those students who complete this task can move to code the result in any text based language with which they are familiar.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 9-10 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
ACTDIP040
Design algorithms represented diagrammatically and in structured English and validate algorithms and programs through tracing and test cases |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | Scratch |
| Keywords | Algorithms, Problem-solving, Scratch, Visual programming, Gamification |
| Organisation | ESA |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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