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Contributed by ScratchEd Team, July 18, 2017

Scratch isn't just for computer science classes. Scratch can be incorporated into any content area in any classroom!

Original Author: Patrick McGuire, Mary Adelaide, Wilhelmina Peragine

Education Level: Preschool and Kindergarten, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College and University, Professional Development

Content Types: Activity, Audio and Video, Curriculum, Lesson Plan, Tool, Tutorial

Curricular Areas: Computer Science, Engineering, Language Arts, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Studies, Teacher Education, Technology, Visual Arts

Keywords: math, social studies, music, project ideas, literacy, visual arts, scratch across every subject, Media Arts

Scratch is incredibly versatile-it's not just for computer science classes! Scratch can be incorporated into any content area in any classroom. Whether you teach English, Science, Math, History, or Art, Scratch can contribute to your students' learning in a number of ways!

Here are some examples from our Scratch Across Every Subject series. To learn more about a given subject, simply click on the subject link and you'll be directed to the full story.

Interested in seeing specific projects that relate to various curricular areas? Check out Scratch Projects Across The Curriculum

Coding is increasingly described as an "essential literacy" that should be included with reading, writing, and arithmetic. But Scratch can also be a great tool for deepening and extending reading and writing. Students can record phoneme sounds, design interactive book reports, create autobiographical music videos and so much more! Explore the literacy resources and projects.

Also: Check out our interview with Rick Ashby to see how he has embedded Scratch into his English classroom culture!

For many students, engaging with math and understanding its real world applications can be a challenge. They might get bored with the idea of learning formulas or intimidated by abstract problems and complicated rules. That's where Scratch can step in. Explore the math resources and projects.

Also: See how Jennifer Junkin integrates Scratch into her 9th grade Math class!

How can Scratch be a platform for artistic expression and vice versa? Can visual and media arts help introduce and extend computational creativity? Together, Scratch and art have limitless potential for learning and creating! Explore the visual and media arts resources and projects.

Can music help introduce and extend computational creativity? Check out this list of Scratch and Music resources and add your go-to projects, lessons, and activities.

Also: Interested in making music or teaching music theory through Scratch and MakeyMakey? You'll find this article interesting!

Scratch allows students to connect with their social studies curriculum in a visually engaging, interactive way. They can replay history's major events with games and animations, show their knowledge of geography with responsive maps, and draw on what they learn in class to give historical figures new life on the computer screen. In the process, they can hone their storytelling abilities as they consider how to represent historical events and current issues. Explore the social studies resources and projects.

Also:

Take a look at our interview with Social Studies and Science teacher, Alfonso Mendoza, and see how he has brought his subjects to life using Scratch: "So often in schools it's 'here's the handout,' but students can't bring that to life. They can't make it their own. With Scratch, they can bring anything to life!"

We've also compiled a list of some cool ways to use Scratch in the service of Civic Engagement.

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From Music to Math: Scratch Across Every Subject

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Scratch is incredibly versatile-it's not just for computer science classes! Scratch can be incorporated into any content area in any classroom. Whether you teach English, Science, Math, History, or Art, Scratch can contribute to your students' learning in a number of ways!

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Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

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GirlsCoding - Shaping the future of computer science

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Coding is the future of employment, the sooner we expose our kids to it, the better they will fare in life. Push your schools to add coding to the curriculum and look for workshops for your kids - these two EPFL engineers have just launched a start up called GirlsCoding, check them out!

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Held on January 26, 2024, the Girls Who Code Hiring Summit: Early Career Edition is a one-day event designed to connect the Girls Who Code and wider communities with full-time job opportunities in the technical workforce and to connect hiring managers looking to meet a diverse slate of candidates for jobs. This event welcomes recent college and bootcamp graduates and young professionals to network with companies looking to connect with a talented, ambitious, diverse group of computer science students and professionals.

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Is coding good for kids?

We're living during a high-tech revolution, witnessing life-changing advancements in medicine, environmental conservation, and much more. At the core of all these amazing projects and discoveries is CODE. Code can be the thing that differentiates your child from peers and allows them to stand out as an asset for companies when they are looking for employment. The children who learn to code today will become the creators of the technology tomorrow. Learning how to code can help children make a major contribution to the world that they live in and make a lasting impact.

As kids and teens learn to code, they also build essential skills like critical thinking, logic, and problem-solving. They learn to logically sequence events, create playable games, tell good stories, and model real situations. They also learn computational thinking by developing algorithmic and design thinking abilities. Coding for kids has become an essential element of a child's education and an excellent way to express their creativity and imagination.

