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Tableofcontents

Introduction

GroupManagement

Lesson1LetsGetStarted

Lesson2TurnAround

13

Lesson3IHaveaPlan!

17

Lesson4TurtleLake

21

Lesson5IntheLoop

25

Lesson6LoopOn

29

Lesson73StarsParty

33

ReferenceCard

35

CharactersReview

37

Support

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Introduction

Dearteacher,

ThankyouforchoosingtoteachcodingwithCodeMonkey.CodeMonkeyallowsyou,asan
educator,toenrichyourstudentslives.Throughfunchallengeswithbeautifulanimations
andlovablecharacters,alongsideouruniqueuserexperienceandspecialonlineteaching
tools,youcanintroducebasiccomputerscienceknowledgetoyourstudentsandbetter
st
preparethemforthe21
century.WehavecreatedthisCurriculumGuidetohelpyouteach
codingtoyourstudentsnomatterhowmuchexperienceorpreviousknowledgeyouhave
incomputerscience.

ThiscurriculumcorrespondstothebasicsofCodeMonkey.Inthefirst30challengesof
CodeMonkeyweintroducethefollowingsubjects:objects,functions,statements,arguments
andthesimpleloop.Inourfullcourse,CodeMonkeyover200challengesavailable,covering
moreadvancedtopicssuchasforloops,untilloops,variables,conditionalsandmore.Ifyou
andyourstudentsenjoyourbasiccourse,weencourageyoutoconsiderteachingthewhole
course.Formoredetailspleasevisitplaycodemonkey.com.

InthisCurriculumGuide,youwillfind:
Ashortintroductiontogetyoustarted
7lessonplanseachonedesignedtorun45minutes
ACodeMonkeyReferenceCard
Supportinformation

PleasetakenoteofthefollowingguidelinesforusingCodeMonkeyinclass:

CoffeeScript
TheprogramminglanguageusedinCodeMonkeyiscalledCoffeeScript.Itsa
languagethatcompilestoJavaScript,andsimilarlytoJavaScriptitisusedinthe
industryprimarilyforwebapplications.
Wechosethislanguageforafewreasons,butmainlybecauseofitsfriendlysyntax,
whichresemblesthewaywewriteinEnglish,comparedtootherprogramming
languages.
YoucanreadmoreaboutCoffeeScript

here
.

PriortoClass
Completethefirstfewchallengesorevenall30challengesaheadofclasssoyou
canhelpstudentsduringclasstime.
CodeMonkeyrunswithHTML5soitshouldrunonyourstudentscomputerswithno
problems.
SoundisntnecessarytosucceedinCodeMonkey,butitdoesmakethechallenges
morefun.
Ifyoudonthaveenoughcomputersforallstudents,studentscanworkinpairs.
Makesuretheydiscusstheirsolutionsandworkcollaboratively.Workinginpairscan
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sometimesbemoreproductivebecausediscussingtheprocesswithsomeonehelps
uslearnbetter.
Beforeeachclassreadthroughthedayslessonplanandmakesureyouunderstand
thetopic.
Refertotheseintroductionsasneeded.
Ifyourschoolisnotusingoneofthesupportedloginmethods(Google,Office365,
etc.),createCodeMonkeyaccountsforyourstudentsusingthis
setupguide
.This
guideincludesinstructionsstudentregistrationandmanaginggroups.Makesureto
keepalistofstudentusernamesandpasswordsforfuturereference.

InClass
Duringthefirstclass,youshouldshowthestudentshowtologintotheir
CodeMonkeyaccounts.
Followthedayslessonplan,butfeelfreetodeviatefromit.Weencourageyouto
askmorequestionsandletyourstudentsexpressthemselves.
Whilestudentsareworkingontheactivity,walkaroundtheclassroomandanswer
anyquestionsthattheymighthave.
Giveextraattentiontostudentswhoarefarbehindtheirclassmates,orstudentpairs
thatarenotworkingcooperatively.
Pointyourstudentsattentiontoourstarratingandthemeaningofit.
Onceinawhile,youcanaskforyourstudentsattentionanddiscussdifferentoptions
forsolvingchallenges.
Inthe
teacherdashboard,
youcanseetheactualcodeyourstudentswrote.Usethis
featuretoinspireadiscussioninclass,butbesurestudentsdontknowwhosecode
youareshowing.
Someofthechallengesareassessmentchallenges
.Thismeansthatthestudents
havetodemonstratewhattheyhavelearnedbywritingtheentirecodefromscratch.

WhenYourStudentsHaveDifficulties
Mostoftheissuesyourstudentswillencounterwillresultfromnotreadingthe
instructionsorthecodeitselfproperly.Encouragethemtoreadtheinstructions/code
carefully.TheycanseetheinstructionsagainbyclickingonGordo(lowerleftcorner).
Someofthechallengesaredebuggingchallenges,wherethereisamistakeinthe
codeandthestudentsneedtofixit.Encourageyourstudentstostarteachchallenge
bypressingrunandwatchingwhattheinitialcodedoes.Thiswillhelpclarifywhere
theproblemis.
Encouragestudentsandofferpositivereinforcement:Youredoinggreat,sokeep
trying.
Itsokaytorespond,Idontknowtheanswer.Letsfigurethisouttogether.Ifyou
cantfigureoutaproblem,useitasagoodlearninglessonfortheclass:Technology
doesntalwaysworkoutthewaywewant.Together,wereacommunityoflearners.
Atanytime,youcanusethereferencesolutionsinyourteacherdashboardtosee
threestarsolutionstoallchallenges.

WhatShouldIdoifaStudentFinishesEarly?
Encouragethestudenttogobackandtrytogetthreestarsinallthechallenges.
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Askstudentswhofinishearlytohelptheirclassmateswhoarehavingtroublewith
theactivity.

AfterClass
Usetheteacherdashboardto:
Monitoryourstudentsprogress
Seeyourstudentsactualcode
Seethescoresstudentsreceivedineverychallenge
Determineifthereareanytopicsthatneedtoberepeated
Seestatisticsonyourclasssachievements
Lookupathreestarsolutionforanychallenge

Lastly,remembertohavefun!Itsimportanttousthatourusersknowthatcodingcanbefun
andthatitdoesnthavetobeboringorfrightening.

Atanytime,shouldyouhaveanyquestions,youcancontactusat:info@cmstudios.com.

Goodluck!
TheCodeMonkeyteam

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GroupManagement
This guide will help you get started with creating accounts for your students and managing
your classroom.
If you need help or have questions, please contact us at
info@cm-studios.com
.

