Blockly - Linking Co-ordinates to Game Programming
Added: 31 May 2016
Contributor:
Scoilnet
Resource type:
Game
/
Simulation
Blockly Games is a Google project to encourage tomorrow's programmers. The games are designed to be self-paced and self-teaching. An excellent way to link maths/ geography concepts to the world of computer science. Games involved are: Block - Connect the descriptions together. Maze - creating loops through directions (Learn how to give directions), Bird - teaching students angles with directing the bird to its food, Turtle - programming by moving with spaces and directions, Movie - learn about co-ordinates, Pond Tutor and Pond - most difficult game challenging all concepts learnt in one.
How it maps to the curriculum
- 1-2
- SESE Geography
Strand: Mapping & Geog Skills
Suggestions for use: Teach students how to give directions through coding by using the game MAZE. Allow students to play individually, in pairs or in teams.
- 3-4
- Mathematics
Strand: Shape & Space
Strand unit: Lines & Angles
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- classify angles as greater than, less than or equal to a right angle
- recognise an angle in terms of a rotation
Suggestions for use: Use the games Bird, Turtle and Movie to introduce the importance of knowing angles. How birds need to know angles for survival but how computer games use angles in their coding and programming.