How do I start my child coding?

Coding, otherwise known as programming, is a creative activity for all children. Your child might not care about writing data processing algorithms, but they might enjoy creating games, programming music, designing websites, or just playing with code. Learning to code is for everyone; you don't have to be good at math or a "techie" to learn how to code. Kids as young as five can learn to code and pick it up faster than most adults.

When your kids are starting, pick a program like MIT's Scratch or Tynker Junior app. The visual style of these programs makes it easy for young children to learn to code. Scratch and Tynker have a graphical interface that works. Drag-and-drop code blocks snap together. Pieces of code that don\'t make computational sense won't fit together, making syntax errors impossible.

Older children can learn to code with Python by building games, art, music, and more. Some programs like Tynker offer a placement test to set your child on the right track for their age and experience level.

What age is best to introduce coding to kids?

Every child learns at their own pace. They can learn different subjects at varying rates and ways. Experts believe that children should learn coding at an early age. According to MIT, the best age for kids to start learning coding languages such as Scratch Jr or Tynker Jr is from 5 to 7. Many programs allow your children to progress at their own pace or hire an instructor to help them move along.

With Tynker, a placement test will place your child on the correct path based on age and skill level, and Tynker supports children up to age 18 with real-world text languages like Python and JavaScript. Children progress to more difficult coding courses with the support of interactive tutorials and video instructions at their own pace.

Which is the best coding for kids program?

With so many great services available, learning to code has never been easier! For example, Scratch and Tynker provide innovative visual coding languages that make coding fun. Coding is a great way to broaden your child's worldview and develop their creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Here are a few coding for kids options to review:

Game-based learning -Game-based platforms such as Tynker and the challenges on Code.org motivate kids to use code to complete game levels.

Independent learning with Scratch -Scratch from MIT is a great way of getting started with code. Although they don't have courses, there's a vibrant community to learn from.

Online courses-Enroll in a Python or JavaScript course on Codecademy or Tynker or learn to code with Processing on Khan Academy. Tynker offers advanced courses like Processing 1, using p5.js to introduce the foundational concepts of art and computer science.

Build an app-Learn to build your own iOS app using Swift. Install the Swift Playgrounds app by Apple.

Use a book-Learn by following along with books like Mission Python, Super Scratch Programming Adventure, or Coding with Minecraft. Tynker has a series of super-informative coding activity books, including Code These Games, Code These Minecraft Mods, and Code This Art.

Why is coding needed?

Coding is the method of giving a computer instructions to perform a specific task. You may also hear coding referred to as software programming or computer programming. These instructions are communicated using a language that computers can understand, like visual blocks, JavaScript and Python.

Coding for kids lays the groundwork for our world's technology, from microprocessors in everyday items like refrigerators and water heaters to sophisticated programs that run our cars and buildings. Learning to code is a great opportunity for children of all ages to develop their problem-solving and critical thinking skills, while building the necessary focus and organization to see projects through to completion.

Coding usually begins with drag-and-drop visual programming in which children connect blocks together to make programs. Visual programming teaches the fundamental concepts without typing or syntax by placing the focus on the logic behind the code. Once they've learned the basics, children can transition to real-world programming languages like Python, JavaScript, and C.

From online coding courses and games to offline learning, from in-person coding instruction to live online tutoring, there are endless coding resources available. The best coding platforms and programs like Scratch, Code.org and Tynker give children of all ages and experience levels the ability to code while making the process fun and engaging.

Why should we use Tynker coding for kids?

Tynker is the world's number one coding platform for children ages 5 to 18 for a reason-it works! Tynker powers the creativity of over 100 million students and serves thousands of schools and educators worldwide.

Tynker's award-winning, gamified courses and coding for kids activities encourage kids to complete projects as they have fun, allowing them to progress from novices to experts using languages like Python. Tynker's interactive lessons have built-in tutorials for all ages and skill levels. Our highly-rated mobile app (4.7 stars) lets students take Tynker on the go. Learning how to code with Tynker unlocks and empowers children's creativity, teaching them life-long skills they can use today and into the future.

How do I teach my 7 year old code?

Learning to code is for everyone; you don't have to be good at math or a "techie" to learn how to code. Kids as young as five can learn to code and pick it up faster than most adults. Tynker Junior is a fun, interactive way to spark your kid's interest in coding. Kids (ages 5-7) learn coding basics by connecting picture blocks to move their characters. Tynker's immersive game-like coding courses and interactive lessons with built-in tutorials are perfect for beginners 5+ through experts 18+.

