6th Grade Coding

All 6th grade students will learn to code using the Scratch programming language. Scratch is a free computer programming language created by Mitch Resnick and his engineering team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Students in class will use Scratch to code interactive stories, games and animations. MIT and Harvard maintain a free Scratch website. www.scratch.mit.edu However, our students use a special, downloaded version in class.

Units of Study

1. Digital Storytelling

2. Programming Loops

3. Conditional Statements

4. Game Design