Resources
Session Seven: Applying their Programming Knowledge to Create a Game Challenge
In this activity, involving on-screen programming using Rapid Router, children will develop their understanding of programming principles by learning how to use repeat loops, if statements and respond to changes in variables in a visual programming language.
The activities focus on driving a delivery van...
Session Seven: Increase the Challenge - Creating New Python Variables, Incrementing Variables.
This activity goes further into Python programming by expanding the range of repetition and selection commands used. Students also practice debugging of code.
Variables are explained before making use of incremented variables to solve challenges in Python.
Other programming practices, including...
Session Seven: Introducing the Repeat Code
The 7th lesson in this Rapid Router course using Blockly brings repetition to algorithms. Children use repeat to make simple sequences of commands shorter and more efficient.
The resource includes worksheets and model answers, assessment sheets and wall displays.
Session Six: Delivering Several Packages in a Sensible Sequence
This extension activity, from the Rapid Router Key Stage 1 course using Blockly, adds further complexity and challenge to simple sequenced commands.
Paired programming and unplugged activities build understanding of algorithms, with consideration of complexity and efficiency.
Included are wall...
Session Six: Flying Solo with Python
This lesson activity further develops Python programming ability by introducing additional commands such as WHILE, IF, ELSE and ELIF. Debugging of programs is featured, and extension activities lead to the writing of functions that use COUNT IN RANGE() to control repetition. Students are also encouraged to mark-up...
Session Six:Traffic Lights
This activity, one in a series, uses traffic lights and control of vehicles to explore if-else, if, and wait commands, and to learn about variables.
A set of onscreen programming challenges are supported with teacher guides, worksheets, model solutions, assessment activities, wall displays and overview...
Session Ten: Try Out a Partner’s Route
This lesson utilises challenges created by children during lesson 9 of the Blockly 'Rapid Router' course. While attempting to follow a programming challenge written by someone else, debugging skills and logical thinking are encouraged. Children are also required to use loops and other constructs independently....
Session Three
This resource contains the third session of the Active Approaches to Level Three Applied Science, produced by the Science Learning Centres and the Nuffield Foundation. The session looks at the use of scenarios to provide a real-world context, make connections between theory and practice and develop critical...
Session Three: Creating Simple Algorithms to Reach a Single Destination
In the third lesson of the course, children use direct 'remote control' of the Rapid router van to gain experience before starting to program their own sequences of commands. They also start to debug simple sequences.
The resource contains assessment records, wall displays, and activity solutions.
Session Three: Switching from Blockly to Python
In this Rapid Router activity, children progress from block-based programming to the textual environment of Python. In doing so they learn about the nature of text-based coding, including the need for precise syntax and how it is structured.
The progression is handled gently, with code compared in both...