General information
1. To access your group:
a. Click the menu icon in the top- right corner.
b. Select
Groups
from the menu. A list of your groups will appear with some
statistics about student progress and activity . Each group corresponds to a
class. If you require an additional group, please contact
info@cm-studios.com.
2. To
change your groups name, follow these steps:
a. Click the group you want to edit.
b. Click
Settings
.
c. Type the new name in the
Name
field. We recommend using the teacher
name, for example, Mrs. Hadlocks Group.
d. Click
Update Group
.
3. To select your preferred language,
click the menu icon in the top- right corner
. Then
click the flag icon and make your selection. This will set the default language for all
students in your groups.
4. Click the map icon in the top- right corner. This will open the Challenge Map showing
all challenges, including skill mode and your star score in each challenge. The map is
accessible for both students and teachers. Teachers can move freely between
challenges. Students can only move within the challenges that they have already
solved.
5. If you want to limit your groups progress, meaning that students wont be able to
progress beyond a certain challenge, follow these steps:
a. Click the group to which you want to limit the progress.
b. Click
Settings.
c. In the
Limit Group Progress
field, check the box saying limit progress of
group.
d. In the text box type the challenge number you wish to be that last challenge
your students can solve.
e. Click on
Save.
f. When your students finish this challenge, a message will appear saying You
have reached your class limit!

Single Student Registration

To create a single user for a student, follow these steps: (for multiple user upload, see next
section)
1. Click the menu icon in the top- right corner and select
Groups
from the menu.
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2.
3.
4.
5.

Click the group to which you want to upload the student

Click
Upload Users
Click
Create single account
Fill in the username (we recommend
using the
first initial.last name
convention) and
the Password. Passwords need to be at least six characters long.
6. Click on
Create
.
The user will be created and added to the group.

Multiple Student Registration (bulk upload)

For registering your whole class, you will need to create a CSV file that includes all of your
students and upload the file directly into CodeMonkey.
1. Using Excel or Google Spreadsheets, create a CSV file with two columns listing all of
the students you wish to add:
a. Column 1 will contain student usernames using the
first initial.last name
convention.
b. Column 2 will contain student passwords. Passwords need to be at least six
characters.
c. Do not include a header row in the CSV file.
d. Make sure you save the file in CSV format
i. Excel users:
File
,
Save As
then
File Type
to select
Comma Separated
Values
.
ii. Google Spreadsheets users: use
File
,
Download As
then select
Comma Separated Values.
2. Go to
www.playcodemonkey.com
, and
click the menu icon in the top- right corner.
3. Select
Groups
from the menu. A list of your groups will appear.
4. Click the group to which you want to upload the students.
5. Click
Upload Users
.
6. Under Bulk upload click on
Choose file
.
7. Select the CSV file to upload, and click
Open
.
8. Click
Upload
. The users will be created and added to the group.

Dashboard And Challenge Solutions

Your teacher dashboard is where you can see your students progress, the code they wrote
on each challenge, and solutions to all challenges. After creating accounts for your students,
a table will appear in your dashboard. Once your students start to play, colorful stars are
going to represent their solutions and the star score they got.
The 10 students who appear at loading are the 5 students who reached furthest in the game
and the 5 who are the least progressed. At any time you can click on the expand button and
see your entire class.
Use the arrow buttons on the left and right of the table to move between the challenges
and topics.
To See solutions to different challenges:
1. Click the menu icon in the top- right corner.
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Select
Groups
from the menu. A list of your groups will appear, choose your group.
In your dashboard, locate the challenge number you want a solution for.
Click on the number.
You will now see a 3 star solution to this challenge.
To go back to your dashboard, click on the back arrow in your browser.
To see a students solution to a challenge, locate a students username in the table.
Click on the star that represents the solution to the challenge you want to see
Once you click on the star, a pop up window will appear with a time stamp. If the
student solved the challenge more than once, a few time stamps will appear, each
with its own star. Pick which solution you want to see and click on the time stamp.
10. You will now see the students solution to this challenge.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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Lesson1LetsGetStarted
Challenges05

Thislessonintroducesstudentstothefascinatingworldofcomputersandtothe
CodeMonkeyplatform.Someofyourstudentsmaybefamiliarwiththetermscodingand
programmingandfeelcomfortableworkingwithcomputers.Forothers,learningtocode
maybeanintimidatingexperience.Aseducators,ourgoalistohelpstudentslearnand
exploreavarietyofsubjects,includingcomputerscience.Wewanttocreateanenvironment
wherestudentscanlearnfromtheirmistakesandbuildtheirfoundationalknowledgeto
createsomethingnew.

Objectives
:
Withinthislesson,studentswill:

Define
coding
and
computerprogramming

BecomefamiliarwiththeCodeMonkeyplatform

Completechallenges05onCodeMonkey

Components
:

Instructions:step,turn

Terms:challenge,CoffeeScript

Part1:Introduction10minutes
Discussion

2min.

1. Howmanyofyouhaveeverusedacomputer?
2. Haveyouevercreatedsomethingonacomputer,likeapresentation,adrawing,or
maybeevenagame?
3. Lettwoorthreestudentstelltheclasswhattheycreated.

Explain

1min.

Inorderforallofourfavoriteapplicationsandgamestoworkonacomputer,wehaveto
giveinstructionstothecomputer.Computerscantthinkforthemselves,theydowhatever
wetellthemtodo.Givinginstructionstothecomputeriscalledcomputerprogrammingor
coding.

Activity

3min.

Playashortgamewithyourstudentstoillustrateinstructions.Placeanobjectsomewhere
visibleintheclassroom.Askyourstudentstogiveyouinstructionstoguideyoufrom
whereyouarestandinginclasstotheobject.
Whatinstructionsdidthestudentsuse,e.g.,step,turnright,turnleft?
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Discussion

2min.

Docomputersspeakthesamelanguageashumans?
Computershavetheirownlanguagestheycantunderstandhumanlanguageaswe
understandit.HTML,JavaScript,andPythonarejustafewofthelanguagescomputers
speak.Eachlanguageisdifferent,buttheyallhavesomethingincommon:theyrequirea
certainwayofthinking,clearinstructions,andstructure.Basically,learningacoding
languageisjustlikelearninganewlanguage.

Watch

2min.

TodayyouwillstartlearningbasiccodingprinciplesthroughagamecalledCodeMonkey.
Thelanguagewewilllearniscalled
CoffeeScript
.

Showthe

CodeMonkeyTrailer
tothestudents.

Part2:LetsGo!25minutes
Explain

3min.

GototheCodeMonkeywebsite:

playcodemonkey.com
InstructthestudentshowtologintotheirCodeMonkeyaccounts.
Ifthestudentsuseusernamesandpasswordstologin,makesuretheystoretheir
usernamesandpasswordswheretheycaneasilyaccesstheminthefuture.Optional:
handoutuser/passwordcards.
Atanytime,shouldastudentforgettheirpassword,youcanresetitbyvisitingtheteacher
dashboard,locatingthestudentsusername,andclickingontheeditbuttonwhichwill
appearifyouhoverovertheusername.

