Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will take our first footsteps into understanding computer programming. We will look at how computers need precise instructions to execute and we will work on sequencing our first program using subroutines.

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4 Questions

Q1.
Do instructions given to computers instead of humans need to be:
As precise
Less precise
Correct answer: More precise
Q2.
Which one of the following is a correct definition for sequencing?
Doing the same thing more than once
Making choices
Correct answer: Running instructions in order
Q3.
Which one of the following segments of code would be the most precise block to use to draw a blue square in Scratch?
Correct answer: A
B
C
Q4.
Would the following program correctly play the nursery rhyme Hot Cross Buns?
Correct answer: No
Yes

Lesson appears in

UnitComputing / Programming essentials in Scratch: part I

Computing