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Turn a plan into a program
Read with an adult. You can say, point, draw or write your answer.
1 · Learn
A program is instructions given to a computer in a form it can run. A plan on paper helps you choose the instructions, but it is not running on a computer yet.
Start with a small goal. Set the starting position, add the instructions in order, then run and watch carefully. Different tools may use different blocks or commands.
2 · Worked example
My goal is two squares forward. I put two forward commands in order. I reset the start before each test so comparisons make sense.
3 · Your turn
Why should you reset the starting position before testing the same route again?
Check your answer
A different start could give a different finishing position even with the same commands.
4 · Apply your learning
With an adult, implement a short route in an approved floor-robot or block tool. Compare the run with your paper plan.
Adult guidance and safety
Work with an adult in an approved offline or school-managed tool. Use pretend information, never real passwords or personal details. Paper activities model ideas but must be followed by suitable hands-on device practice.
Open your writing and drawing pad
Write, draw or show your working. Use a mouse, pen or finger. This pad is not a submitted answer.
Not saved to your account. Download your drawing as PNG and your typed notes as TXT before leaving or refreshing. They are separate files. Do not enter private information.
Open a picture saved on this device to draw on it again. Opening replaces the drawing, but Undo can restore it. PNG only, up to 4 MB and 4096 × 4096 pixels. The picture stays in this browser; it is not uploaded. Paper lines in a saved picture become part of that picture.
Clear the drawing? Your typed notes will stay. You can undo this action.
Your pad is empty.
Open a UTF-8 TXT file from this device, up to 40 KB and 10,000 characters. It stays in this browser. Opening can be undone until you type again. Downloads keep a new copy; they do not change the file you opened.
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