Variables in programs
Create and use variables in visual programs to store and change values — such as a score, a timer, a counter or a user's answer — and use them in conditions
Lesson
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“Variables in programs means practising the idea at the table with a simple screen-free or sandbox check. We will demo once, then your child tries.”
Bring to the table
- Paper command cards (forward, turn, repeat) OR a free visual-blocks editor preview
- Pencil
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Worked example. Forward, forward, turn right reaches the star. Changing the order fails.
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Check understanding
- Create a 'score' variable in a game that starts at 0 and increases by 1 each time the player catches an object
- Store a user's typed name in a variable and use it in a message (e.g. 'Hello Sam!')
- Use a variable in a condition (e.g. 'if lives = 0 then game over') and explain what the variable holds at each stage
“In a game your child made with block coding, can they make a score that goes up each time the player wins a point, and end the game when the lives run out?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Computing
- Domain
- Algorithms & Programming
- Age range
- Ages 10–13
Standards