Unit of work

2: Learning to Code with Marty Blocks Jr

This unit of work introduces a new environment for Marty

Contents: 4 lessons
Time per lesson: 45–60 min per lesson

Overview

In this unit, learners will be introduced to a new environment where there code will be visible and will highlight what is running. Learners will start slowly with familiar movements and continue a two new ideas - arguments and repeat blocks, or loops - the last lesson will revisit debugging, this time with proper code blocks.

Lessons in this unit

4 lessons

1.02: Getting Started with Blocks JrIntroducing a graphic user interface for young learners to instruct Marty to act.45 minIntermediate
1.03: An Argument with MartySometimes one block can do the work of five blocks. Get more efficient with code.45 minIntermediate
1.04: Let's Do That AgainHow can we get Marty to do the same action twice, or more often, without having to write the same code again and again (and again...)60 minIntermediate
1.05: Fixing InstructionsDebugging is a crucial step when writing instructions for robots.45 minIntermediate