Embedded Files
Offline Activity - What Makes Us Human?
Offline Activity - What Makes Us Human?
Students will play a game to sort abilities from most to least uniquely human, before assigning them to robots responsible for specific jobs. Students will discuss how their robot reacts to a novel situation and discuss the consequences.
Online Activity - Google Quick Draw
Online Activity - Google Quick Draw
Students will explore how AI works and play a game to contribute to the world's largest doodling data set.
Teachers - request robotics activities for your class inspired by Walking Wednesday. Join us on 12/6 to walk with a robot.
Enter students names all at once and then it will give you individual certificates to print. This brings you to a login page. Just choose CONTINUE WITH GOOGLE.
Hour of Code at Code.org - Choose the Grade 6-8 tab to filter and then filter no computer or technology on the left side.
Here are a few we recommend:
Sci Girls: Code Creators (learn about pseudocode)
Create a choose your own adventure - optional extension is learn how to use google forms to make an online version of your adventure
Rock, Paper, Scissors- Learn about Computer Modeling by playing a few versions of rock, paper, scissors
Move it, Move it- student practice 'programming' each other (could start with a bit of the Happy Maps lesson which introduces what an algorithm is)
The Big Event- an event is an action that causes something to happen
COMPUTER ACTIVITIES
Hour of Code - Tons of activities. Choose the Grade 6-8 tab to filter.
Try out Makecode Carnival Games - great tutorials with videos to show you if you need. The only challenge is after the first lesson you have to sign in with google.
Here are a few we recommend from Hour of Code
Scratch: Imagine a World, Make Music, Make a Chase Game
Scratch: Animate an Adventure Game
Scratch: Code a Cartoon
Scratch: Make it Fly
Code with an Artistic Flair:
Flocabulary has some cool Computer Science activities:
Problem Solving With RobotsCoding for LoopsAlgorithms and PseudocodeWriting and Interpreting EventsAll About ConditionalsPage updated
Report abuse