Level Up: Game design
This unit of work is intended to teach years 9–10 students basic programming, using general purpose programming language.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 9-10 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Design thinking, Impact and interactions, Algorithms, Implementation (programming) |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI10P05
Design algorithms involving logical operators and represent them as flowcharts and pseudocode
AC9TDI10P06
Validate algorithms and programs by comparing their output against a range of test cases
AC9TDI10P07
Design and prototype the user experience of a digital system
AC9TDI10P08
Generate, modify, communicate and critically evaluate alternative designs
AC9TDI10P09
Implement, modify and debug modular programs, applying selected algorithms and data structures, including in an object-oriented programming language |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | other programming languages |
| Keywords | Think like an inventor, Game design, Unity, Coding, Programming, Algorithms |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | STEM |
| Organisation | ESA |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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