Weather watchers
In this unit, students are introduced to programming and data in Scratch. They will explore how programs are a set of instructions that computers follow to complete a task. Later in the unit, students will compare different types of weather data and modify a program to include variables.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Course or tutorial, Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Implementation (programming), Computational thinking |
| 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. May be subject to statutory licence fee. |
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