Walkthrough(1)

4min.

WalkyourstudentsthroughthebasicappearanceofCodeMonkey:
1. Clickontheplaynowbuttononthehomepage
2. Watchtheshortintroductionanimation
3. Readtheinstructionsoutloud
4. TheCodeMonkeygameisbuiltoflevelscalledchallenges.Thisiswhata
challengelookslike.
5. Theeditorontherightiswhereyoullwriteyourcode.Youcanalsousethe
buttonsatthebottomforeasyaccess.
6. Ontheleftisthestage,thisiswhereyoullseeyourcodecometolife.Yourgoalis
tocompleteeverychallengebyhelpingthemonkeycatchthebanana
7. ThemonkeyonthelowerleftcornerisGordo,hewillgiveyouinstructionsand
sometimesevenhintsifyourestuck.Atanytime,youcanclickonGordotosee
theinstructionsagain.

Walkthrough(2)

3min.

8. Ineverychallenge,youwillexecutethecodebyclickingontherunbuttontosee
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whatthestartingcodewilldo.
9. Thecodeontherightsaysstep15,sowhenwellclickonrunthemonkeywill
step15stepsforward.
10. Clickonrun.
11. Wecompletedthefirstchallenge.Aftereverycompletedchallenge,youllgetastar
scoreratingyoursolution.3starsisthehighestscoreandisrewardedforcatching
allthebananas,implementingnewlearnedtopics,andwritingshortcode.Ifyou
getlessthan3stars,ahintwillhelpyougetthemall.Youcantrytosolvea
challengeasmanytimesasyouwant,itwillnotaffectyourstarsscore!
12. Clickonreplaytoseeyoursolutionagain.
13. Editthesolutiontochangeitfrom
step15
to
step5
step10
14. Clickrunagaintoexecuteyoursolutionagain.Showthestudentsthatthis
solutiononlygot2stars,anddrawtheirattentiontothehintthattellsthemhowto
getthe3rdstar.
15. Clickreplayagain,fixthesolutiontoget3stars,andexecuteitagainbyclicking
run.

Walkthrough(3)

3min.

16. Letsmoveontothenextchallenge,clickonnextchallenge.
17. Readtheinstructionsoutloud
18. Thecodeontherightsaysstep10,letsclickonrunandseewhathappens.
19. Themonkeydidntwalkfarenough,andthehinttoldustotrystep15,lets
changethenumber10to15,andclickrunagain.
20. Itsalwaysagoodideatousethecodethatwasthere.Beforewetrytochangethe
code,clickruntoseewhathappens,readthehint,andthentrytosolve.It
doesntmatterthatyourancodethatdoesntsolvethechallenge.Besides,the
codeisthereforareason,sodontdeleteit.
21. Anothergoodstrategyforwhenyourestuckistostartagainfromthebeginning,in
casesliketheseyoucanresetyourcodebyclickingontheresetbutton.
22. Clickthereplaybutton,andthenclicktheresetbuttontoshowyourstudentshow
toresetthecodetowhatitwasinthebeginning.
23. Solveagainbyeditingthecodeandclickruntoexecutethesolution.
24. Showyourusershowtogobacktochallenge0byclickingonthemap(topright
corner)andclickingonchallenge0.Notethatunlikeyouasateacher,your
studentswillnotbeabletoskipforwardbeyondthefirstchallengethattheyhave
notsolvedyet.

Playtime

10min.

Allstudentsshouldcompletechallenges05withatleasttwostars.(Studentsfromthe
ageof12andupshouldgetthreestars.)Usetheteacherdashboardtokeeptrackof
studentsachievements.

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Ifstudentsarehavingtroubleconfusingrightandleft,drawtheirattentiontothewatchon
themonkeysleftwrist.Tellthemthatturninginthedirectionisleft.

Review

2min.

Openchallenge#2andshowtheruleranimation.Followtheinstructionstomeasurethe
distancebetweenthemonkeyandthebanana,andthenusethatdistancetofixthecode.
Makesureyourstudentsunderstandhowtousetheruler.

Part3:Debriefing10minutes
Discussion

5min.

Whatinstructionsdidyoulearntoday?
WhatdidyoulikemostaboutCodeMonkey?
Besidesinstructions,whatelsedidyoulearntoday?
Howdoyouget3starsinaCodeMonkeychallenge?Doesitmatterhowmany
timesItriedtosolvethechallenge?(No,itdoesnt!)
Whatdoyoudowhenyouarestuck?(thefollowingtwoquestionsarerelated)
InaCodeMonkeychallenge,howdoyoudisplaytheinstructionsagain?
InaCodeMonkeychallenge,howdoyouresetthecodetowhatitwasinthe
beginning?

Review

3min.

Openchallenge6andsolveitwithyourclass.Theywillsolveitbythemselvesinthenext
lesson.

Assignment

2min.

Duenextlesson,createamapwithyourroutetoschoolbywritingthedirectionsas
computerinstructions,justlikeyoulearnedtoday.Youcanalsoroutethewayfromyour
roomtootherplacesinyourhouse,orevenfromyourhomeroomatschooltothe
playground.BesuretousethebasicinstructionsusedinCodeMonkey.
Showanexampleofsuchasequenceofinstructionsonthewhiteboard.

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Lesson2TurnAround
Challenges610

Inthislesson,studentswillcontinuetoexploretheCodeMonkeyplatformbycompletingfive
morechallenges.Priortoclass,usetheteacherdashboardtomakesureallofyourstudents
havecompletedthefirstfivechallengeswiththreestars.Itisimportantthatallstudentsare
onthesamelevelandnooneisbehind.

Objectives
:
Withinthislesson,studentswill:
Reviewwhattheylearnedinthepreviouslesson
Identifythedifferentwaystouseturninstructions
Completechallenges610onCodeMonkey

Components
:
Instructions:turnusingdegrees,stepbackwards
Terms:program,function,argument,statement,object

Part1:Introduction25minutes
Review

5min.

Collectthehomeassignments.
Startwithabriefdiscussionwiththeclassofwhatwaslearnedinthepreviouslesson:

Whatiscoding?
Whatinstructionshaveweusedsofar?(step,turn)
WhatisaprogramminglanguageandwhichonedoweuseinCodeMonkey?
(CoffeeScript)

Activity

5min.

Askforthreevolunteers,givingeachofthemarole:oneistheProgrammer,oneisthe
Computer,andthethirdistheCharacter.NowasktheProgrammertoinstructthe
ComputertoleadtheCharactertoanobjectyouplacedintheclassroom.Makesure
thestudentsuseinstructionsproperly(stepwithanumber,turnleft/right).Astheygo,
writetheinstructionsontheboardtoremindtheotherstudentsofwhattheyhavelearned.
Repeatthisactivitywithanothergroupofthreevolunteers.

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Discussion

3min.

