Term 3 - Week 4 Lesson 3
August 2016
NEWSLETTER
This week’s lesson
Reminder to Supervisors
This week the students are learning how to create a
simple guessing game.
This lesson has strong links to Unit 1—Digital Technologies Years 3-4 ( V5.0) where students are required to demonstrate knowledge and understanding
of digital systems and apply skills in defining, designing, implementing and evaluating a digital solution
(simple guessing game) using a visual programming
language.
Students will begin by playing a simple guessing game
and evaluating it. They will then design their own
game, using the skills that they have learnt over the past 2 weeks.
This type of game has many applications in digital classrooms. It is a fantastic way to
extend your more able students and encourages them to flip the classroom, by designing a game for other students to use to test their knowledge. Students could design games for classmates or for students in lower grades for revision of concepts.

Ensure SCRATCH Offline Editor is
running on all student computers - log
a job with the Service Centre if you
don’t have an orange card holder to do
this for you.

DDSW STEM Futures lessons begin
on time. Please log on early.

Code Club — Many schools are to
providing time for students to explore
SCRATCH out of class time - this
could be at lunchtime, before or after
school.
Lesson 3: Simple guessing game
Visit the SCRATCH website to find out what is
new.
If you miss Lesson 3 or would like to refresh
your memory on

How to code a guessing game

How to add voice recordings to a scratch program

How to make your own backdrops from pictures using Powerpoint
The link is
https://iconnect.eq.edu.au/play_recording.html?
recordingId=1337749259513_1470017093906
Each month the SCRATCH team at MIT make a
short video outlining Scratch Community happenings. I’ve included the link for this month below.
Topics mentioned are

Sharing on Scratch

1950’s Animation

Scratch Tag Advice

Scratch to the Future online camp
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/youtube/w7ghgc2QeA/
Contact Details
Robyn Marsh
[email protected]
4667 2315
Jazmin Reyes
[email protected](Monday, Wednesday and Thursday) 4637 1385
Warwick D.O.
Mt Lofty