Unit 7 - Year 3 Lessons

Overview

Students will complete Unit 7 Year 3 activities using coding workflows.

Target skills:

• Logic & Sequencing
• Pattern Recognition
• Creative Problem Solving

Tools:

• Scratch / MakeCode / Micro:bit

Outputs:

• Student-created digital artifact(s) saved to class folder.

Week 1 - Radio Talking: Teleporting Duck

Lesson 1 - Build and Play

Project link: https://microbit.org/projects/make-it-code-it/teleporting-duck/

1. Set radio group at the start.

2. Build and test radio send/receive behavior.

3. Optionally randomize group and run as a class game.

4. Game variant: 10-second round; student holding duck is out.

5. If shake is too sensitive, switch to button-press trigger.

   
   
   

Lesson 2 - Repeat and Improve

Repeat previous lesson and alter rules to make gameplay more fun.

Week 2 - Radio Talking: Send a Smile

Lesson 1 - Message Activity

Project link: https://microbit.org/projects/make-it-code-it/send-a-smile/

Use this for message/word/question exchange games.
Students send and respond with teacher support.

Lesson 2 - Continue and Extend

Continue previous lesson and alter gameplay/communication rules.