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Visual displays with character animations

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MakeCode

7-11 yrs

Students can use the BBC micro:bit to create a visual display to emphasise a specific fact and detail shared during a presentation. Examples include:

Animation of a main idea or character.
Flashing emotions to represent character feelings or presentation tone.
Scrolling text to highlight key vocabulary.

Literacy:

Presenting

Speaking & listening

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Overall key learning

Learning objectives are at three different levels:

Mild - I can use the character animations project to create a visual display that emphasises facts or details in a presentation.
Medium - I can modify my own character animations project to create a visual display that emphasises facts or details in a presentation.
Spicy - I can create my own character animations project to create a visual display that emphasises facts or details in a presentation.

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CA CCSS ELA Standards

Speaking and Listening: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

SL.3.5 Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.

CA CS Standards

3-5.AP.12 Create programs that include events, loops, and conditionals. (P5.2)
3-5.CS.2 Demonstrate how computer hardware and software work together as a system to accomplish tasks. (P4.4)
3-5.CS.3 Determine potential solutions to solve simple hardware and software problems using common troubleshooting strategies. (P6.2)
3-5.AP.14 Create programs by incorporating smaller portions of existing programs, to develop something new or add more advanced features. (P4.2, P5.3)
3-5.AP.17 Test and debug a program or algorithm to ensure it accomplishes the intended task. (P6.2)