Coding

Middle School Computational Thinking Escape Experience

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Goodbye Summer Vacation is a Middle School Escape Experience that engages students with computational thinking concepts and skills. Students will explore logic, sequencing, block programming, efficiency, mirroring and more as they work their way through the experience.

Grade Level: 
Middle
Content Area: 
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
60 min.
Middle School Computational Thinking Escape Experience

Creative Projects with Raspberry Pi: Build gadgets, cameras, tools, home automation, games, and more

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The Raspberry Pi is the most versatile, affordable, and accessible computer ever made—and you don't need any coding skills to use it. Creative Projects with Raspberry Pi shows dozens of the most remarkable and ingenious ways to use your Raspberry Pi and will appeal to Pi fans of all ages.

  • Features 35 inspiring inventions, including instructions for 10 buildable projects
  • Accompanied by a dedicated website containing all of the code you need
  • Expert tips and secrets from Raspberry Pi pros around the world
Creative Projects with Raspberry Pi: Build gadgets, cameras, tools, home automation, games, and more

Bloxels (Single Set)

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Bloxels helps kids achieve their nearly universal desire to create video games (seriously, just ask any kid), rather than just playing them. By using the unique combination of hands-on toys and their love and understanding of classic video games, we've made video game creation accessible and fun for all ages. With Bloxels, you are the artist, the game designer, the storyteller, the programer, the publisher and the player. You are the 13-bit Builder.

Bloxels (Single Set)

Code & Go Robot Mouse

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Build your maze, and then use the coding cards to create a step-by-step path for Colby, the Programmable Robot Mouse. Program the sequence of steps, and then watch Colby race to find the cheese! This deluxe set includes 30 double-sided coding cards, 10 double-sided activity cards, cheese wedge, and Activity Guide to provide the perfect hands-on introduction to coding concepts. Create your path with 16 maze grids to create a 20" x 20" maze board, 22 maze walls, and 3 tunnels for endless possibilities.

littlecodr

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Littlecodr is an insanely fun card game that introduces code to kids ages 4 and up. Crowdfunded on Kickstarter, this game is now introducing coding and computer programming concepts to kids all across the world.

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Middle
High
Content Area: 
Computer Science
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
10 min.
littlecodr

codingFarmers;

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The core of codingFarmers is a standard roll-and-move race. However, instead of simply moving the distance rolled, you choose one of two code cards you draw and obey its instructions. Most cards refer to the die roll you made and will move you.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Content Area: 
Computer Science
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
45 min.
codingFarmers;

Coding in Scratch: Games Workbook

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Get ready to learn a whole new language: computer coding!

Do you love to play computer games? You can teach yourself how to create your own games with this Scratch programming workbook.

A playful, hands-on introduction to coding your own games in Scratch, the free online coding platform. Helps develop the essential skills needed to work with code, including problem solving and critical thinking. Perfect for beginners, with easy-to-understand, engaging instructions and no complicated jargon.

Get ready, get set, get coding!

Coding in Scratch: Games Workbook

Coding Games in Scratch

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If you like playing computer games, why not create your own? This book has all you need to build thrilling racing challenges, crazy platform games, and fiendish puzzles.

Follow the simple steps to become an expert coder using the popular programming language Scratch™. Improve your coding skills and learn to create, remix, and customize your own games. Share your games online and challenge friends and family to beat each other's scores.

Author: 
Jon Woodcock
Coding Games in Scratch

Code Master

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The Ultimate Coding Adventure! In Code Master, your Avatar will travel to an exotic world in search of power Crystals. For all 60 levels, you'll have to use programming logic to help your Avatar collect the Crystals and land at the Portal.

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Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Computer Science
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
10 min.
Code Master

Report of a Workshop on the Pedagogical Aspects of Computational Thinking

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This report summarizes the second of two workshops on computational thinking, which was held February 4-5, 2-10, in Washington, D.C., under the auspices of the National Research Council's (NRC's) Committee for the Workshops on Computational Thinking.

Report of a Workshop on the Pedagogical Aspects of Computational Thinking

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