Programming 101 - Course Overview
An introduction to block programming for beginners in lower elementary grades where they build their first storytelling and animation programs.
- YEARS 4-5
- BEGINNER
- WEB IPAD
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Description
An easy introduction to programming for beginners in lower elementary grades. Familiarize your class with visual programming techniques. Students progress through the lessons learning concepts in a game-like interface. To complete each lesson, students typically go through a concept review, solve a puzzle, run through a tutorial, build their own project, and take a quiz. They create interactive stories, animations, and mini-games to help Professor Ada battle the evil Dr. Glitch! After completing this lesson plan, students will be able to build a wide variety of simple programs with events, loops, and some conditional logic.
Topics
- Sequencing
- Repetition
- Events
- Conditional logic
- Animation
- Pen drawing
- Drawing shapes and patterns
- Playing musical notes
- Sending and receiving messages
- Handling user input
- Color detection
What Students Learn
- Design animated characters
- Create interactive scenes
- Make animated birthday cards
- Write cartoon stories
- Create a music machine
- Experiment with math art
- Design and build small games
- Troubleshoot and debug simple programs
Technical Requirements
* Online courses require a modern desktop computer, laptop computer, Chromebook, or Netbook with Internet access and a Chrome (29+), Firefox (30+), Safari (7+), or Edge (20+) browser. No downloads required.
* Tablet courses require an iPad (iOS 10+) with Tynker or Tynker Junior app installed and Internet access