{"id":11358,"date":"2017-12-21T11:15:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T19:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=11358"},"modified":"2023-10-27T00:11:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T07:11:49","slug":"code-your-own-snowy-winter-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/code-your-own-snowy-winter-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Code Your Own Snowy Winter Project!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Code Your Own Snowy Winter Project!<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;ve launched into winter, and there&#8217;s no better time to get cozy and practice coding! Your kids will have a blast coding with our latest winter project, &#8220;Snowball Siege.&#8221; With their code, they&#8217;ll use snowballs to help penguins defend their meadow from invading ice goblins! Can they figure out how to add a point system or program different enemies? Happy holidays and happy coding!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/embedded?p=5a3aad3f76f29329228b4571&#038;controls=yes&#038;autostart=no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"sf-button large accent standard \" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/ide\/?p=5a3b0686a2dff8d569ad5caa\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"text\">View Tutorial<\/span><\/a><a class=\"sf-button large accent standard \" href=\"#teachers\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"text\">Teachers, Assign to a Class<\/span><\/a>\n<p><a name=\"teachers\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to code this project<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>All Tynker users<\/strong>\u00a0have access to this project in their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/dashboard\/student\/#\/visual-coding\/tutorials?tag=seasonal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/dashboard\/student\/%23\/visual-coding\/tutorials?tag%3Dseasonal&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1522427279718000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGzMhXJwDBRzdF02y_XAGoiXEdeiA\">Tutorials Directory<\/a>. Simply click on the project card and follow the instructions to get started! If you do not have an account, you can sign up for a FREE account\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/#\/join\/student\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/%23\/join\/student\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1522427279719000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH4M-hXRVBELYqftOU-4DnkK9zCqQ\">here<\/a>\u00a0and access <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/hour-of-code\/\">many fun coding puzzles<\/a>, games, and tutorials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teachers<\/strong>, all your students have access to this project as a Daily Mission. Once you set up a classroom, your students will continue to have access to the latest seasonal projects. If you\u2019d like to assign the project but haven\u2019t set up a classroom yet, you can:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/dashboard\/teacher\/#\/t\/classrooms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/dashboard\/teacher\/%23\/t\/classrooms&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1522427279719000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHTj-SxkBxbUGYF5EO4YOpEb7q5Pw\">Set up a classroom<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in your Tynker account and add your students.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the \u201cView Tutorial\u201d button above to open the project and save it to your account.<\/li>\n<li>Go to \u201cMy Projects\u201d in your dashboard and click the \u201cAssign+\u201d button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>After your class has finished, don\u2019t forget to create a class showcase of all your students\u2019\u00a0projects to\u00a0share\u00a0with friends and parents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parents<\/strong>, to give this project to your child:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Have your child log in to his\/her account.<\/li>\n<li>They can find &#8220;Snowball Siege&#8221; as one of their Daily Missions!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We love to see what kids are making! Share your winter projects on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gotynker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gotynker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and be sure to tag us @goTynker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Code Your Own Snowy Winter Project! We&#8217;ve launched into winter, and there&#8217;s no better time to get cozy and practice coding! Your kids will have a blast coding with our latest winter project, &#8220;Snowball Siege.&#8221; With their code, they&#8217;ll use snowballs to help penguins defend their meadow from invading ice goblins! 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