Think Smart – Your First Coding Mission!
You and your buddy can learn coding without a computer and then you can switch to using coding on a computer to create your own games, stories, and art!
How?! This unit will help you answer your questions about coding systems, and you can explore computer science through coding!
Warm up
To warm up, watch the video in English or read the short text in your language.
WATCH
Learn
It’s time to practice!
Take a look at the commands — and if you’re not sure what they mean, watch the video again or check the text one more time!
Dive in 1
Enter the
LINK
The upper right side is your canvas.
You can make it bigger if you want by dragging the corners.
Now that you’re ready, use the commands to draw something on your canvas.
You can choose one of the following:
a) star
b) house
c) heart
Click on Finish when you're done to see your results!
(Reminder: Each line is 100 pixels long)
Dive in 2
When you finish this level...
...click on “Finish” and then “Continue” to move on to the next level.
Try to complete as many levels as you can!
LET'S GO
Create
Done?
Now turn back to the first level.
Together with your buddy, draw again the same thing you did at the beginning of this unit.
GO
Now that you’ve had some practice, you can make it a bit more complex if you want!
Upload your drawing onto the work.it platform!
Reflect
Discuss with your buddy about how easy or difficult the task was.
What were the challenges?
How could you use this knowledge in the future?
Create your postcard!
Ask your educator to login and share your postcard with the KIDS4ALLL community.