High School course
Intro to Programming
- ALL GRADES
- BEGINNER
- WEB
- 15 LESSONS
Description
Perfect for ages 7+ and beginning coders! Students learn basic coding concepts and build a wide variety of simple programs to help Professor Ada battle the evil Dr. Glitch.
Topics Covered: Sequencing, repetition, events, conditional logic, animation, pen drawing, drawing shapes and patterns, playing musical notes, sending and receiving messages, handling user input, and color detection.
What Students Learn
- Design animated characters
- Create interactive scenes
- Make animated birthday cards
- Write cartoon stories
- Create a music machine
- Experiment with math art
- Design and build small games
- Troubleshoot and debug simple programs
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.