Hour of Code Day

Coding Resource Page

Past Event

2017 Hour of Code Day: Thursday December 7th from 4:00-5:00 PM

Why are we learning how to code? Well, think about all the things around us that require coding to work - computers, cell phones, video games, etc. Even the things on our computers and cellphones like apps are all coded. Computer coding is the language of technology, so learning how to code will help us not only understand how to use technology better, making our lives easier, it will also help us make better technology in the future! Even if you just want to get better at playing video games, learning about coding will probably help you play video games better.

2017 Hour of Code Day Resources

Try some of the activities listed below. Can't find one that you like? You can always search for more at the Hour of Code website.

BEGINNER

Google's Santatracker: https://santatracker.google.com/codelab.html
Make a Flappy game: https://studio.code.org/flappy/1
Minecraft: https://hourofcode.com/mchoc
Star Wars: https://code.org/starwars
Moana: http://partners.disney.com/hour-of-code/wayfinding-with-code?cds
Google Logo in Scratch: https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/en/hoc2017#
Space Quest: www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/space-quest
Make Music with Scratch: https://hourofcode.com/scratchmus

INTERMEDIATE

Code Commander: https://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/code-commander
Frozen: https://hourofcode.com/frzn
Make it Fly in Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tip_bar=fly&utm_source=codeorg
Animate your Name in Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tip_bar=name
Star Wars (JavaScript): https://studio.code.org/s/starwars/stage/1/puzzle/1
Scratch: http://mediamashup.ning.com/group/allaboutme

ADVANCED

Counter Hack: https://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/counter-hack#/mc-make&reg=false
Code Drawing: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/hour-of-code/hour-of-drawing-code/p/drawing-more-shapes-with-code
Turtle programming: https://www.codeavengers.com/python/100#1.1
Scratch Simple Game: http://mediamashup.ning.com/group/simplegame
Code Combat: https://codecombat.com/play?hour_of_code=true
Animate your name or Design a game using Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/go
Animate your name using Javascript: https://www.codecademy.com/hour-of-code

ARDUINO (ask for hardware)

Blinking LED: www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Blink