Blocky Games - Maze

Szkoła Podstawowa im. Orła Białego w Sokołowicach

Invite-only online activity

English

Szkoła Podstawowa w Sokołowicach, Sokołowice, 56-400, Sokołowice, Oleśnica (Gmina), Powiat Oleśnicki, Woj. Dolnośląskie, POL

Teacher: Justyna Plota (English)

School: Szkoła Podstawowa im. Orła Białego w Sokołowicach

Lesson: English lesson

Student age: This activity will be held with 7th grade (13 years old) students. 

The Aim Of The Activity: The participants of extracurricular activity (students of class 7a) at Szkoła Podstawowa im. Orła Białego w Sokołowicach will try to code some instructions to help a person go through a maze. To take part in this activity the resources of https://blockly.games/     https://blockly.games/maze?lang=en website will be used.

Activity Description: This will be the second coding activity for that group after the first one in which the pupils tried to do some unplugged coding tasks on paper to get the gist of coding. First, we will remind the basic instrctions in English, such as: turn right, turn left, go/move forward, stop. Then, as an introduction, some students will try to instruct a colleague to get from one point of the classroom to another, and the person who listens to the instruction can only follow them. After the introduction, the teacher will tell the students, that now, we will try to give such instructions to a man in a computer programme, who needs to go through a maze and giving such directions is CODING. Students will turn the computers on and together (in pairs or small groups or sometimes individually) will try to instruct the maze-man going through as many levels as they can. 

Expected Result and Evaluation: The expected result is any level that the children will be able to get through the lesson while trying to get the man from starting point to ending one. The main aim of the activity is to make them code using their own ideas and creativity, trying, making mistakes and correcting their own mistakes - computational thinking. At the end of the lesson (about 5-7 minutes) will be for children to express their feelings and thoughts about the task. What was easy and what was challenging? Was it interesting or rather not?

The students will join the CodeWeek 2021 as a part of October activities in eTwinning project "Let's Explore the World of Technology".

https://spsokolowice.szkolnastrona.pl/