What options are there for coding for teens?

Code.org has a year-long course in Computer Science Principles that introduces students to the foundational concepts of computer science and challenges them to explore how computing and technology can impact the world.

Tynker has coding for kids courses that align with subject standards like CCSS-ELA, CCSS-Math, NGSS and CS standards such as CSTA, ISTE, CA CS, UK National Curriculum, and several state-level standards like TEKS.

Tynker is recognized by College Board as an endorsed curriculum provider for AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A.

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The European Astro Pi Challenge is an ESA Education project run in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation. It offers young people the amazing opportunity to conduct scientific investigations in space, by writing computer programs that run on Raspberry Pi computers on board the International Space Station!

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In this project, you'll learn how to create your own webpage to tell a story, joke or poem.

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Before you get coding, you'll need to decide on a story to tell.

Activity Checklist

Think about the story you want to tell. It could be:

A famous story;

A story you have made up;

Something that has happened to you or someone you know.

It doesn't even have to be a story. It could be a joke, a poem, or anything else you want!

Let's start by editing the HTML content and CSS style of the story webpage.

Activity Checklist

Open this trinket: jumpto.cc/web-story.

The project should look like this:

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You might remember from the 'Happy Birthday' project that webpage content goes in the <body> of the HTML document.

Go to line 7 of the code, and you should see the webpage content, which is inside <body> and </body> tags.

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Can you tell which tags are used to create the different parts of the webpage?

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<h1> is a heading. You can use the numbers 1 to 6 to create headings of different sizes;

<div> is short for division, and is a way of grouping stuff together. In this webpage, you'll use it to group together all the stuff for each part of your story;

<img> is an image;

<p> is a paragraph of text.

Challenge: Make some changes

Edit the HTML and the CSS code to customise your webpage.

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You can alter the colours used in the webpage, and you can also use fonts like Arial, Comic Sans MS, Impact and Tahoma.

You can find more CSS colour names at jumpto.cc/colours.

If you need more help, you can use the 'Happy Birthday' project to help you.

Save Your Project

Let's add a second part to your story.

Activity Checklist

Go to line 15 of the code, and add in another set of <div> and </div> start and end tags. This will create a new box for the next part of your story.

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Add a paragraph of text inside your new <div> tag.

<p>More text here!</p>

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Finally, you can add an image to your new box, by adding this code inside your <div> tag:

<img src="">

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Notice that <img> tags are a bit different to other tags, as they don't have an end tag.

For HTML images, you need to add the source of the image, inside the speech marks.

Click the image icon to see the images available for your story.

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Find the name of an image you want to add, for example buildings.png. You can then click index.html to get back to your code.

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You can then add the name of the image between the speech marks in your <img> tag.

<img src="buildings.png">

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Let's find an image from the web to add to your story.

Activity Checklist

Go to jumpto.cc/html-images and find an image that you want to include in your story.

Right-click the image, and click 'Copy image URL'. The URL is the address of the image.

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Paste the URL between the speech marks in your <img> tag. You should see your image appear!

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Save Your Project

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Computer programming - JavaScript and the web | Computing | Khan Academy

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In this course, you’ll explore the wonders of what you can create with programming. Learn how to program drawings, animations, and games using JavaScript and the Processing library, and explore the technologies behind the web as you design webpages with HTML and CSS.

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Mildred Johnson, North Salisbury Elementary School

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Code with Google’s goal is to make sure everyone has access to the collaborative, coding, and technical skills that can unlock opportunities in the classroom and beyond.

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With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) learn important new skills as they program their own interactive stories and games.

By snapping together graphical programming blocks, children can make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. In the process, children learn to solve problems, design projects, and express themselves creatively on the computer. They also use math and language in a meaningful and motivating context, supporting the development of early-childhood numeracy and literacy. With ScratchJr, children don't just learn to code, they code to learn.

ScratchJr was inspired by the popular Scratch programming language (http://scratch.mit.edu), used by millions of people (ages 8 and up) around the world. The ScratchJr interface and programming language were redesigned to make them appropriate for younger children's cognitive, personal, social, and emotional development.

ScratchJr is a collaboration between the Lifelong Kindergarten research group at the MIT Media Lab, the Developmental Technologies research group at Tufts University, and the Playful Invention Company. The ScratchJr project has received generous financial support from the National Science Foundation (NSF DRL-1118664), Scratch Foundation, LEGO Foundation, and British Telecommunications.

