Maze game demonstration

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Building a maze project

Creating a maze project

Computing

Moving a sprite

Program a sprite to move around a maze

Using the pen tool in a program

Adding features to a program

Debugging movement

In this unit, pupils explore the link between events and actions. Pupils begin by moving a sprite in four directions (up, down, left, and right) and then explore movement within the context of a maze. This unit also introduces programming extensions, through the use of Pen blocks.

Events and actions in programs

a defined sequence of steps to solve a problem

a mistake in the program that prevents it from working correctly

What is the first step when creating a program?

What is the result of not testing a program?

an input that triggers a block of command

What does the ‘duplicate’ command do in Scratch?

What is the purpose of the pen extension in Scratch?

Select the event to trigger the first block of code.

Add the code to change the direction of the sprite.

Change the trigger and direction for the new block of code.

Put these steps in order to make a sprite move in different directions.

What is the purpose of a design plan in programming?

Creating a maze project

Lesson outcome