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Monster Maker 1

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Course
Features
Narration
Technologies
Blockly
Topics
Programming

Create your own colourful critters with code!

Monster Maker 1

Ready to create your own colourful critters using Blockly code?

Students will use the drag-and-drop blocks in Blockly to create fun monster characters.

While creating their monsters students will learn about:

  • sequence and ordering
  • colour and stencils
Australian Curriculum v9 Content Descriptions

This course is designed to support your lesson planning. While comprehensive, individual resources may not cover every aspect of a content description. We recommend reviewing each resource to determine how it best fits your teaching objectives.

What's Next?

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This course is free for Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand users.

Module Progress Achievement
1.
Writing your first program
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2.
Let's paint!
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3.
Sequencing
4.
Introducing stencils
5.
Combining stencils
1.
Writing your first program
1.
Your first program!
2.
Make a Monster!
3.
A different monster
4.
Draw the body first!
5.
Playground
2.
Let's paint!
1.
Paint it red
2.
Painted over!
3.
One-eyed Olive
4.
Worried Wort
5.
Playground
3.
Sequencing
4.
Introducing stencils
5.
Combining stencils
1.
Writing your first program
1. Writing your first program
2. Sequencing
3. Wrap up
4. Playground
2.
Let's paint!
1. Let's paint!
2. Order matters
3. Wrap up
4. Playground
3.
Sequencing
4.
Introducing stencils
5.
Combining stencils