Week 01 · Nova Reads Lines
Monday
Nova only does what is written
// Nova only does what is written
⏱ about 15 min
Hello, Code Crew!
Rocket gets dressed all by himself.
First socks. Then shoes.
Rocket just knows what to do.
WARM-UP: PICTURE PATTERNS
- Look at the pattern.
- Tap what comes next.
right
right
?
up
right
up
?
Nova is different.
Nova cannot guess.
Nova needs written lines.
Nova does exactly what they say.
Nova reads written lines
See the line: move right.
Nova reads it.
Nova glides right one space.
The words told Nova what to do.
A program is lines
A program is lines of words.
Each line is one small job.
Little lines make big things happen.
Nova runs top to bottom
Nova starts at line one.
Then line two. Then line three.
Top to bottom. Every time.
Look, a real program
move right move right stop
Read line one out loud.
Nova glides right. Then right again.
Then Nova stops. Program done!
WHAT DOES NOVA DO?
- Read the program.
- Tap what Nova does.
start
?
move right
?
move right
move right
?
One more program!
Three brand new lines.
Read them like Nova.
RUN THE NEW PROGRAM
- Read the new program.
- Tap what Nova does.
start
?
move up
?
move up
move left
?
TRICKY ONES!
- Read very carefully.
- Tap what Nova does last.
move up
move up
move up
?
move right
move left
?
You read a program!
A program is written lines.
Nova runs them top to bottom.
You read all three lines.
Great work, Crew!