Diamond Hunt: Lesson 1 of 4

L/O: To develop programming planning skills using flowcharts

Starter

1. Create a new folder in your area called 'Diamond Hunt Programming Project'
2. Click on this link and download the Task Sheet. Save it in to your new 'Diamond Hunt Programming Project' folder.
3. Click on this link and download the Evidence Document. Save this in to your 'Diamond Hunt Programming Project' folder.
4. Fill in your name to the header and front page of the document.

Main

RED TASK

1. Click on the link here: Play the Game! 
2. Download the file

3. Save it into 'Diamond Hunt Programming Project'

3. Open Scratch and open the file to play the game.
4. Discuss with a partner what the game can do at this current time?



AMBER TASK
1. Using the Task Sheet and in pairs, list all the things that the Diamond Hunt Game should do. You have 2 minutes.
2. Write this up in to your evidence document.

GREEN TASK
Task One

1. What is a flowchart and why do we use them?



2. Click on the links below and download the files. Complete the 2 games:
Game 1
Game 2

Task Two
1. Open your Wildern email and go to Google Drive
2. Go to New -> More -> Connect more apps -> connect Draw.io
3. Using what you have learnt today, create a flowchart for your plan of the Diamond Hunt Game
4. Save your flowchart and place it in to your evidence document.

An Example flowchart for running a bath:

Plenary

1. Peer assess a partner's flowchart
2. Give them 2 positives and 1 improvement.
3. Does the flowchart flow?
4. Have they used the right symbols?