Middle School course

Creative Coding

  • GRADES 3-8
  • BEGINNER
  • WEB
  • 31 LESSONS

Answer Key

Module 2: Laser Pointer

Module 3: Puppy Training

Module 4: Choose Your Own Adventure

Lesson 20: Dynamic Storytelling

Course: | Web

  • Asking and Deciding
  • Laser Pointer
  • Puppy Training
  • Choose Your Own Adventure

Description

Discover programming through art, animation, music and math. Collaborate with other campers as you bring amazing projects to life using visual programming. Create interactive greetings, experiment with sounds and musical notes, make your own comics, design characters and animate them, generate math art and build level-based games. No prior programming experience required.

What Students Learn

  • Day 1: Frame Based Animation, Sounds and music
  • Day 2: Character Animation and Interactive Stories
  • Day 3: Pen Drawing and Animated Storytelling
  • Day 4: Game Design and Music Videos
  • Day 5: Two Player Games and Collaborative Project

Technical Requirements

* Online courses require a modern desktop computer, laptop computer, Chromebook, or Netbook with Internet access and a Chrome (29+), Firefox (30+), Safari (7+), or Edge (20+) browser. No downloads required.

Lesson 20 : Dynamic Storytelling
Creative Coding

Time: 45+ minutes

Introduction

Tynker Blocks Introduced

Vocabulary

Objectives

Materials

Warm-Up (5 minutes)

Activities (40+ minutes)

Facilitate as students complete all Dynamic Storytelling modules on their own:

1. Asking and Deciding (Concepts)
2. Laser Pointer (DIY)
3. Puppy Training (DIY)
4. Choose Your Own Adventure (DIY)

Extended Activities (10 minutes)

Extended Activities (10 minutes)