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Hello, everyone!

I'm an engineer from


the smart star.
You can call me Panda!
In future lessons,
we will study
programming together!
Do you know what can you
do with programming?
Programming is used to Programming is used to design and Programming is used to
create mobile phone create computer games. control robots.
software and apps.
Game Time
Explore a
mBlock Project
Step 1: Open the mBlock software from your desktop
or the mBlock website.
Step 2: Click in the upper right corner.
Select Example Programs.
Step 3: Find Space Adventures and then click OK to open the program.
Icon Name Function

Green flag Start the program

Stop Stop the program

Full screen Start full screen


demonstration mode

Exit full screen Exit full screen


mode
Space Adventures
1. Use the up and down keys ↑↓ of the keyboard to control the
vertical movement of the pilot Panda.
2. Use the space key to shoot the cannonball from the Panda’s
Spaceship.
3. Play Space Adventures for 3 minutes.
Space Adventures – Competition
1. Create pairs of students to play the game against each other.
If you don’t have a pair, you can have students time themselves and see
if they can get a higher score.
2. Each partner plays the game for one minute.
A. The student with the highest score after one minute will win.
B. If the score is the same, the one with the most health points will win.
C. If the score and the health point are the same, the game will end in a
draw.
Space Adventures – Exploration

1. Explain how to play the game to a classmate (parent or sibling).


2. Write an explanation of the game.
A. What is the goal of the game?
B. How does the game end?
C. How does the game function?
Let’s Share!
If you could design a game,
what kind of game would you design?
Hands-on
Programs in
mBlock
programming
A program is a set of instructions
that can be executed by a computer
to perform a specific task.

The Space Adventures game is


controlled by many programs.
Get to know the
mBlock interface
Menu bar Select language, open new file or save file, find example programs or help documents, etc.

Stage Area
Block Area Script Area
View project stage, customize Drag the programming blocks to this area and
sprites and backgrounds, connect Library of programming blocks sorted by arrange them to control the performance in the
Makeblock devices color-coded categories. Stage Area.
Tasks
,

Programming Practice:
Moving Panda
Step 1: Find in the menu bar, select .
,

Step 2: Click the Sprites tab in the Stage


Area to ensure that our program is added to
the Panda sprite.
,

Step 3: Find and select from the Block Area.


Click the and drag it to the Script Area and the release it.
,

Step 4: Find and select from the Block Area.


Click the and drag it to the Script Area and attach it beneath
the block.
Step 5: Click the in the Stage Area to run the program and observe the
animation in the stage.
Review
1. What’s the name of the area displaying the
game interface when playing Space
Adventures?

A. Block area B. Script area

C. Menu Bar D. Stage area


2. What is the button to start the program
in Space Adventures?

A. B.

C. D.
2. Which of the following options is wrong
about programming?

1. Programming is limited to building blocks.

2. Programming is the process of splicing the instructions that the computer

can understand in a certain order.

3. Apps in mobile phones are developed by programming.

4. Various games can be developed by programming.


Thank you!

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