Askthestudents,Whydoyouneedbothacomputerandacharacter?Whycantone
personbeboth?
Ifwecompareprogrammingtothehumanbody,thentheprogrammeristhebrainthat
sendsinstructionstothedifferentpartsofthebody.Thecomputerisresponsiblefor
makingsurethatthedifferentpartsofthebody(characters)executetheinstructions
exactlyasinstructed.

Explain

2min.

Introduceyourstudentstotheterm
statement
:anelementwhichexpressessomeaction
tobecarriedout.Acomputerprogramisasetofinstructionswhicharesimpletasks
providedtothecomputer.Theseinstructionsarecalledstatements.Theinstructionsthe
ProgrammergaveearliertotheComputerarestatements.Statementscanbeanything
fromasimplelineofcodetoacomplexsetofconditionsandformulas.

Explain

3min.

Thislessonisaboutturningandwalkingbackwards.Therearethreewaystomakea
characterturnthefirstistouseturnright/leftlikewelearnedinthefirstlesson.Inthis
lesson,weareintroducinganotherwaytoturn.
Insteadofturningright/left,wecanturnbydegrees.Ifyourstudentshavebasic
knowledgeofdegrees,suchasa360degreeturnora90degreeturn,thenmakeaquick
reviewofthatknowledge.Otherwise,provideashortintroductiontodegrees.Optional:
useaprotractor.

Explain

3min.

Objectsareeverythinginthescenewecaninteractwith,likethebush,bridge,banana,
andturtle.
Eachobjecthasasetofactionsitcando,likestep,turn,orturnTo(welllearnabout
turnTointhenextlesson)forthemonkey.Theseactionsarecalledfunctions,andthe
inputweaddtothemiscalledanargument.Forexampleinturn10,theargumentis10.

Discussion

Asktheclasstogiveyouanexampleforastatementandwriteitonthe
whiteboard(possibleresults:step10,step15,turnright,turnleft)
Askwhatisthefunctioninthisstatement(steporturn)
Askwhatistheargument(10,15,rightorleft)

Explain

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Understandingtheconceptofwalkingbackwardsisprettyeasy.Ifwewanttogoforward
15steps,wetypestep15,andifwewanttogobackwards,wetypestep15.15will
bereadbythecomputerinthiscontextjustlike15stepsbackwards.Ifyourstudents
areolder(6thgradeandabove),thisisagoodopportunitytotalkaboutnegativenumbers
onthenumberline.

Part2:LetsGo!15minutes
Login

1min.

AskthestudentstogototheCodeMonkeywebsite(
playcodemonkey.com
)
andloginto
theiraccounts.Ifastudentishavingtroublerememberinghisorherlogininformation,use
yourlistorthecardstoremindthestudentoftheassignedusernameandpassword.
Playtime

2min.

Allstudentsshouldcompletechallenges69withatleasttwostars.(Studentsfromthe
ageof12andupshouldgetthreestars.)Usetheteacherdashboardtokeeptrackof
studentsachievements.
Keepinmindthatstudentsmightfindturningwithdegreesdifficult.Youmayneedto
provideextrahelpinlevels7and8.UsetheWalkthroughbelow.
Walkthrough

2min.

Openchallenge#7andshowtheanimationaboutangles.Usetherulertomeasurethe
distancebetweenthemonkeyandthebanana,andshowthatrulerisalsoaprotractor:it
showsthenumber45whichistheanglethemonkeyhastoturninordertofacethe
banana.Showthatthisisthesamenumberinthecode.Makesureyourstudents
understandhowtousetherulerasaprotractor.
Explain

2min.

Openthechallengemapandshowyourstudentstheskillmodetab.Explainthatinskill
modestudentscanplaythroughmorechallengestoperfecttheirCodeMonkeyskills.
Theseextrachallengesaregreatpracticeandtheyonlyunlockafterwecompletecertain
challenges.Hoveroveralockedchallengetoshowtheunlockingtip.Thefirstskill
challengeswillopenforyourstudentsaftertheycompletechallenge6.
Letstudentsknowthatiftheyfinishearly,theycangotoskillmodeandcomplete
unlockedchallenges.
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Thestudentscontinueworkingonlevels69.
Inlevel8,thestudentscanuseeitherTurnleftorTurn90togetthreestars.Someof
yourstudentswillprobablyuseturnleft.Makesuretoemphasizethattheycanalsouse
turn90forthesameresult.

3min.

Assessment

Challenge#10isanassessmentchallengethatcoverseverythingyourstudentsrecently
learnedonCodeMonkey.

Part3:Debriefing5minutes
Review

2minutes

Checkyourstudentsunderstandingofturningwithdegrees:Askallofthemtostandup
andinstructthemtoturn90,turn120,andturn360.
Repeattheexplanationofturningbydegrees:turnfollowedbyanumberturnsthe
monkeybythatnumberofdegrees.Forexample,turn90turnsthemonkeythesameas
turnleft.

Review

2minutes

Checkyourstudentsunderstandingofwalkingbackwards:Standwithyourbacktothe
doorandask,IfIwerethemonkeywhatwouldbetherightinstructiontogetmetothe
door?.Emphasizethatitshouldbeoneinstruction,andnotinvolveturning.

Makesure
theiranswerincludesstep
minus
X.
Repeattheexplanationofsteppingbackwards:tostepbackwardsanumberofsteps,add
theminussign()beforethenumber.Forexample:step10.Thecomputerreads10in
thiscontextjustlike10stepsbackwards.

Assignment

1minute

Duenextlesson,askyourstudentstoincludedegreesinthenavigationinstructionsfrom
theirhomestotheschool.

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Lesson3IHaveaPlan!
Challenges1115

Thislessonrevolvesaroundplanning.Everythingwedointhephysicalworldhastobe
planned,evenifwesometimesdothingsautomatically.Wecancrosstheroadwithout
checkingifitsclear,butthatmayresultinaverydangerousoutcome.Computersarethe
sameifwewanttocreateagameoraprogram,wehavetoplanaheadandorganizeour
instructionsinthecorrectorder.

Objectives
:
Withinthislesson,studentswill:
Reviewwhattheylearnedinthepreviouslesson
Discusstheconceptofplanninganditsimportanceincoding
Completechallenges1115onCodeMonkey

Components
:
Instructions:turnTo,turtle.step
Terms:planning

Part1:Introduction20minutes
Review

5min.

Collectthehomeassignments.
Recallthatwehavelearnedtwowaystoturn,andaskthestudentstosaysomeexamples
tobothofthem.Thefirstwayisturnrightandturnleft,theotheroneisturn45,turn30,
etc.
Introducethethirdwaytoturn:byusingturnTo.WhenusingturnTothecomputer
identifiesthatthereisanotherobjectpresent,besidesourbelovedmonkey,andbycalling
itsname,itknowswhichwaytoturn.
Reviewthefirsttwowaystoturnbyaskingforatwovolunteersandinstructeachofthem
toexplainanddemonstrateoneofthewaystoturnwelearnedinthepreviouslesson:

Direction(e.g.turnright)
Degree(e.g.turn180)

Writetheiranswerswiththeexamplesontheboardsoyourotherstudentsrememberas
well.

