Jeff Hobbs

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School

Ward Middle School

Crowley County School District RE-1J

1001 Main Street

Ordway, CO 81063

email - jeff.hobbs@cck12.net

WMS Math Website

WMS Project: Frogger

Time Frame: 1.5 weeks (6-days total) in December

Class: Mr. Hobbs Math/Mrs. Hall-Huz Science grade 7

Objective: During the unit, students will learn how to gain and apply computational thinking by using the AgentSheets software to create a basic yet complete and functional "Frogger" game.

Standards: ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) NETS (National Educational Technology Standards):

• 1a apply existing knowledge to generate new products
• 1b create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
• 4b plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
• 4d use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions.
• 6c troubleshoot systems and applications.
• 2a interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
• 2d contribute to project teams to produce original works

Materials:

• Student laptops with AgentSheets installed
• Teacher laptop with AgentSheets installed and projector availability
• Internet access for each computer

Schedule outline:

• Day 1
  • Unit overview – intro, grading (rubric), and goals
  • Brief intro to AgentSheets software and tutorials on the wiki
  • Start new project (Frogger), show "typical" game setup
  • Create frog agent and worksheet
  • Create behavior to make frog move in 4 directions – run.
  • Extra time – refine frog design or read ahead in tutorial
• Day 2
  • Quick review of what has been accomplished
  • Create and add streets and truck agents
  • Program trucks to move on the road from left to right – run.
  • Create tunnel agents to fix car stacks
  • Program generation and absorption of cars - run
  • Extra time – refine street/car design or read ahead in tutorial
• Day 3
  • Quick review of what has been accomplished
  • Create dead frog agent
  • Program collision of frog and truck with sound and frog change – run.
  • Create water and log agent (mimics road and trucks)
  • Program logs to move on water from left to right – run. (mimics trucks)
  • Create bridge agents and program them to generate/absorb logs – run. (mimics tunnels)
  • Extra time – refine agent designs or read ahead in tutorial
• Day 4
  • Quick review of what has been accomplished
  • Transport computational thinking pattern – use model
  • Program frog and log transportation – run.
  • Catch-up students that may have fallen behind and those that are done help others
  • Check for understanding
• Day 5
  • Quick review of what has been accomplished
  • Create turtle agent
  • Program turtles to move on water from right to left – run. (reverse of trucks)
  • Create palm tree agents and program them to generate/absorb turtles – run. (reverse of tunnels)
  • Program frogs to transport on turtles – run.
  • Check for understanding
  • Extra time – refine agent designs and finalize game details
• Day 6
  • Quick review of what has been accomplished
  • Wrap-up and finalize all game details
  • Upload/Turn-in final copy of game
  • Play other uploaded games