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Students run a wildlife camera in a dark wood. The first lessons are short on purpose. By the end they can explain what a program is, put instructions in order, and find a mistake because the photo is of the wrong tree.

Key Stage 3 · about 4 hours · Beginner · Python · Works on a laptop or a tablet

2 lessons available to try · 4 lesson outlines

  1. Lesson 1

    First signal

    Sequence · 12 min

    Give four instructions in the right order.

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  2. Lesson 2

    Wrong tree

    Sequence and debugging · 15 min

    Spot legal Python that still takes the wrong photograph.

    Try debugging

  3. Lesson 3

    Names, not magic

    Strings and arguments · 20 min

    Choose which tree, gate, or path to photograph.

    Course outline · full activity in preparation

  4. Lesson 4

    A second camera

    Variables · 25 min

    Remember a place and use it again.

    Course outline · full activity in preparation

  5. Lesson 5

    The whole round

    Code from scratch · 30 min

    Write the night round without a scaffold.

    Course outline · full activity in preparation

  6. Lesson 6

    Check your round

    Reading code · 15 min

    Say what a program will do before you run it.

    Course outline · full activity in preparation