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TocheckyourstudentsunderstandingofturnToPlayashortgameinthespiritofSimon
Says.GiveinstructionstoyourstudentstoturnToaspecificplaceoraspecificstudent.
TheyshouldonlyturnwhenyousayturnTo,andnotwhenyousayturn.

Activity

5min.

Inthislesson,yourstudentswilllearnaboutplanning.
Askyourstudents,Whatdoyoudointhemorningtogetreadyforschool?
Writetheiranswers
scattered
ontheboard(notinalist).
Next,createalistoutoftheactionsontheboard,andputthetasksoutoforder,for
example:
1.Getdressed
2.Takeashower
3.Wakeup
4.Brushmyteeth
5.Eatbreakfast,etc.

Discussion

5min.

Askyourstudents,Isthistheorderofactionsyouwilltaketogetreadyinthemorning?
Whentheysayno,askthemtoexplainwhynot.
Thepointofthisactivityistoshowthestudentstheimportanceofplanning.Weplanour
dayandtheorderinwhichwedothingssometimeswedothiswithoutthinkingand
sometimesweplaneverystep.
Explaintoyourstudentsthatwhenwewritecode,wehavetoconsiderthatcomputers
readthecodefromTOPtoBOTTOM,andwehavetothinkaheadabouttheorderof
instructions.Whenwehavejustoneobject,thisisntabigproblem(inourcase,the
monkeyistheobject).Butwhathappenswhenwewanttocontrolanotherobject?Howdo
weknowwhoshouldbeinstructedtogofirst?
Inthislessonschallenges,yourstudentswillmeetourtrustyturtleandwillhavetousehis
helptogetmorebananas.Inordertodoso,theywillhavetothinkaheadandplanhowto
writethecode.

Part2:LetsGo!20minutes
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AskthestudentstogototheCodeMonkeywebsite(
playcodemonkey.com
)
andloginto
theiraccounts.Ifastudentishavingtroublerememberinghisorherlogininformation,use
yourlistorthecardstoremindthestudentoftheassignedusernameandpassword.
Playtime

2min.

Allstudentsshouldcompletechallenges1115withatleasttwostars.(Studentsfromthe
ageof12andupshouldgetthreestars.)Usetheteacherdashboardtokeeptrackof
studentsachievements.
After2minutes,usethefollowingwalkthrough:
Walkthrough

6min.

Openchallenge#12andshowtheanimation.Itexplainshowtouseobjectsonthe
screen.Aftertheanimation,walkyourstudentsthroughthefollowingsteps:
1. Hoveroverthebridge,showthatthewordbridgeappearsonthescreen
2. bridgeisthenameofthatobject.
3. Highlightthewordbananaintheeditor
4. Clickonthebridgeandshowhowthewordbananaisreplacedbybridge
5. Movethecursorbyclickingonrow3afterthewordturnTo
6. Clickthebananaandshowhowthewordbananaisenteredintothecode
7. Movethecursortoline4andwritestep10
8. Runthesolution
9. Clickreplaytogobacktoyoursolution
10. Deleteallthecodetostartfromblank.
11. Nowyouwilldemonstratehowtouseevenmoreclickinginsteadoftyping.
12. Hoverovertheblockstepatthebottomoftheeditor,showhowadescription
showsup
13. Showthedescriptionsthatshowupwhenhoveringovereveryblock
14. Byclickingstep,turnTo,bridge,andbanana,reachthefollowingsolution:
turnTobridge
step10
turnTobanana
step10

15. Makesureyouhaveonlyusedthekeyboardfortypingthenumberandjumpingto
thenextline.
16. Makesureyourstudentsunderstandhowtouse
clickingandhovering
forobject
onthestage(banana,bridge)andforblocksatbottom(turnTo,step).
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Thestudentscontinueworkingonchallenges1115.

5min.

Assessment

Challenge#15isanassessmentchallengethatcoverseverythingyourstudentsrecently
learnedonCodeMonkey.

Practice

Encouragestudentswhofinishearlytoopenskillmodeonthemapandcomplete
unlockedchallenges.

Part3:Debriefing5minutes
Discussion

4min.

Openlevel14andaskyourstudents,Howdidyouplanwhattowriteinyourcode?
Makesuretoleadthemtothecorrectanswer,explainingtherighttrainofthoughtneeded
whenplanningthecode.Weshouldfirstthinkaboutwhatstepsshouldbetakento
achieveourgoal(inthiscase,getthebanana),andthenbreakthestepsintoseparate
statements,whiledecidingwhatshouldcomefirst(shouldtheturtleormonkeygofirst?).If
wetellthemonkeytomovebeforetheturtleisintherightplace,heisgoingtofallinthe
water,andmonkeysdontlikewater.

Review

1min.

Usethisopportunitytoremindyourstudentsthata
programisasetofinstructions,or
simpletasksprovidedtoacomputer.Theseinstructionsarecalledstatements.
S
tatementscanbeanythingfromasinglelineofcodetoacomplexmathematical
equation
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Lesson4TurtleLake
Challenges1620

Intheprevious3lessonsyourstudentshavelearnedhowtomovearoundusingcode.They
haveactuallymasteredthefoundationtoprogramming,astheyarenowabletowriteablock
ofcodethatwillcarryouttheinstructionstheyintendtogivethecomputer.Wewilltakethe
currentlessontopracticeandreinforcethisknowledge,andtodeepentheirunderstanding
ofwhatisactuallygoingon.

Objectives
:
Withinthislesson,studentswill:
Practiceusingfunctionswithdifferentobjects(monkey,turtle)
Completechallenges1620onCodeMonkey

