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Message Driven Programming (14)

Introduction

In this lesson, students will program Actors to perform different animations based on the type of message they receive!

Students will...

• Use code blocks to program Actors to do different animations based on the messages they receive.

NOTES:

• What has been your favorite project so far?
• Which activity did you find most challenging?
• How would you describe “coding” to a random student who doesn’t know what it means?
• Do you have a favorite code block? What is it and why is it your favorite?

Lessons:
1. Introduction (Video)

• Students will view a short video that describes how using the “switch to costume” block with the “repeat” block can make an Actor have different animations.

• Students will view an example of a project where the BeatBot throws a punch when the “punch” button is pressed.

• In this DIY (do-it-yourself) project, students will follow step-by-step directions to learn how to program the BeatBot to punch when a button Actor is pressed. Activities include programming the button Actor, adding music and sound, and animating the BeatBot.
• In past modules, students focused on just sending messages, but this module also requires students to code the response as well!
• Did students finish early? Direct their attention to the bonus section in “Step 6/6” of the tutorial which encourages students to add another button Actor that makes the BeatBot run! Note that students are provided the necessary code blocks in this bonus activity.

• To solve this puzzle module, students will need to make the BeatBot perform three different dances!
• Optional: Explain the code attached to the “when I receive jump” block. Tell students that when the message ‘jump’ is received, the BeatBot switches to the next costume in the jump costume series. This is repeated 7 times, and then the costume is switch to ‘stand’ and the BeatBot stands still.

• In this DIY project, students will program a drum beat that speed up and slows down based on the user’s input!
• Emphasize to students that they will change the tempo of the beat using messaging.
• Did students finish early? Direct their attention to the bonus section in “Step 6/6” of the tutorial, which encourages students to program a complex beat in the background.

• Students will view a project where pressing buttons changes the tempo!

U.S. Standards

• CCSS-Math: MP.1
  
• CCSS-ELA: RF.5.4.A, 6-8.RST.3, 6-8.RST.4, 6-8.RST.7
  
• CSTA: IB-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-15, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-16, 2-AP-17
  
• CS CA: 3-5.AP.10, 3-5.AP.13, 3-5.AP.14, 3-5.AP.17, 6-8.AP.13, 6-8.AP.16, 6-8.AP.17
• ISTE: 1.c, 1.d, 4.d, 5.c, 5.d, 6.b
  

U.K. Standards

• Design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts
• Use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output
• Use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs

• Design, use, and evaluate computational abstractions that model the state and behaviour of real-world problems and physical systems
• Understand several key algorithms that reflect computational thinking (for example, ones for sorting and searching); use logical reasoning to compare the utility of alternative algorithms for the same problem
• Use two or more programming languages, at least one of which is textual, to solve a variety of computational problems; make appropriate use of data structures (for example, lists, tables, or arrays); design and develop modular programs that use procedures or functions
• Understand simple Boolean logic (for example, AND, OR, and NOT) and some of its uses in circuits and programming; understand how numbers can be represented in binary, and be able to carry out simple operations on binary numbers (for example, binary addition, and conversion between binary and decimal)
• Understand how instructions are stored and executed within a computer system; understand how data of various types (including text, sounds, and pictures) can be represented and manipulated digitally, in the form of binary digits

• K-12 CTSA Computer Science Standards (Revised 2017)
  Computer Science Teachers Association: 
  • 1B-AP-10
  • 1B-AP-11
  • 1B-AP-12
  • 1B-AP-15
  • 2-AP-12
  • 2-AP-13
  • 2-AP-15
  • 2-AP-16
  • 2-AP-17
  CCSS-Math: MP.1
  
• CCSS-ELA: RF.5.4.A, 6-8.RST.3, 6-8.RST.4, 6-8.RST.7
  
• CS CA: 3-5.AP.10, 3-5.AP.12, 3-5.AP.13, 3-5.AP.14, 3-5.AP.17, 6-8.AP.12, 6-8.AP.13, 6-8.AP.16, 6-8.AP.17
• ISTE: 1.c, 1.d, 4.d, 5.c, 5.d, 6.b