Mrs. Baum’s 4th grade science students have been learning about the phases of the moon. We began by looking at a document that showed the phases of the moon for January 2018. Students referred back to this page while they coded their projects.
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To demonstrate their understanding, students created an animation in Scratch to label the moon phases. They started by finding a picture of the moon phases in Britannica Image Quest. They upload that image as a background in Scratch. Next students selected a sprite and programmed their character to glide to each phase of the moon and use the say block to identify each moon phase.
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Take a look at this finished work sample!
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