Center for Computing Education and Diversity

Overview

Module 2 is geared towards 5th grade and builds off of module 1. Students learn the different skills needed to design a game in Octopi. Topics include loops, decision making, variables, and comparing different solutions.

Consent Forms

Lessons

Activities are labeled "activity", and programming projects are labeled "project."

Module 2: Game Design
Under Development - this module is not yet complete, and it will be greatly expanded before it is rolled out. The expected completion date is fall 2014. If you are interested in joining our pilot, please contact Diana Franklin - franklin@cs.ucsb.edu.

FiredUp Activity 1: Reinforcing previous concepts
WiredUp Activity 1: Simple Maze
(Reinforcing concepts from module1)
FiredUp Activity 2: Making Decisions - Pros and Cons
FiredUp Activity 3: Making Decisions - decision trees
WiredUp Activity 2: Complex Maze
(Decisions, Loops)
FiredUp Activity 4: Describing algorithms - Flowcharts
WiredUp Activity 3: Cat Dog Fight
(Decisions, Loops)
FiredUp Activity 5: Variables
WiredUp Activity 4: Scrolling Game
(Decisions, Loops, Variables)
FiredUp Activity 6: Comparing different solutions - Real World
FiredUp Activity 7: Comparing different solutions - Sorting
Culminating WiredUp Activity

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CNS-0940491 and CNS-1240985.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.