An easy introduction to programming for beginners in lower elementary grades. Familiarize your class with visual programming techniques. Students progress through the lessons learning concepts in a game-like interface. To complete each lesson, students typically go through a concept review, solve a puzzle, run through a tutorial, build their own project, and take a quiz. They create interactive stories, animations, and mini-games to help Professor Ada battle the evil Dr. Glitch! After completing this lesson plan, students will be able to build a wide variety of simple programs with events, loops, and some conditional logic.
 
Concepts:
	
	
Sequencing
	
	
	
Repetition
	
	
	
Events
	
	
	
Conditional logic
	
	
	
Animation
	
	
	
Pen drawing
	
	
	
Drawing shapes and patterns
	
	
	
Playing musical notes
	
	
	
Sending and receiving messages
	
	
	
Handling user input
	
	
	
Color detection