If you enjoy using this free app, please consider making a donation to the Scratch Foundation (www.scratchfoundation.org), a nonprofit organization that provides ongoing support for ScratchJr. We appreciate donations of all sizes, large and small.

Version 1.4.14

Awesome, simple, and fun. Fix something though.

There is this mail letter thing, you can choose different colors for it to trigger a signal in your coding thing, or, whatever you call what it does. There is only a few colors, not a lot. I don't like that part, because I have a lot more things to use that mail thingy than just 6 colors. Can we maybe put a text, instead of colors? Like, any text. For example: "car". And on the character, you put the same text on that mail thingy. And the action happens. Also, why only 4 scenes? Can we add more than 4 scenes? I also want the audio recording quality a little better. There is this noise sound, it makes the recording sound a little glitchy, I also want to have a feature where you can just get audio from your audio library, or video library.
Thank you, I just want an improvement to make coding better. Overall from this, this app is great! Thank you for reading.

Some fun things

My four years old little brother just loves this game. On scratch Junior you can make stories and if you don't like the color of the character then you can change the color. And if you do not like how small it is or how Big is it then you can change the size. It is The coolest game my brother and I have saw. You can also change the background. The coolest thing you can do is make the characters move around. Another thing is that can make the characters talk.

😻😻😻 AWESOME!!!

WAAAAY easier than normal scratch! Totally awesome, nothing bad to say! But I wish normal scratch said what blocks do. I know what some of them do, but not all of them. Scratch jr. is something all kids should try. If you don't like it, normal scratch might be better. One of the best things about this is it's free. I like normal scratch, but this is easier. Just... more messages and maybe some variables (but don't call the variables!) and this would PERFECT!!! Also I want more costumes. And more backdrops. And I want the characters to be able to say more. Hmm... I also want characters to change color and also be able to change costumes. I can't remember what I was gonna say.🤦‍♀️ add badgers.

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Tynker's educational games teach kids coding the fun way! Kids learn to code as they fly drones, mod Minecraft, program with Barbie™, control robots, and explore STEM.

Tynker is the #1 Kids Coding platform! Over 60 million kids and thousands of schools use Tynker's award-winning curriculum to learn to code!

Strengthen your child's educational foundation with step-by-step tutorials that teach kids coding in a way they enjoy. Your child will learn as they build games and apps, modify Minecraft, program drones, control micro:bit, and even explore STEM.

Whether your child loves Minecraft or drones, Tynker offers courses to teach them key programming skills.

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* Design Minecraft skins, items, mobs, and blocks - and then launch them!
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Battle your friends with code. Write code to cast fireballs, avoid incoming spells, and collect power-ups. Program your bot to win in this new arena game!

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Tynker is a complete learning system for kids to learn to code. Kids begin experimenting with visual blocks, then progress to JavaScript, Swift, and Python as they design games, build apps, and make incredible projects.

Computer programming is a 21st century skill that kids can start learning at any age. While coding with Tynker, kids apply critical thinking, pattern recognition, focus, problem solving, debugging, resilience, sequencing, spatial visualization, and algorithmic thinking. The Tynker visual language makes it easy for them to learn and apply concepts like conditional logic, repetition, variables, and functions - the same coding concepts as any mainstream programming language.

Version 4.6.610

Wow amazing!

This app is great for kids and very educational for coding. There is difficulty, but every time I mess up the app helps me. I have 3 favorites: the Barbie coding, the dragon coding, and the astronaut coding. I am 10 years old, and am going into 5th grade. I know this will give me some idea of how my year will go, since I can now figure out my problems. This was, and still is very educational, and I would recommend this too any young mind wanting to learn and study coding.

For the company who made and coded this app, I would like for you to know, that I am very grateful that you put this app into the world.

Thanks! And stay healthy.

Read this before you download!

I'm a really great coder and stuff. But, there are a few things I hate about it! One: my projects are now taking for ever to be reviewed! What is up with that! It's been taking MONTHS for my good quality projects to come in! Two: I posted a game on my laptop which would've gotten featured. But no. Instead it got rejected! There are vampires, and the mention of blood. But no violence or anything bad! And further more, I saw it got rejected on the TYNKER APP! I was using my laptop. Plus, there were no rules against my game. This proves my point that Tynker is treating their viewers like babies! On Scratch, everyone would've loved it! Three: make the site a bit more for older kids! I mean, why do you even have a monster for a mascot! Adding to this review, a lot of the games here (excuse my French) ARE GARBAGE! I also use scratch, so I know the huge difference between Tynker and Scratch. On scratch, most of the community projects are more advanced and fun to play! Most of the games I see on Tynker are...Not that good. So in conclusion, this is NOT worth your money! You can easily get on a better coding platform for free! But you choose to go here. Dat is all. 💄❤️ ouuuuutttt.

