Scratch - Design a Toy Bear (Switched on Computing, Year 4)

This is designed to support the Switched On Computing Year 4 unit 4.2, and has been specifically written with year 4 pupils in mind.

My goal is to get students to create a fun project, whilst at the same time learn how the instructions work and fit together. To this end, I use the following approach:
- break the project down into manageable chunks
- present students with "pseudo-code" for each chunk
- provide students with the Scratch commands to implement the pseudo-code, but jumbled up
In this way, students learn about pseudo-code (an important part of coding), and have to understand the Scratch instructions in order to sequence them correctly to match the pseudo-code.

The lessons comprise:
1. a PowerPoint with introductory slides and the project instructions
2. a Word document with the PowerPoint instruction slides printed 2 to a page as a handout
3. accompanying Scratch project files for teachers that match the project

Other lessons in this series:
A FREE introduction to Scratch.
Project I: A maze type project.
Project II: Create a question and answer type quiz.
Project III: A game where students move a sight with the mouse to shoot ghosts.
Project IV: Students create a Music Player with layers of menus for different categories.
Project V: Simulate a toy with touch pads.
Project VI: Drawing shapes and repeating patterns.
Project VII: Base Attack.
Project VIII: Flappy Octopus.</>

Budle of Projects I-III.
Budle of Projects IV-VI.

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