Hour of Code on Tablets - Tynker

Complete an Hour of Code by solving fun coding puzzles, following step-by-step tutorials to create projects, and building your own mobile games. You can even work offline.

Program dragons to hunt for treasure
Design and animate fun characters
Experiment with physics and math
Create storytelling projects
Build your own games

Suggested Hour of Code Activities

Grades K-2

- Solve Candy Quest
- Design a Fun Character
- Make a Holiday Card
- Write a Knock Knock Joke

Grades 3-5

- Complete Dragon Journey
- Make a Piano
- Program Space Chickens
- Create Spin Draw

Grades 6+

- Solve Lazer Racer
- Build Gravity Tilt Game
- Make Arcade Shooter Game
- Program a Kaliedoscope

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200+ Fun Coding Puzzles

Codey's Quest - Use logic and loop variations to lead Codey home.
Crash Course - Learn to program drones, lights, and Sphero in a virtual environment.
Dragon Journey - Create functions and subroutines to lead your dragon through the forest. In-app purchase. Available for free during Hour of Code.
Lost in Space - Apply conditional logic to lead astronaut Biff to his moon base. In-app purchase. Available for free during Hour of Code.
Lazer Racer - Draw complex geometric shapes using simple commands in this futuristic racing game. In-app purchase. Available for free during Hour of Code.

Step-by-Step Tutorials

60+ Interactive Tutorials and Templates

Learn with interactive tutorials and get inspired to create an unlimited portfolio of games and projects to share and play with friends

Game Kits - Build your own arcade, platformer, and physics games
Storytelling - Write stories, comics, jokes, riddles, quizzes, and more
Animation - Learn stop motion animation or use the Character Creation Engine
Physics - Launch bouncing penguins, program zero gravity, and fire cannons
Drawing - Program math art, kaleidoscopes, or your own art studio app
Music - Program musical notes and drum beats to play any song

Connected Toys

Use code blocks to control connected toys including drones and robots. Learn by playing the “Crash Course” puzzle set, then make a remote controller for your drone or robot. Support for the following devices is included:

Sphero app-enabled robot
Ollie app-enabled robot
Parrot Rolling Spider drone
Philips Hue and Lux personal lighting systems

Full Workshop

Create games and apps quickly using drag-and-drop programming and play them with friends on tablets or the web.

Code with drag-and-drop visual blocks
Design and use millions of animated characters
Experiment with physics
Use native tilt controls
Draw math art
Make music

Educator Features

Multi-User Support - Students can sign in to the Tynker App on any tablet and continue where they left off.
Classroom Management - Teachers can create classrooms with multiple student accounts.
Mobile & Desktop Syncing - Students can seamlessly access projects from web or mobile devices.
Access to Student Projects - Teachers can review mobile student projects from a web-enabled computer.
Class Showcases - Teachers can create and publish a class showcase by selecting the best student projects.

Hour of Code for Tablets