UP Summer Program

Upper Primary (Grades 4 & 5) students learn the basics of computer coding through Turtle Art software to code digital art projects. Turtle Art is designed for children to learn code through using geometry and basic (and some advanced) math operations. The graphical drag & drop block programming in Turtle Art is the ideal environment for learning basic principles of programming and computational thinking.

Outcomes:

• understanding the meaning and use of values and variables

• using looping behaviors to create iterative processes

• constructing procedures to break code down into smaller, easier to understand code

• process of finding and solving problems (debugging)

• developing social and collaborative learning skills