Why?

Well, I make lots of projects, but I switched to Scratch because the community makes lots of bad, bad projects. I searched up 2048 and the Tynker community makes very bad looking tiles that just moves to where your finger is. When I look up 2048 on Scratch, they actually put effort and the game is similar to the real 2048 game. The tiles move like they are supposed to, the tiles add up, etc. Another problem is that you won't let us make the rest of the Minecraft mobs. Another problem is that in Minecraft, you won't let us type our own commands into the system. You can't place command blocks with the editor. Also, you have to manually create a variable to place a command block. Another problem is that anybody can report anything. If I report a featured project, IT'S GONE. You don't even care to check. Also, I've made a good project that converts numbers like 420 and 69 to Roman numerals. SOMEBODY REPORTED IT FOR NO REASON. I have reported many projects because it made me a bit frustrated that people who are in 5th grade makes this stuff.

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Okay so first this needs better moves and more moves second it is only for under 5 for people that will like it I am seen years old And this is not a good app for people like me ad others who don't respect this app but it isn't 😡🤬 or😍😍 it is😐it's not that ad but I don't like it

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‎Boogie Bot - Coding for kids - Learn to code

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‎Boogie Bot is a fun and interactive learning app which will introduce kids to computer programming using Blockly - Google's visual programming language. In this app kids will program a robot to dance while they learn the basics of coding. Boogie Bot makes learning easy by engaging kids in an interac...

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Author:By Heidi Williams, description: No Fear Coding: Computational Thinking Across the Curriculum (CODEK5), Category: Paperback Books, Length: 176 pages

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Computer coding for kids, teenagers and young adults. Step-by-step instructions for 250+ free coding projects. Create games, animations, and more with code.

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Pixar in a Box is a behind-the-scenes look at how Pixar artists do their jobs. You will be able to animate bouncing balls, build a swarm of robots, and make virtual fireworks explode. The subjects you learn in school - math, science, computer science, and humanities - are used every day to create amazing movies at Pixar. This collaboration between Pixar Animation Studios and Khan Academy is sponsored by Disney. If you have questions or ideas, email us at piab@khanacademy.org.

Introduction: Pixar's filmmaking pipeline

This video will give you an overview of Pixar's filmmaking pipeline and prepare you to dive deeper into the STEAM topics that follow in the Pixar in a Box curriculum.

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Introduction: Pixar's filmmaking pipeline

This video will give you an overview of Pixar's filmmaking pipeline and prepare you to dive deeper into the STEAM topics that follow in the Pixar in a Box curriculum.

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From May 2009 until May 2019, more than 27,000 educators who support learning with the Scratch programming language shared 4,749 discussion posts, 1,027 resources, and 354 stories here in the ScratchEd Online Community. We've created this archive so you can peruse these 10 years of discussions, resources, and stories.

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Computer programming - JavaScript and the web | Computing | Khan Academy

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In this course, you’ll explore the wonders of what you can create with programming. Learn how to program drawings, animations, and games using JavaScript and the Processing library, and explore the technologies behind the web as you design webpages with HTML and CSS.

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Coding isn’t just for computer whizzes, says Mitch Resnick of MIT Media Lab -- it’s for everyone. In a fun, demo-filled talk Resnick outlines the benefits of teaching kids to code, so they can do more than just use new tech toys but also create them.

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My first experience with coding came from trying to prove people wrong. At the end of eighth grade, my high school guidance counselor was adamant that I take Algebra I again, even though I'd already taken it in middle school. She claimed my class wasn't rigorous enough-plus I didn't know how to use a TI-82 calculator, which I'd need in subsequent math classes. My mom, a math teacher herself, would have none of it. I'd pass the Algebra I exam and learn how to use the TI-82 before school started. So that summer, I sat with the instruction booklet and taught myself the programming components on the calculator.

Through high school, I had fun writing little programs to check my math homework, but had no real exposure to computer science. It remained too intangible to consider as a major in college (let alone a career path), but through the encouragement of a college professor, I learned more about it. And even then, it was unfathomable that computer science could help me create Google Maps, a product that would delight, empower and inspire people, and change how they navigate the world.

