Classroom Resource

Computer Science Discoveries Unit 3 Chapter 1 Lesson 6: Sprites (18-19)

Subject Area

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Grade(s)

6, 7, 8

Overview

In order to create more interesting and detailed images, the class is introduced to the sprite object. Every sprite can be assigned an image to show, and sprites also keep track of multiple values about themselves, which will prove useful when making animations. At the end of the lesson, everyone creates a scene using sprites.

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Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 6

DLCS18.6.3

Create pseudocode that uses conditionals.

Unpacked Content

UP:DLCS18.6.3

Vocabulary

  • pseudocode
  • conditionals

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that conditional statements provide options for how a process is completed.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • communicate a process and its available yes/no or true/false options.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • conditionals are limited to options that are either true or false.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 6

DLCS18.6.5

Identify algorithms that make use of sequencing, selection or iteration.

Unpacked Content

UP:DLCS18.6.5

Vocabulary

algorithm sequence selection iteration

Knowledge

Students know:
  • differences between the three basic programming structures.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • explain the differences in sequencing, selection, and iteration.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • differences exist in sequencing, selection, and iteration.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 6

DLCS18.6.6

Identify steps in developing solutions to complex problems using computational thinking.

Unpacked Content

UP:DLCS18.6.6

Vocabulary

  • computational thinking

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to define the problem.
  • how to plan solutions.
  • how to implement a plan.
  • how to reflect on the results and process.
  • how to iterate through the process again.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify the steps involved with formulating problems and solutions in a way that can be represented or carried with or without a computer.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • computational thinking is formulating problems and solutions in a way that can be represented or carried out with or without a computer.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 7

DLCS18.7.4

Design a complex algorithm that contains sequencing, selection or iteration.

Unpacked Content

UP:DLCS18.7.4

Vocabulary

  • algorithm
  • sequence
  • selection
  • iteration

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to use the programming structures to design complex algorithms that make use of all three programming structures sequencing, selections, and iterations.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • design complex algorithms using the various programming structures found in algorithms.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • complex algorithms contain sequencing, selections, and iterations.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 8

DLCS18.8.1

Design a function using a programming language that demonstrates abstraction.

Unpacked Content

UP:DLCS18.8.1

Vocabulary

  • function
  • abstraction

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that a function can be called into a programming while abstracting out the details contained within the function.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • create a function that can be called into a programming while leaving out the details contained within the function.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • abstraction is a way of hiding the details of a complex function and being able to quickly make use of the complexity that has been hidden abstraction by calling in the function.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 8

DLCS18.8.4

Create a function to simplify a task.

Unpacked Content

UP:DLCS18.8.4

Vocabulary

  • function

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that a function can be used to simplify a task.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • create and use functions to simplify tasks.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • functions are useful tools used abundantly in algorithms.
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https://studio.code.org/s/csd3-2018/stage/6/puzzle/1

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