Components
:
Instructions:turtle.turnTo
Terms:syntax

Part1:Introduction10minutes
Explain

5min

RecallwithyourstudentsthatinCodeMonkeywearewritingcodeinaprogramming
languagecalledCoffeeScript.Astheyexperiencedinthepreviouslessons,thecodehas
tobewritteninaparticularwayinorderforthecomputertodowhatwearetryingto
achieve.
Explainthatthisisbecauseaprogramminglanguage,justlikeanylanguage,hasitsown
rulesonhowthingscanbesaidorwritten.Inprogrammingthisiscalledthe
syntax
ofthe
language.
TheremightbemorethanonecorrectwaytosayorwriteacertainthinginCoffeeScript,
justlikeinEnglishoranylanguage.Animportantdifferencebetweenprogramming
languagesandotherlanguagesisthis:
Inaspokenlanguage,sometimeswecansaysomethingincorrectlybutstillbe
understood.However,withthecomputer
eventheslightestmistakewilldefinitelycause
ourcodetofail.Sowealwayshavetopayattentiontosyntaxandbeveryaccurate.
Forexample,ifweforgetadotoraspaceinturtle
.
step10wewillgetturtle

step10or
turtle
.
step10,andthecodewillnotdotherightthing.
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Openchallenge#15andclickresettoresetthecodetowhatitwasinitially(blank).
Usetypingonly,noclicking,andenterthefollowingcode:
turtlestep10
Clickruntoexecutethecode.Readoutloudtheerrormessagethatappears.Explainthat
thedotisimportant.Inthisexamplethecomputerwasabletoguesswhatwemeant,but
thisisnotalwaysthecase.
Editthecodetothiscode:
turtle.step10
step15
Executeitandreadtheerrormessagewiththestudents.
Repeatthesamewiththefollowingmodificationtothe2ndline(capitalS):
turtle.step10
Step15

Andwiththefollowing(withoutbreakingbetweenlines):
turtle.step10step15

Concludethatspelling,punctuation,capitalsandnewlinesarepartofthesyntaxandare
essentialforourcodetodowhatwewant.
Finally,runa3starsolution:
turtle.step10
step15
Whenitcompletes,clickreplayandeditittothefollowing:
turtle.step10
monkey.step15
Concludewithyourstudentsthatstepandmonkey.stepcanbeusedinterchangeably,
becausethecomputerassumeswearereferringtothemonkey.Whenwerefertothe
turtleoranyotherobject,wemustuseitsname.

Part2:LetsGo!30minutes
Login

1min.

AskthestudentstogototheCodeMonkeywebsite(
playcodemonkey.com
)
andloginto
theiraccounts.Ifastudentishavingtroublerememberinghisorherlogininformation,use
yourlistorthecardstoremindthestudentoftheassignedusernameandpassword.
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Allstudentsshouldcompletechallenges1620withatleasttwostars.(Studentsfromthe
ageof12andupshouldgetthreestars.)Usetheteacherdashboardtokeeptrackof
studentsachievements.
Notethatchallenge#16isatrickyonetoachievethreestars.Makesureyourstudentsdo
notstayonthischallengefortoolongandencouragethemtokeepgoingandcomeback
toitiftheyhavetimeleft.Attheendofthelesson,youcanopenadiscussionregarding
thischallengeandtrytosolveittogetherwithyourstudentsinordertogetthosesneaky
threestars.
Inchallenge#19therearedifferentwaystomakethemonkeyturntherightwayafter
catching3bananas.Onewayisbyusingtheisland
turtle.turnToisland
andonewayisbyusinganyofthebananasalongthatpathe.g:
turtle.turnTobananas[3]
Inbothcases,hoveringand/orclickingwilldothetrick.Remindyourstudentsthat
hoveringoveranobjectshowsitsname,andclickingentersthatnameintotheeditor.
Ifyourstudentsaskyouaboutthemeaningofsomethinglikebananas[3]justtellthem
thatitsthewaytoaccessaparticularbananaandwewillgetbacktoitlateron.
Assessment

4min.

Notethatchallenge#20isanassessmentchallengethatcoverseverythingyourstudents
recentlylearnedonCodeMonkey.
Practice

Encouragestudentswhofinishearlytoopenskillmodeonthemapandcomplete
unlockedchallenges.

Part3:Debriefing5minutes
Walkthrough

5min.

Openchallenge27inskillmodeandsolveitwithyourclass.Askthemtoexplainhow
they
plan
thesolutionforthischallenge.Youcaneveninviteastudenttosolvethis
challengeinfrontoftheclass.
Thetrickinthischallengeissimilartotheoneinchallenge16tellthemonkeytowalk
backwardsinordertohavelesslinesofcode,andtogetthethirdstar.

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Ifatfirsttryyourstudentscantgetthethirdstar,askthemifthischallengeseemssimilar
toonetheyvesolvedbefore.ExplainthatItsfairlycommontousereferencesfromold
projectswhenprogramming,orevenfullblocksofcode,andinCodeMonkeytheyare
encouragedtogobacktooldchallengestogetinspirationorhelp.

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Lesson5IntheLoop
Challenges2125

Congratulations!YouhavepassedtheintroductorypartofCodeMonkey.Youandyour
studentsnowholdbasicprogrammingskills.Thislessonwillfocusonloops.Thereare
differentkindsofloops,likeforloopsanduntilloops,butfirstwewilllearnhowtousea
simpleloop.

Objectives
:
Withinthislesson,studentswill:
Define
loop
asaprogrammingterm
Understandwhyusingloopsinprogrammingismoreefficient
Completechallenges2125onCodeMonkey

Components
:
Instructions:x.times>
Terms:loop
Feature:tab(indentation)

Part1:Introduction25minutes
Discussion

5min.

Programmingisnotonlyaboutwritingthecorrectstatementsintherightorderitisalso
aboutknowinghowtowriteclearandshortcode.
Letsimaginethatwehavetowriteasimpleprogramtomakethemonkeyclimbupalong
staircaseof100steps,andwecanonlyusethefunctionstepUpthatmakesthemonkey
climbuponestepatatime.
Askyourstudents,Doyouthinkthattheprogrammerwrotealineofcodeforevery
stairstep?

JustimaginehowLONGthiscodewouldbe100linesofcode!
So,insteadofcodethatlookslikethis(100times):
stepUp
stepUp
stepUp
stepUp

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stepUp

Wouldntitbegreattowritesomethingshorter?Askthestudentstosuggestashorter
way.
Howaboutsomethinglikethis?
stepUp100times

Luckily,thisispossible.Notexactlythewaywejustwroteitnow,butquitesimilar.Code
thatiswritteninsuchawayiscalledaloop.
Explain

5min

Explaintoyourstudentsthatasimpleloopisasequenceofinstructionsthatrepeatsa
specifiednumberoftimes.Therearealsootherkindsofloops(forloops,untilloops)that
lastuntilaparticularconditionismet,butwewilllearnaboutthoselateron.
Backtothestairsexample,thewaytowritethatinCodeMonkeywouldbe:
100.times>
stepUp
Thenumberrepresentsthenumberoftimesthatwewantthecodeinsidethelooptorun.
Notethespecialsyntax:thedotbetweenthenumberandthewordtimes,thespace
beforethe>,andthe
indentation
ofthecodeinsidetheloop(stepUpisthecodeinside
theloop).
MakesurethestudentsknowhowtousetheTabkeyontheirkeyboardinordertoget
indentationintothecode.Anotheralternativeistopressthespacebarfourtimes.
Rememberthatyoucanclickthetimesbuttonatthebottominordertogetaloopinto
thecodewithouthavingtoworryaboutthesyntax.
Activity

10min.

