Dragging and dropping

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Computational Thinking and Creativity Coding

Objectives

Computing

  • Be responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology.
  • Evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems.

Lesson Planning

Learn more about the different features of event handlers, code blocks and Event Source Parents; explore the commands required to make characters speak and move and how to draw shapes; compare two websites which feature programming with drag and drop - Scratch and Code.org

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To learn more about the different features of event handlers, code blocks and Event Source Parents.

Children will:

  • Learn more about the different features of event handlers, code blocks and Event Source Parents
  • Explore the commands required to draw shapes and make characters speak and move
  • Compare two websites which feature programming with drag and drop - Scratch and Code.org

Provided Resources

  • Coding game extensions
  • Instructions for accessing code.org

You Will Need

  • Internet-enabled devices