Hour of Code - Teaching Ideas

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Hour of Code

Topical Teaching Resources

Age

5-11

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Free school resources by EducationCity?. This may be reproduced for class use.

Hour of Code Topical Teaching Resources

What Does This Pack Include?

This pack has been created by teachers, for teachers. In it, you'll find high quality teaching resources, including ThinkIts to get your students thinking about programs in their simplest form and Lesson Plans to reinforce understanding of Morse code. Help students make the most of the Hour of Code, a campaign to engage students in computer science, which takes place from the 4th to the 10th December 2017.

To go directly to the content, simply click on the title in the index below:

THINKITS:

1. Digital Devices at Home 2. Finding the Odd One Out 3. Finding a Route

4. The out of Control Turtle 5. The Drawing Game

LESSON PLANS:

The following Lesson Plans are for use specifically with the Code Crunch tool.

1. Creating Simple Programs

2. Morse code

Learning Objective: To create a program for a Learning Objective: To create a program that

warning system for a railway crossing.

sends a Morse code.

60 minute Lesson Plan

60 minute Lesson Plan

3. Random Number

Learning Objective: To create a program that sets a random number and asks the user to guess it.

60 minute Lesson Plan

The following Lesson Plans can be used without a device.

1. Bitmap

Learning Objective: To create a monotone bitmap and represent it as a binary.

60 minute Lesson Plan

2. Binary

Learning Objective: To write a program as a binary code.

60 minute Lesson Plan

3. Routes

Learning Objective: To identify routes on a network and make it a puzzle.

60 minute Lesson Plan

RESOURCE SHEETS:

1. Creating Simple Programs

2. Binary

3. Morse code

4. Random Number

ACTIVITY SHEETS AND ANSWERS:

1. Bitmap 1. Bitmap Answers

2. Binary 2. Binary Answers

POSTERS:

Vocabulary ? in Colour

Vocabulary ? in Black and White

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ACTIVITY SHEETS AND ANSWERS:

1. Bitmap 1. Bitmap Answers

2. Binary 2. Binary Answers

POSTERS:

Vocabulary ? in Colour

Vocabulary ? in Black and White

Other Resources Linking to the Theme

Before deciding what to include in your lesson, check out our online content, which you could use or tailor to your teaching for Hour of Code too. It's simple to find, just enter the Content ID number in EducationCity's Search tool!

Topic Tools:

Explore Concepts as a Class

Flow Diagram Content ID: 19734, 19737, 19738

Learn Screens:

Introduce or Reinforce a New Concept

Code Crunch for Beginners Content ID: 20084

Activities:

Educational Content

Do the Logomotion Content ID: 19729

Design your own Hour of Code algorithm using Explore the different functions available in

a flow diagram.

Code Crunch.

Identify the correct code to match the shape.

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