Letsshowanotherexampletobetterclarifytheuseofasimpleloop.Writethefollowing
onthelefthandsideoftheboard:

step10
turnleft
step10
turnleft
step10
turnleft
step10
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turnleft

Askyourstudentstoidentifya
repeatingpattern
inthecode.Thepatterntheyidentify
shouldbe:
step10
turnleft

Now,nexttothatcode,ontherighthandside,write:
4.times>

step10
turnleft

Askyourstudentswhattheythinkeachblockofcodedoes.
Explainthateachcodeisthesameonlytherighthandsideofthecodeiswrittenasa
loop.Oncewefoundthepatternonthelefthandside,allwehadtodoisjustwriteitonce,
andadd4.times>.Theresultingcodedoesthesame,butisshorterandmorereadable.
Themeaningofthecodeontherightisthatstep10,turnleftwouldrepeatfourtimes,
andthentheloopwouldbeover.Oncetheloopisover,thecomputermovestothenext
statement.

Part2:LetsGo!15minutes
Login

1min.

AskthestudentstogototheCodeMonkeywebsite(
playcodemonkey.com
)
andloginto
theiraccounts.Ifastudentishavingtroublerememberinghisorherlogininformation,use
yourlistorthecardstoremindthestudentoftheassignedusernameandpassword.
Playtime

10min.

Allstudentsshouldcompletechallenges2125withatleasttwostars.(Studentsfromthe
ageof12andupshouldgetthreestars.)Usetheteacherdashboardtokeeptrackof
studentsachievements.
Assessment

4min.

Challenge#24isanassessmentchallengethatcoverseverythingyourstudentsrecently
learnedonCodeMonkey.
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Encouragestudentswhofinishearlytoopenskillmodeonthemapandcomplete
unlockedchallenges.

Part3:Debriefing5minutes
Walkthrough

3min.

Openchallenge#25andclicktheresetbuttontoresetthecode.Gooverthecodewith
yourstudents.Readthestatementsaloud,slowlyandclearly.ThisWalkthroughis
intendedtoshowyourstudentshowtoreadcodecorrectly.
Walkyourstudentsthroughtheprocessofidentifyingthe
pattern
ofbananasarrangedin
a
L
shape,andtranslatethatintothesequenceofstatements:
turnleft
step5
turnright
step5

Thenfixtheinsideofthelooptomatchthesequenceofstatementsandhittherunbutton.
Thiswillnotsolvethechallengeastheloopruns3timesinsteadof4.
AskyourstudentshowmanytimesdoestheLpatternrepeatitself?Thesolutionisthe
lasthelpneededinordertosolvethischallengecorrectly,i.e.replacingthe3by4.

2min.

Explain

Imagineyouhadtogiveinstructionstosomebodytofindaplacethatis5blocksdownthe
street.Doyousay:walkablock,thenwalkanotherblock,thenanother,thenanother,and
thenonemore.No.Yousimplysay:walk5blocksdownthestreet.Thatisbecausethe
sameaction
hastobedonemorethanonce.
Remindyourstudentsthatitsthesameincoding.Whenthereisarepeatingpatternof
thingstodo,thenaloopisagoodwaytokeeptheprogramshortandeasytounderstand.
Justfindthepattern,writeitonceandaddthelineofcodethattellsthecomputerhow
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Lesson6Loopon
Challenges2630

Todayyourstudentswillcontinueusingsimpleloops,andwilldeepentheirunderstandingon
whyitisimportanttouseloops.

Objectives
:
Withinthislesson,studentswill:
Understandwhyusingloopsinprogrammingismoreefficient
Understandtheimportanceofusingindentationright
Completechallenges2630onCodeMonkey

Components
:
Orangehighlightoverrunningcode

Part1:Introduction10minutes
Review

5min.

Webeginthislessonwithareviewoftheconceptofloopsandthewaytousethem.
Asktheclass:

Whatisaloop?
Whendoweuseloopsinourcode?
Whatisasyntaxofaloopthatmakesthemonkeywalkintheshapeofasquare?
Howdowetellbetweencodethatsinsidetheloopandcodethatisaftertheloop?

Part2:Part2:LetsGo!30minutes
Login

1min.

AskthestudentstogototheCodeMonkeywebsite(
playcodemonkey.com
)
andloginto
theiraccounts.Ifastudentishavingtroublerememberinghisorherlogininformation,use
yourlistorthecardstoremindthestudentoftheassignedusernameandpassword.
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Allstudentsshouldcompletechallenges2630withatleasttwostars.(Studentsfromthe
ageof12andupshouldgetthreestars.)Usetheteacherdashboardtokeeptrackof
studentsachievements.
Themainthingtowatchinthisplaytimesessionistheuseofloops.Mostofthelevels
thatinvolvearepeatingpatterncanbesolvedbyrepeatingthesameorsimilarcode.
However,thismissesthepoint,soyoushouldmakesurethestudentsareactuallyusing
loopsandgettingatleast2stars.
4minutesintotheplaytimesession,usethefollowingwalkthrough:
Walkthrough

5min.

Openchallenge#27.
1. Drawthischallengeonthewhiteboard.Youcanuseashape(smiley,etc.)to
representthemonkey.
2. Askoneofthestudentstodrawonthewhiteboardandguessthepaththatthe
monkeyhastogotogetallthebananas.Theanswershouldbea+shapedpath.
3. Askanotherstudenttotranslatethepathintoasequenceofstepsandturns
withoutloops.Theanswerissomethingsimilartothefollowing(thedirectionright
orleftcanbedifferent).
step10
step10
turnright
step10
step10
turnright
step10
step10
turnright
step10
step10
turnright

4. Theanswermaybelonger,likethefollowing:
step10
turn180
step10
turnright
step10
turn180
step10
turnright
step10
turn180
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step10
turnright
step10
step180
step10
turnright

5. Ifso,askthestudenttoimproveitbymakingitshorter.Ahintonhowtodothis
wouldbetowalkbackwards.
6. Askanotherstudenttoidentifytherecurringpattern.Therecurringpatterninthe
exampleaboveis:
step10
step10
turnright

7. Askthestudenttomakethecodeshorterbyusingaloop,expectananswerlike
this:

4.times>
step10
step10
turnright
Playtime

5min.

Thestudentscontinuetheirworkonchallenges2630.
Walkthrough

5min.

Openchallenge#28andclickresettoresetthecode.
Observewithyourstudentsthattheexistingcodewillgothroughthehalfcircleandcollect
allthebananasexceptone.Concludethatthemissinglineofcodetocompletethe
challengeisstep10(userulerifnecessary).
Trytotypestep10andclickruntoseewhathappens.Thisdoesnotsolvethe
challenge(hitstopifthisgoesontoolong).
Observethattheprobleminthissolutionisthatthecomputertakesthestep10asifit
shouldbeexecuted10times
intheloop
,not1time
aftertheloop
.
Gobacktoyourcodeandremovetheindentationbeforethestep10.Nowrunyourcode
again.Showyourstudentsthatthisishowtoruncodeaftertheloop.Remindthemthat
thisiscalled
indentation
.
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Thestudentscontinuetheirworkonchallenges2630.

