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Build a Catch Game: Random and Messages

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Programming with Blocks, lesson 6 of 8 (build-project). Pupils decompose a catch game into sprites and jobs, then build it in Blocks Studio from a starter project: the Apple starts at a random x with pick random, the Basket moves with the arrow keys, the score counts catches, and a sent message s…

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Lesson outline

  1. Hook — Same Place Every Time?
  2. Do Now (4 questions)
  3. Keywords for the Build
  4. Success Criteria — What "Finished" Means
  5. Decompose the Game
  6. Part 1 — Which Sprite Does Which Job?
  7. pick random — A New Number Every Time
  8. send message — Sending a Message
  9. Hinge Check — The Message Nobody Hears
  10. Part 2 — BUILD SPRINT: Basket and Apple
  11. Checkpoint — Halfway, You Should Have This
  12. Part 3 — Lives and Game Over
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