Programming 1B - Course Overview

Students continue to solve more challenging puzzles building using advanced logic, and learn to author their first programs using Tynker Workshop.

  • YEARS 2-3
  • BEGINNER
  • WEB
  • Voiceovers

Description

Solve more challenging puzzles and build simple projects. This lesson plan contains more puzzles and also includes several lessons where students use Tynker Workshop to create their first working programs. There are about 80 puzzles from fun adventures such as Codey's Quest, Lost in Space, Lazer Racer and Dragon Journey. Students that complete this lesson plan will be able to solve problems, build interactive scenes, use keyboard and mouse actions, play sounds and music, use speech bubbles, and move objects on the screen.

Topics

  • Sequencing
  • Repetition
  • Conditional logic
  • Keyboard and mouse events
  • Playing sounds
  • Simple motion
  • Animation

What Students Learn

  • Sequencing tasks
  • Recognizing patterns
  • Using automation
  • Using loops for repetition
  • Conditional logic
  • Debugging programs
  • Create simple programs
  • Program simple animation and motion
  • Problem solving

Technical Requirements

* Online courses require a modern desktop computer, laptop computer, Chromebook, or Netbook with Internet access and a Chrome (29+), Firefox (30+), Safari (7+), or Edge (20+) browser. No downloads required.