COVER 8wbCP2 - Tuesday 18th October 2016 Code Combat

LO to be able to demonstrate Python coding skills using online resource

STARTER:

Go to www.codecombat.com 
Set up an account using your Wildern school email.  

• If you would like to have a go at completing Level 1 by yourself go for it...
• Otherwise, you cover teacher will give you a demonstration.

DEVELOPMENT:

Students should spend the lesson working through the game. 
Mini-plenary - highlight the key Computer Science and Python skills pupils are demonstrating.

These are:

• - Formal notation - builds an understanding of the importance of syntax in programming.
• - Calling methods - familiarises students with the syntax of object-oriented method calls.
• - Parameters - trains how to pass parameters to functions.
• - Strings - teaches students about string notation and passing strings as parameters.
• - Loops - develops the abstraction of designing short programs