Brainstorm what you will need in Scratch and Phiro to make your virtual timer. Breakdown the challenge into 3 parts.

• Get minute & second time from user
• Convert user given time to seconds
• Check condition to make Phiro stop when given time runs out

Plan your Phiro virtual timer.

Explore condition blocks in Scratch and identify which one you will need to create a virtual timer. As the default timer block in Scratch uses only seconds, plan how you will convert the given minutes for timer in real time programming.

Plan your virtual timer in 3 parts:

• Get minute & second time from user by creative a Variable. Explore the Sensing block in Scratch to get user time. Explore the Data block in Scratch to make Variables. Think about the variables you will need to get minutes, seconds, and total seconds in timer values from user.

• Convert user given time to seconds. Explore the Operator block in Scratch and think about how to convert given time to seconds.

• Check condition to make Phiro stop when given time runs out. Explore Phiro's move blocks.

Create your Phiro Virtual Timer in 3 parts:

1. Get minute & second time from user Make 3 Variables: Minute, Seconds, Total Seconds

Get timer value of Minute from user using Ask brick.

Get timer value of Seconds from user using Ask brick.

2. Convert user given time to seconds Calculate total no of seconds using formula.

3. Check condition to make Phiro stop when given time runs out

Repeat code until default timer > total seconds in Timer variable.

Turn Right until above condition becomes true.

Stop Phiro. Stop all Scripts.

Test your code and watch if Phiro has followed your instructions. Did it do as expected? What did you do to improve your alarm?

• Remix the virtual timer code to include Hour time or try making Phiro do fun different stuff while waiting for the time to run out!

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