Practice

Encouragestudentswhofinishearlytoopenskillmodeonthemapandcomplete
unlockedchallenges.

Part3:Debriefing5minutes
5min.

Walkthrough

Openchallenge#29andclicktheresetbuttontoresetthecode.Gooverthecodewithyour
students.Readthestatementsaloud,slowlyandclearly.ThisWalkthroughisintendedto
showyourstudentshowtoreadcodecorrectly.
Clickruntorunthecode,anddirectyourstudentsattentiontotheorangehighlightwhich
highlightsthelineofcodethatisbeingprocessedbythecomputeratthatverymoment.
Solvechallenge#29withyourstudents.Youcanalsoopenoneofyourstudentssolutions
anonymouslyusingtheteacherdashboard.

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Lesson7Threestarsparty!
Challenges130
Inthislesson,yourstudentswillrevisitchallengestheyhavealreadysolvedbutreceived
onlyoneortwostarsfortheirsolution.Bytheendofthislesson,allofyourstudentsshould
haveperfectthreestarscoresonthefirst30challengesofCodeMonkey.

Objectives
:
Withinthislesson,studentswill:

Revisitchallengeswheretheyreceivedoneortwostars
Solveallchallengeswiththreestars

Part1:Introduction15minutes

Priortoclass
:Checkyourteacherdashboardforchallengeswhereahighnumberof
studentsstruggledtogetthreestars.Usethechallengesbydifficultymetricsinthe
statisticsbarinyourdashboardtoseewhichchallengeswerethehardestforyourstudents,
biggercirclemeansmorestudentsstruggled.

Walkthrough

15min.

Choosetwoorthreechallengesthatgotarelativelyhighnumberofblueorredstars,and
solvethemtogetherinclasswithyourstudents.

Part2:LetsGo!25minutes
Playtime

25min.

AskthestudentstogototheCodeMonkeywebsite(playcodemonkey.com)andloginto
theiraccounts.
Oncetheyareloggedin,instructthemtoclickthemap(upperrightcorner)andfind
challengeswheretheygotoneortwostars.
Attheendofclass,allstudentsshouldaimathavingthreestarsinallthefirst30
CodeMonkeychallenges.
Ifanyofyourstudentsfinishedall30challengeswith3stars,askthemtohelptheirfellow
classmates.

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Part3:Debriefing5minutes
Explain

5min.

Discussbrieflywithyourstudentstheimportanceofwritingshortcode.
InCodeMonkey,whenwegettwostars,itmeansthereisashorterwaytoreachthesame
endresult.Eitherwehavelinesofcodethatareunnecessaryforreachingtheendresult,
orthereisashortersolution,likeusingaloop.
Imaginethateverytimeyouwantedtogotoyournextclass,youhadtofirstgohomeand
thencomebackandgototheclassroom.Itdoesntmakeanysensetodothat.Writing
longcodeisthesame.Ifthereisashorterwaytodothesamething,itdoesntmakeany
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ReferenceCard

Keyword/Button

Description

Tomakethemonkeysteptoacertaindistance,we
havetowritestepXusingthenumberofstepswewant
himtotake,forexample,step10.

Pressingthe
step
buttonwillwritethewordstepinyourcode.

Turnshouldbeaccompaniedbyadirection(left/right)or
degrees(45,90,180).
Examples
:turnright,turn90
Pressingthe
turn
buttonwillwritethewordturninyour
code.

Leftandrightareusedafterthestatementturnto
makethemonkeyturninthedesireddirection.

Pressingthe
left
or
right
buttonswillwritethewordleft
orrightinyourcodeaccordingly.
turnToisanotherwayofturning.Insteadofusing
directionordegrees,weareaskingthemonkeytoturnto
aspecificobject,forexample,turnTobanana
.
Pressing
the
turnTo
buttonwillwritethewordturnToinyour
code.
Asimpleloopis
asequenceofinstructionsthatrepeatsa
specifiednumberoftimes.

Example
:

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threetimes.Theinstructionswewriteintheloopshould
bewrittenunderneathitwithanindentation(....).Youcan
dothatbypressingthe
Tab
keyonthekeyboard.
Pressingthe
times
buttonwillwritethebeginningofa
simpleloopinyourcode:3.times>
.

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Pressingthe
run
buttonwillmakethecodeontheright
run.Youcanseetheoutcomebylookingatthesceneon
theleft.

Theresetbuttonwilleraseeverythingyouwroteinthe
codeontherightandwillresetthecodetohowitwasat
thebeginningofthechallenge.

Therulerisatooltohelpyoumeasurethedistance
betweendifferentobjectsinthegame,forexample,the
distancebetweenthemonkeyandthebanana.
Theruler
canalsohelpyoumeasureanglesthatthemonkeyor
turtlehastoturninordertofaceanotherobjectonthe
screen,likeabanana.
Tousetheruler,clickitonce,and
thenuseyourmousetomovetherulertothepointyou
wantittostartmeasuringfrom.Clickthemouseagain,
andthendragittotheendpoint.Anumberwillappearat
theendpointtoindicatethedistance.Usethisnumber
withthestepstatement.Anothernumberwillappear
nearthestartingpoint,thisnumberindicatestheangel
fromthefirstobjecttothesecondone,useitwiththe
turnstatement.

Aftereachchallenge,youllreceiveastarratingforyour
solution.
Thestarsaredistributedasso:

Firststarisgivenifyougotallbananas
Secondstarisgivenifyouusedwhatyoulearned
Thirdstarisgivenifyourcodeisshortandtothe
point

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CharactersReview

Character

Description

Gordo,namedafterthefirstapeinspace,istheguide
whowillhelpyouandgiveyouinstructionsalongtheway.
Hisremarksarebothfunnyandhelpful.Youcanalways
clickhimtorereadtheinstructions.

Themonkeyisthemaincharacter.Youwillhavetohelp
himcollectbananasbywritinglinesofcode.Justsoyou
know,monkeysdontliketogetwet,andtheyarevery
friendly.

Inchallenge#13,youwillmeetourtrustyturtle.Theturtle
willhelpyougetthosesneakybananas.Inorderto
instructtheturtletoturnorstep,wehavetoclickit
first.Thiswillwriteitsnameinthecode,andthen
separateitfromtheactionwewantittotakeusingadot
(.)
.

Example
:

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Support

Needextrahelp?
Youcancontactusvia
email:i
nfo@cm
studios.com.

twitter:
www.twitter.com/codemonkeystu
facebook:
www.facebook.com/codemonkeystu

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