Hour of Code

Hour of Code activities:

Try a one-hour tutorial from the site below. Select "Grades 6-8" and then select your level "Beginner" or  "Comfortable". 

• Official Hour of Code Activities (AI, Star Wars, Minecraft and much more)

Here are a few of my suggestions from the Hour of Code Site. 

• Hour of Code Minecraft 

• Create Your Own Google Logo - Use your creativity and imagination to bring the Google logo to life using Scratch 

• Made With Code: LED Dress Design- Use code to create a dress with a movable pattern

• Khan Academy: Hour of Code Drawing- Learn to draw shapes and more

• Khan Academy: Hour of Code Websites - Take a look into what it takes to code a website

• Kano - Code a game of Pong

• Make Code Arcade - a free, open-source retro 2D game development environment

• Blocky Games -  Block-based programming lessons for beginners

• Pencil Code Gym - Learn programming languages using an editor that lets you work in either blocks or text. Create art, music, games, and stories. 

• Codesters - Our unique coding environment makes text-based coding easy and accessible for students in middle grades – even those with no block-coding experience. 

• Scratch - is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

• Micro:Bit - small programmable computer designed for teaching coding and electronics, featuring built-in sensors and LEDs. We have these available in the classroom. 

Additional Places to Learn Coding:

• Khan Academy: Learn to Code - Learn how to use the JavaScript language and the ProcessingJS library to create fun drawings and animations.

• Code Studio 

• Code Academy