Predict 1: Simple IF-ELSE
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Y11 GCSE Computer Science
PRIMM Activities: OCR Reference Language Selection
Focus topics: IF-THEN-ELSE, ELSEIF, and CASE SELECT / SWITCH.
Activity 1: Predict & Run
Read each selection program, choose the best output, then run it to check.
Predict 2: IF, ELSEIF, ELSE
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Predict 3: SWITCH Day Checker
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Predict 4: Grade Boundaries
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Predict 5: Input with SWITCH
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Activity 2: Investigate (Parsons Problem)
- Drag and reorder the blocks to build the correct OCR selection program.
- The program should check whether the temperature is hot, warm, or cold.
- Use one IF line, one ELSEIF line, and one ELSE line.
- Finish with
endif.
Code Bank
Your Program
Activity 3: Modify
- The starter program already asks for a number.
- Add an
elseifbranch for zero. - Keep the existing positive and negative outcomes working.
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Activity 4: Make
- Use the IDE to rewrite the vending machine state algorithm using
ifstatements instead ofswitch. - Ask for the new state:
on,off, orsuspended. - Set
statevalueto1,2, or3for the matching state. - Print
Invalid stateif the input does not match any valid option. - Add one
// commentto explain your selection logic.