Madison Children's Museum Club Portfolio — Fall 2023

Madison Children’s Museum Club Portfolio — Fall 2023

Madison Children’s Museum

MCM Scratch Club Introduction & History

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Week 1 (9/24)

Week 1 Lesson Plan: Introduction

Abraham

Raymond

Zihang

Week 1 Site Visit

Start of Club Checklist

Week 1 Reflection

Zihang

Raymond

Abraham

Week 2 (10/1)

Week 2 Lesson Plan: Pen Art in XY coordinates

Attendance: 12~15

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Icebreaker

Lecture about x-y coordinate

Unplugged activity

Show example of x-y coordinate game

Show how to use pen in Scratch

Let kids use stamps or pens to draw simple shapes(triangle, square, etc.)

Work time

Week 2 Reflection

Zihang

Raymond

Abraham

Week 3 (10/8)

Week 3 Lesson Plan: Broadcast / Events

Attendance: 10~12

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Week 3 Reflection (Oct. 8th)

Zihang

Raymond

Abraham

Week 4 Lesson Plan : If /Else/ Loops (Oct. 15th)

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Week 4 Reflection

Zihang

Raymond

Abraham

Week 5 Lesson Plan: Variables, Randomness, Comparison Operators

Attendance: 10-12

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Week 5 Reflection

Zihang

Have any of your goals (or expectations) for yourself, for the kids in your club, or for your club in general changed since the beginning of the semester?

Raymond

Have any of your goals (or expectations) for yourself, for the kids in your club, or for your club in general changed since the beginning of the semester?

Abraham

Have any of your goals (or expectations) for yourself, for the kids in your club, or for your club in general changed since the beginning of the semester?

Week 6 (10/29)

Week 6 Lesson Plans: Algorithms (Search)

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3-5 min: Review

10-15 min: Presentation on Algorithms

~40 min: Work Time

Week 6 Reflection

Zihang

Raymond

Abraham

Week 7 (11/5)

Week 7 Lesson Plans: Lists

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Week 7 Reflection (Nov. 5th)

Zihang

How effective is the “rotating instructor” that our group is using?

Raymond

Abraham

Week 8 (11/12)

Week 8 Lesson Plans: Debugging

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Week 8 Reflection

Zihang

Raymond

Abraham

Week 9 (11/19)

Week 9 Lesson Plans: Final Project (Nov. 19th)

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Week 9 Reflection

Zihang

What is your definition of a successful final project for the kids in your club? Why is this a good definition? Do you think some kids will not have successful final projects? Why?

Could this have been changed?

Raymond

What is your definition of a successful final project for the kids in your club? Why is this a good definition? Do you think some kids will not have successful final projects? Why?

Could this have been changed?

Abraham

Week 11 (12/3)

Week 11 Lesson Plans: Final Project

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Week 11 Reflection

Zihang

Raymond

Abraham

Week 12 (12/10)

Week 12 Lesson Plans: Final Project

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No reflections this week

Child Evaluations

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