Want extra ideas for your coding clubs?

Want more ideas for your coding clubs?

Are you sick of doing the exact same activities? Want fresh, new projects for your students?

• Learn to program with Scratch and build animation movies, quizzes and more.

• Learn to program with Python (years 5-6)

• Program mBot (robot)

• Program Lego Mindstorms EV3 (robot)

• Build digital projects with Makey Makey (simple circuits and inputs)

Coding blocks with Scratch

We use a five level program with Scratch with each level focussed on learning a set of competencies.  You can find the five levels in my 'coding_kids' Scratch profile.Lesson plans for an 8 week introduction into programming with Scratch: View here.Here are some of the games my students built in Scratch: View games.Learn to break down a problem into a sequence of steps by programming with Scratch.

Python

Python is my preferred textual programming language to teach to beginners and especially for primary school students in Years 5-6 and high school students. I prefer to download Python onto computers to use, which is for free. Python is a great programming language for beginners because it is clean and readable.

simple robotics e.g. mBot

Program mBot to navigate its environment and:- avoid walls- avoid edges of a table- follow a lineLearn to program by programming mBot.

Learn robotics with Lego Mindstorms EV3 

Program it to navigate its environment and:- avoid walls- avoid edges of a table- follow a line- grab objects with clawsLearn to program by programming Lego Mindstorms EV3.

Simple electronics with Makey Makey

- learn about circuits and inputs- build your own game controller- build your own 'Dance Dance Revolution' game- build your own piano mat or drum kit to step on with feet- build your own 'operation' game- Here are a few projects students made with Makey Makey

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