ScratchJr Tinkering Activity

Age: 5-7 years

Type: ScratchJr

Curriculum Links to: computing

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RESOURCE OVERVIEW:

This activity involves two main tasks. Firstly, pupils tinker with an existing ScratchJr program, which is an animation of creatures under the sea, before then tinkering with a blank project in ScratchJr.

PUPIL OBJECTIVES:

I can explore ScratchJr for myself.

TEACHING ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES:

The open questions provided above and used throughout this tinkering activity will both help encourage, and gauge, pupils’ developing understanding of ScratchJr.
Observe pupils in their exploration. Are pupils confident to tinker independently or do they wait for instruction? Do they copy others or try new and novel ways of using the equipment?
Listen to their discussion about tinkering with their peers, do they ask others questions about how they did things, do they suggest ideas? Are they open to new ideas and build on other pupils’ ideas to discover more.

LESSON TIMING: 40 min

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Computing

Create programs
Use logical reasoning to predict the behaviour of simple programs

Computing Science

Understanding the world through computational thinking
Designing, building and testing computing solutions

Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities (TSPC)

Ask focused questions
Sequence, order and make comparisons
Make links between cause and effect

UICT
Level 1

Explore a digital environment using simple commands
Talk about what they have done

Level 2

Enter commands to create a movement or change
Talk about how to improve their work

AoLE
Science and Technology

What Matters Statement
Computation is the foundation for our digital world

Descriptions of learning
Progression Step 2

I can create simple algorithms and am beginning to explain errors.
I can follow algorithms to determine their purpose and predict outcomes.

AoLE

Science and Technology

What Matters Statement
Design thinking and engineering offer technical and creative ways to meet society’s needs and wants.

Descriptions of learning
Progression Step 2

I can explore how different component parts work together.

DCF Strand: Interacting and collaborating
Element: Collaboration

I can use online collaborative platforms to create and edit a file, e.g. word processing, presentation tools and spreadsheets.

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ScratchJr Knock-Knock Joke Activity

Age:: 5-7 years
Concepts / Approaches:: Programming, Creating
Curriculum Links:: English

In this activity pupils, in pairs, create a simple animation program of a knock-knock joke. They use a storyboard to create their design, write the code in ScratchJr, debug and evaluate.

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