Warm-up

Ask for volunteers to share if they have experience with MartyBlocks already. Ask about any Martyblocks commands or blocks that they can remember and if they can remember what they do.

Get Learning

Have learners complete the quick matching activity, either individually or in small groups. Encourage learners to think of when / why a program might make use of this element: conditionals, when there are two possible outcomes; loops, when I would have to drag multiple of the same kind of block to achieve a result.

Groups of learners will each receive a coding concept to practise using. Functions is the most challenging, sit with this group initially to remind them what happens when this block is clicked: a function start block is put on the workspace and a block with the function name appears in the 'My Blocks' section, to be used for 'calling' the function, later.

Reassure learners that the only success criteria is that they properly implement their one block and the program runs with Marty completing an action.

Wrap-up

Bring learners together to share any challenges and successes with the work done. If groups had opportunities to collaborate, ask them to share how they might have used another group's concept. Open the discussion for peer feedback.