Students loop new actions to help the harvester collect multiple veggies growing in large bunches in this skill-building lesson.
In this lesson, students will use loops to repeat actions like harvesting pumpkins. New patterns will emerge and students will use creativity and logical thinking to determine what code needs to be repeated and how many times.
At this point, students have only used loops in the Maze puzzles. Those puzzles focused on looping movement instructions. This stage will use loops to pick up multiple items in the same spot.
Ask:
When students are using loops to repeat an action (such as harvesting pumpkins), encourage them to think about the movements before and after that action. Could those actions be brought into the loop as well?
Prompts:
Use these activities to enhance student learning. They can be used as outside of class activities or other enrichment.
Harvesting Supplies
Computer Science + English Language Arts + Math + Science
Harvester's Farm is an optional activity aligned to Common Core ELA, Common Core Math and Next Generation Science Standards, written by our teacher community. Students will use the provided graphic organizers to classify and describe items on Harvester's Farm. The graphic organizers will serve as a pre-writing component as students then write an informative/explanatory text to inform readers about what the Harvester does on her farm.
Standards Addressed:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.2: Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.5: With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.OA.B.2: Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies.
NGSS.2-PS1-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
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