Schemes of Work
The following two PDFs, freely available as downloads, provide details of how Dragon Pathways can be used within a classroom environment with children of various ages.
Each PDF consists of an introductory page with the following information:
- The year for which it is suitable
- An overview of the activities
- The assumptions being made of the childrens' skills
- The skills they should develop by performing the activities
- The preparation required by the teacher/support staff
- What you can expect the children to learn.
A table then lists the activities that can be used to explore/develop childrens' skills for the given Year. There are also suggestions for the:
- Teaching opportunities that each activity provides
- Tasks that can be assigned to the children
- Skills that the children can learn
- The expected learning outcomes.
Exploring Simulations in Dragon Pathways - Suitability: Year Three
With Dragon Pathways children can begin to understand that computer simulations can represent real and imaginary situations. They learn how to explore simulations, explore options and test their predictions. They evaluate simulations by comparing them with real situations and considering their usefulness.
Children will apply what they have learnt when using simulations throughout their work...
Click here to download the PDF document (78KB)
Modelling effects on screen in Dragon Pathways - Suitability: Year Four
In this activity children learn to add instructions to control an object on screen and will compare the operation of the screen object with that of a floor turtle. They learn how to give an object instructions that ‘teaches’ it to behave in a certain way. Some children can use Dragon Pathways to guide a screen turtle through a maze or guide a car along a chosen route or make a simple Frogger game. Others will use Dragon Pathways to create, test and refine their own screens.
Children will be able to apply what they have learnt in this activity when working with shapes and space in mathematics...
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