Part of Lesson Plan: Generating Number Series with Reporter Blocks in BYOB/Scratch: A Scaffolding Tool for Teaching Java Methods in AP Computer Science

Activity Overview / Details

As a follow up lesson, have students create BYOB/Scratch reporter blocks which generate other number series such as factorial or prime numbers.

Students should repeat the process used in the earlier part of the lesson:

• Research the background history of a number series.
• If possible, provide visual representations of the number series.
• Provide a description in English (pseudocode) of how the number series can be derived.
• Refine the algorithm.

Create a custom BYOB/Scratch block that generates the series.