Exploring with Grade 4 to 6

Exploring with Apps:

Exploring Online:

Code Studio is an extension to the Hour of Code. This is a free web based resource that has courses designed for all ages. Students and teachers start with Course 1 and work their way through challenges. Choose the course that suits the level of yours students. It is recommended that teachers create an account for their students. This allows progress to be tracked

Exploring with Tech Toys:

Sphero allows students to learn, play and explore the world of programming robots. Students can program or remote control the tech toy. The approximate cost of a Sphero is $140. There are also many free iOS and Android Apps that can be used to program and explore with Sphero. Sphero Education also has coding challenges for all ages available for free online.

Scratch is a software that allows students to use their coding literacy to solve problems, design projects, and share ideas. Scratch Junior and Scratch is also web based.

Hopscotch is an iOs App allows users to use a drop and drag process to create their own games. Coding skills such as variables, conditionals, and loops are used to create the games. Designers can share their games for others to play. Easy to follow tutorials are also available.

Lego Mindstorms allow students to build and program robots out of Lego. Students can design robots to complete a specific task. The robots are controlled by a laptop that has the programming software or the Lego education programming App. Video of Mindstorms in action.

Cargo-bot is an iOs App that was designed entirely in an Ipad using Codea coding App for Ipads. Cargo-bot challenges users by having them use their coding skills to help the robot complete tasks.

Lego We Do's allow students to use authentic Lego to build projects or create projects that are coding to make movement. The coding software allows students to use a drag and drop process to make their creation move. Each Lego We Do kit is approximately $240. The software needs to be downloaded onto a computer.

The Kano is a kit that allows students to build a computer. The kit also comes with software that allows students to complete challenges and solve problems using basic coding skills.