Blockly - Linking Co-ordinates to Game Programming
Added: 31 May 2016
Contributor:
Scoilnet
Resource type:
Cluiche
/
Ionsamhlú
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
Strand: Cruth agus spás
Strand unit: Línte agus uillinneacha
Content objective: Ba chóir go ligfeadh acmhainn seo do pháiste:
- uillinneacha a rangú mar níos mó ná, níos lú ná nó ar cóimhéid le dronuillinn
- uillinn i dtéarmaí rothlaithe a aithint
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.
Strand: Céimseata agus triantánacht
Strand unit: Céimseata chomhordanáideach
Suggestions for use: WHY DO I NEED TO LEARN MATHS??? How can you effectively answer this question to gain full appreciation for the subject you long students to want to learn. This is an excellent resource which will enable students to clearly realise how essential maths is in their lives. Students will be shocked to realise that maths is used in coding and programming of the computer games they play! Use the game: Movie first as an introduction. Then move to Turtle.
Key Skills:
- Bheith Cruthaitheach
- Dul i mbun Cumarsáide
- Eolas agus Smaointeoireacht a Bhainistiú
- Fanacht Folláin
- Obair le Daoine Eile
- Litearthacht
- Uimhearthacht
- Managing Myself
- 1-2
- OSIE: Tíreolaíocht
Strand: Mapáil agus scileanna tíreolaíochta
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.
