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Visual programming with Scratch (Years 3-6)

This resource comprises a collection of sample activities that incorporate visual programming (Scratch) into teaching and learning programs. They show the possibilities Scratch offers for integration. The projects are all incomplete and designed to be used as samples for inspiration or modification by teachers.

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Year band(s)	3-4, 5-6
Content type	Lesson ideas
Format	Document
Core and overarching concepts	Implementation (programming), Data acquisition, Data interpretation, Specification (decomposing problems), Algorithms
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)	AC9TDI4P01 Define problems with given design criteria and by co-creating user stories AC9TDI4P02 Follow and describe algorithms involving sequencing, comparison operators (branching) and iteration AC9TDI4P04 Implement simple algorithms as visual programs involving control structures and input AC9TDI6P01 Define problems with given or co developed design criteria and by creating user stories AC9TDI6P02 Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration AC9TDI6P05 Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input
Technologies & Programming Languages	Scratch
Keywords	data collection, data interpretation, specification, algorithms, implementation, DTIF, DTiF, dtif, ACARA
Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs	Literacy, Numeracy, Digital Literacy
Organisation	Australian Government Department of Education and Training
Copyright	Australian Government Department of Education and Training, CC BY 4.0