Summer Coding Club condenses our 12 week course into one week! During the week, students explore and use different coding platforms such as Scratch Jr., Code.org or Tynker. The first days are dedicated to learning the coding basics while the middle days are spent creating playable games and building programmable robots. Lastly, students get the opportunity to dive deeper into a topic of their choice in the passion project.
Aside from gaining knowledge in coding concepts, students build confidence and friendships. Computational thinking (a problem solving technique), communication and critical thinking skills are also enhanced.
Day 1- Intro to Code
- What is Coding Video- Scratch Garden
- Code: Giving instructions to a computer or a robot in a language it understands.
- What is Coding- Song Lyrics and Activity PDF
- Unplugged Dance Party
- Code Spark
- If your student would like to continue on Code Spark, please message Miss Mikayla for the school code. Classroom codes only last 2 hours.
- Once given the classroom code, press the link above, press “schools” on the left side, press “students”, press “use classroom code”, type in the classroom code, click your students name, continue in Code Spark.
- Hello Ruby Book Chapters 1-2
- Scratch Jr.
- K-2 Day 1 Family Flyer PDF
Day 2- Intro to Code and Game Design
- Decomposition- Scratch Garden Video
- Decomposition: Breaking big problems down into smaller and more managable problems
- Decomposition Song Lyrics and Activity PDF
- What’s Decomposition: A Rock-and-Roll Adventure Book Link
- Draw a Face- Unplugged Activity
- RodoCodo
- This is the website link but there is an app for RodoCodo
- RodoCodo Part 1 Answer Key PDF
- RodoCodo Part 2 Answer Key PDF
- Hello Ruby Book Chapters 3-4
- Scratch Jr.
- K-2 Day 2 Family Flyer PDF
Day 3- Robotics
- Debugging Book and Song
- Debugging: The process of finding and correcting mistakes (bugs) in code
- Find My Number- Unplugged
- Sphero Bolt
- 10 Foot Line Challenge
- Color Maze
- Sphero Twister
- Relay Race (Free Driven)
- Hello Ruby Book Chapters 5-6
- Dot (Robot)
- K-2 Day 3 Family Flyer
Day 4- Robotics
- Algorithm Book
- Algorithm: Step by step directions in order to complete a task
- Dinosaur Coloring Algrithm
- Forest Aniamls Drawing Algorithm
- Lego WeDo Robotic Arm
- Hello Ruby Book Chapters 7-8
- Code N Go Mice
- K-2 Day 4 Family Flyer PDF
Day 5- Passion Project
- You Can Do It Scratch Garden Video
- Confidence: Believing in oneself and abilities
- You Can Do It Song Lyrics and Activity PDF
- Hello Ruby Book Chapters 9-10
- Read Aloud
- Hello Ruby- Play (Resources and Activities)
- Hello Ruby- Teach (Resources and Activities)
- Today we played a board game that is based off of the book and participated in a scavenger hunt like Ruby went on in the book.
- Passion Project
- For the last day of the camp, students get to partake in a Passion Project so they can show off some of the skills they learned through the week! Students can either choose to make something (story, animation, game, etc.) on Scratch Jr. or build and program a Lego WeDo robot.
- Students will present their Passion Projects at an award ceremony
Other Resources
Our YouTube Channel – We’ve created several free videos to walkthrough some of the puzzles from above and activities in Scratch Jr. from below.
Scratch Jr – Free app for iOS, Android, and ChromeOS – Allows your students to use the ideas learned above in their own creative programming environment. They can add characters and backgrounds to program their own games and animations. Here are some examples of free activities in Scratch Jr: www.scratchjr.org/teach/activities
Tynker – Free app for iOS, Android, and ChromeOS (also a website tynker.com). Limited number of free puzzles similar to the links listed above.
LightBot Code Hour – Free app for iOS and Android. Three-dimensional puzzles similar to the links above.
Additional Coding Resources
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Choose from online and in-person coding courses for young learners, K-6, designed to develop critical thinkers and problem solvers with transferrable skills across all subjects.