Save the shark
Use Scratch to create a game and save the shark! Explore sharks’ favourite food source (fish, not humans!), as well as the impact of plastic in the water harming sharks in their natural ocean habitat.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Course or tutorial, Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Implementation (programming) |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI6P05
Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | Scratch |
| Keywords | visual programming language, variables, branching |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Digital Literacy, HASS |
| Organisation | Raspberry Pi Foundation |
| Copyright | © Raspberry Pi Foundation. Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0. |
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