Levels 4-8
NGV Digital Creatives supports the integration of STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) with the visual arts and provides an authentic context for developing problem-solving, critical and creative thinking skills. Coding activities are inspired by works in the NGV Collection and exhibitions.
This activity uses Scratch – a program that teaches the foundations of coding. Students will apply mathematical and computational thinking and get creative with coding.
Learning Objectives
- Experiment with key programming concepts including movement, scoring and costumes
- Use code to build the ‘Breakfast with Bonnard’ game inspired by Pierre Bonnard’s painting Coffee (Le café) 1915, and add your own graphics and drawings to the game
Supported by Telstra
Themes and Ideas
Pierre Bonnard’s Coffee
Pierre Bonnard is one of the most beloved painters of the 20th century, known for his interesting compositions and colourful celebrations of everyday life. Bonnard liked to paint things happening inside the home, like in his famous painting Coffee (Le café), 1915.
Workshop Instructions
In this workshop, we’ll be creating a game inspired by one of Pierre Bonnard’s Coffee (Le café), 1915. We will be using Scratch, a simple coding language that lets us build programs using blocks of code. We will add our own drawings into the program to set the table, and later, we’ll have a go at creating the game from the ground up.
Access the completed version of the game
Access the incomplete version of the game
Resources
PDF instructions to build the game’s code can be found below.
Access the written instructions: Write the Code