Lesson Aim
- To extend the scratch skills you have developed
Today you will create a scratch version of the classic computer game called pong.
Use the worksheet below to help you create the game
Category: Year 8
Introduction to HTML
Lesson Aim
- Introduction to HTML
- learn basic HTML commands
Starter
Main Task
Click on the link below to a HTML tutorial and follow the instructions to create your first webpage using HTML
Extension
Continue improving your skills in HTML by following the code acdemy course below:
Click on the code academy link below and create a user account.
Now continue on to the exercises
Plenary
Introduction to Spreadsheets II
Lesson Aim
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Learn spreadsheet vocabulary
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Create simple formulas
Starter
Download and complete the spreadsheet below
Fast_formulae_STARTER
Main
Complete the spreadsheet sheet tasks from last week, if you can not find your file download the copy below:
Week 1 – 2 Spreadsheet tasks – Skills building
Extension
Week 3 tuckshop – worksheet 17
Week 3 tuckshop with worksheet 17
Plenary
Year 8 – Creating a Database
Introduction to Python Programming L2
Lesson Aim
- Create and use variables
- Understand how strings are stored in python
Starter
Discuss what to programs.
Sequence – Selection – Iteration
Main
Download the file below and complete the tasks by creating appropriate programs in python
Plenary
Why do we use variables when programming?
What three main tasks are performed when programming?
Year 8 – Cover HTML lesson
Your Task
Improve your skills in HTML by following the code acdemy course below:
Click on the code academy link below and create a user account.
Now continue on to the exercises
Planning a website
Lesson Aim
- Create a web plan for a website
- Understand what details need to be included in a web plan
Starter
As a class examine the example website and discuss good and bad features to identify a possible structure for your website
Main task
Use the website design sheet below to help you create a website proposal for your chosen scenario. You may create a website for one of the following destinations:
- Spain
- Egypt
- Jamaica
- Florida
- Ibiza
Plenary
Click on the link below and complete the lesson exit ticket
Reviewing Websites
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Lesson Aim
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Think about criteria for judging a website
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Understand that an effective website will match the needs and interests of users.
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Evaluate the good and bad features of websites.
Starter
The Wordsearch (accessed via the link below) contains 15 keywords on the topic of Web Design. Find the words and try to remember them, they maybe useful in future weeks!
Main
As a class review the websites below and think about the different features of a website which have to be considered when creating a website.
Main Task
Using the template (Choose the appropriate one for yourself) below it is your task to pick two/three of the websites and evaluate them. You need to think about the good and bad points, what you would change and how you might do this.
Bronze worksheet – Level 4C last year
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Year 8 – Python Programming
Lesson Aim
- To use basic Python Syntax
- To use conditional statements and loops in a program
Lesson Task
Complete the worksheet below:
Click this link to upload your programs for assessment
Plenary
List three things you learnt today by clicking the link below: