Create a data visualisation for a topic that you are passionate about. A data visualisation is an interesting way to display data, which could be a graph, diagram or drawing. Data visualisations are used regularly in the news to make information accessible.
Make an intercative map that lets users learn interesting facts about the world. Learn how to use lists and dictionaries to store data, functions with parameters keep code clean, and how to quickly explore large amounts of data.
Learn how to use a dictionary to encode letters with a variety of shapes, and functions with parameters to customise those shapes. Each letter is encoded to a shape displayed at random on the screen, so your name will be encoded into a piece of art!
Learn how to use while and for loops to repeat the tasks of finding the frequency of letters in a message. Use Python lists and functions to create a chart to display frequency data. Analyse the chart to crack the code!
Learn how to use Python dictionaries by creating a simple model of the solar system. Find out how to use dictionaries to store and look up data then create an animated, interactive, solar system model using the p5 library.
Discover the power of lists in Python by creating an interactive chart of Olympic medals. We will be creating lists to store data, charts to display the data using the pygal library, and learning how to load data by reading in a file.
Build a scrolling endless runner game where your character has to avoid obstacles. The game ends when you hit an obstacle and you score points by staying alive for as long as you can. Learn about procedural generation and collision detection in coding and personalise your own game.
Use Python code creatively to draw a face or make a mask with digital art. Draw and position your mask by using geometirc shapes, coordinates and layers. Define functions so that you can draw shapes easily again and again.
Make an animation to propel a satellite into orbit, by hitching a ride on a rocket! We'll be using the p5 Python graphics library again to create cool graphic effects and simulate the best amount of fuel to give the rocket.
We'll be using the p5 Python graphics library to draw a target and then writing code to score points by hitting the target with arrows. Learn about how to use coordinates, RGB colours and conditional statements to make decisions.
Term 3 is going to be a python extravaganza! We'll be starting with the basics of coding in the python programming language, exploring what python can do by writing an interactive project that uses emoji.
Think of a story with a surprise at the end and create a short animation using Scratch. Break the project into parts that are smaller and easier to understand, this is called decomposition, and build it one part at a time. Digital storytelling allows everyone to share their stories and creative imaginings with others. People who do storytelling for apps and video games are called narrative designers.
Let's celebrate Matariki! Choose a code club project to try. Make a Scratch animation to tell the stories of each star in the Matariki cluster, or create a program for the Micro:bit that displays a star and plays a tune.
Create a game in which you have to find a hidden bug on each level. The game will have 'start' and 'end' screen backdrops, and a timer to show the player how quickly they found the bugs.
Create an animation with Scratch code where your characters will run or fly to catch the bus. We'll be learning about loops and using different costumes to simulate movement.
We're starting a new project path and will be learning to code using Scratch until the end of this term. In this project, we will create a space scene with characters that ‘emote’ to share their thoughts or feelings. Emotes are a way of showing the personality of a character in a game - using speech, sounds, movement, and graphic effects.
We'll be joining a remote code-along session hosted by Code Club Aotearoa to celebrate NZ Techweek. The online session will introduce basic concepts of programming using block-based language Scratch.
Public health measures have been so important in the last two years in helping to keep our team of 5 million safe. We can use a computer model to see how they might work by creating a simulation of a virus outbreak in Monster Town. Follow the link to build your own outbreak simulator using block code provided by code.org.
Fabulous timing, this week's code club falls on StarWars day, May the 4th be with you! We will be building a Star Wars game using either blocks or JavaScript provided by code.org. Just follow the link.
We're getting used to our new space in the hall, sharing our creations from the holiday, and preparing for our robotics projects coming up this term.
