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.