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Lesson 3: Rocket building instructions

Using sequencing to order and adapt instructions to build a rocket.

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Lesson 3: Rocket building instructions

Learning objective

To sequence a set of instructions.

Success criteria

I can put a set of instructions in

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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

Understand

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Cross-curricular links

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Gimme five! and arrange the children in pairs. Read the slide and allow time for paired discussion. Use the questions below to remind them about the previous lesson if necessary.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could have more time to discuss what the missing image should look like before drawing; could use the Resource: Rocket fins template to draw or trace around if required.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should consider what they would program the rocket to do when it lands on the moon; should use appropriate vocabulary, e.g. program, algorithm, etc.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: placing a set of

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Vocabulary definitions

order

The arrangement of something.
sequence

A set order or pattern for something to follow.

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In this unit

Assessment - Computing Y1: Rocket to the moon

Lesson 1: Rocket materials

Lesson 2: Rocket design

Lesson 3: Rocket building instructions

Lesson 4: Making a rocket

Lesson 5: Rocket launching

Originally created by:

Richard Williams

Computing specialist

Richard is a Year 6 Teacher at St. Pancras Primary School. Richard’s passion for teaching was recognised when he received Suffolk’s ‘Raising The Bar’ award for Innovation 2016. With his class he made the world’s first guided VR:360 school tour and also a…

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