Hour of Code: The Dark Tunnel Lesson Plan

Overview

In this code activity, students use the programming language Python to learn about programming and computational thinking. Students are introduced to foundational computational thinking concepts, such as controlling the flow of the program using loops and decisions.

The activity is structured as sequence of interactive notes and questions that students are challenged to answer. As they progress, students will learn to write their own text-based adventure game.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• print output to the screen
• get input from the user
• store data in variables
• make decisions using if statements
• use loops to control how programs run

Extended activities

Write your own text-based adventure!

Have you ever read a ‘choose your own adventure’ book? Once your students have completed this Hour of Code activity they have all the basics they need to code their own text-based adventure game.

A good first step is to have students come up with ideas for a narrative, then draw a flowchart to map out how their game will work, before they get started writing the code.

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