Platform

• Scratch Jr

Year Levels

• Y1-2 (Guided)

• Y3-4

Duration

• 1 lesson

Resources

• Activity Guide

Differentiation

Prepare, add, or remove elements to adapt the complexity of this activity to suit learners of varying levels.

Extension

Expand the farm to include other crops.

Program additional weather inputs, including hazardous ones such as lightning, wind, or too much rain

About Activity

This session introduces ākonga to the Scratch Jr interface, including code blocks used to animate a sprite, say something, send messages and what to do when a message is received.

Create an simple interactive animation that uses inputs from the Sun and rainclouds to grow a tree from a seed.