Y7/8 Digital Technologies

Workbook + Lesson Plans + AI Helper

Lesson Plan • Week 2 Lesson 4
Privacy + Integrity: Do not enter names or personal information. The AI provides hints and structure — you must write your own work.

Mini challenge: build a small interactive program

Learning intention

Combine variables, conditionals, loops/functions to make an interactive program.

Success criteria

  • My program runs.
  • I can explain how it meets the goal.

Lesson flow

  • 5 min Starter
    Outline the challenge + constraints.
    Read the success criteria.
  • 15 min Build
    Support students.
    Build the mini program.
  • 15 min Test + refine
    Peer test prompts.
    Test and fix 1 issue.
  • 5 min Exit ticket
    What did you improve?
    Write one improvement.

Video support

Apple Swift Playgrounds

Official support page students can use while completing their mini interactive program.

Online game / interactive activity

Code.org courses and labs

Extension programming activities for students who finish the mini challenge early.

Workbook resources

PPT Workbook (pptx)Rubric (pdf)
Workbook + AI Helper
Privacy + Integrity: Do not enter names or personal information. The AI provides hints and structure — you must write your own work.

Workbook

Answers save automatically on this iPad in this browser.

Describe what your mini program does and the logic you used.
Record one test result and what you changed based on it.

AI Video Assistant

Generates a short lesson explainer, key vocabulary and a teacher-approved activity prompt. It gives hints only and reminds students not to enter personal information.

AI Helper

Ready to help with: Mini challenge: build a small interactive program

Ask the AI for help (hints only)