There are many teens out there who are exploring how to use math and technology outside of the classroom. Just like I was in high school, some may be excited about the future of technology, but aren't sure how to transform that excitement into something they can see, touch or feel. Let's turn those ideas into code.

To show teens how they can be creators, not just consumers, of the apps they use all the time, Made with Code is joining forces with Snap Inc. to host a first-of-its-kind competition called #MyFutureMe. From now until October 8, teens can go to MadewithCode.com to code a geofilter (for the non-teens out there: it's a creative overlay that shows where you are or what you're up to) and submit a 100-word statement about the future you envision. You don't need any prior coding experience to give it a try. Snap will choose five finalists to go to the TEDWomen Conference in New Orleans, LA, where they'll receive mentoring sessions from Google engineers and work with Snap engineers to create a lens (again, for the non-teens: this is augmented reality technology that adds animations to your selfies, general photos, and the world around us).

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You are going to learn how to program your own talking robot!

Activity Checklist

Save your project

Now that you have a chatbot with a personality, let's program it to talk to you.

Activity Checklist

Click on your chatbot character, and add this code:

 when this sprite clicked ask [Hey! What's your name?] and wait say [What a lovely name!] for (2) secs

Your chatbot simply replies What a lovely name! every time. You can personalise your chatbot's reply, by making use of the user's answer. Change the chatbot's code, so that it looks like this:

 when this sprite clicked ask [Hey! What's your name?] and wait say <join [Hi] (answer)> for (2) secs

To create the last block, you'll need to first drag on a green join block, and drag it on to the say block.

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You can then change the text hello to say Hi, and drag the light blue answer block (from the 'Sensing' section) onto the text world.

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Test out this new program. Does it work as you expected? Can you fix any problems that you can see? (Hint: you can try adding in a space somewhere!)

It may be that you want to store the user's name in a variable, so that you can use it again later. Create a new variable called name. If you've forgotten how to do this, the 'Ghostbusters' project will help you.

The information that you entered is already stored in a special variable called answer. Go to the Sensing group of blocks and click the answer block so that a tick appears. The current value in answer should then be shown on the top-left of the stage.

Once you've created your new variable, make sure that your chatbot's code looks like this:

 when this sprite clicked ask [Hey! What's your name?] and wait set [name v] to (answer) say <join [Hi ] (name)> for (2) secs

If you test your program again, you'll notice that the answer is stored in the name variable, and is shown in the top-left of the stage. The name variable should now contain the same value as the answer variable.

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If you'd rather not see the variables on your stage, you can click the tick next to the variable names in the 'Scripts' tab to hide them.

Save your project

Challenge: More questions

Program your chatbot to ask another question. Can you store their answer in a variable?

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Save your project

You can program your chatbot to decide what to do, based on the user's responses.

Activity Checklist

Let's get your chatbot to ask the user a question which has a yes or no answer. Here's an example, but you can change the question if you like:

 when this sprite clicked ask [Hey! What's your name?] and wait set [name v] to (answer) say <join [Hi ] (name)> for (2) secs ask <join [Are you OK ] (name)> and wait if ((answer)=[yes]) then say [That's great to hear!] for (2) secs end

Notice that now you've stored the user's name in a variable, you can use it as much as you like.

To test this program properly, you'll need to test it twice - once typing no as your answer, and once typing yes. You should only get a response from your chatbot if you answer yes.

The trouble with your chatbot is that it doesn't give a reply if the user answers no. You can fix this, by changing the if block to an if/else block, so that your code now looks like this:

 when this sprite clicked ask [Hey! What's your name?] and wait set [name v] to (answer) say <join [Hi ] (name)> for (2) secs ask <join [Are you OK ] (name)> and wait if ((answer)=[yes]) then say [That's great to hear!] for (2) secs else say [Oh no!] for (2) secs end

If you test your code, you'll now see that you get a response when you answer yes or no. Your chatbot should reply with That's great to hear! when you answer yes, but will reply with Oh no! if you type anything other than yes ( else means 'otherwise').

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You can put any code inside an if or else block, not just code to make your chatbot speak. For example, you can change the chatbot's costume to match the response.

If you have a look at your chatbot's costumes, you may see that there is more than one. (If not, you can always add more yourself!)

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You can use these costumes as part of your chatbot's response, by adding this code:

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Save your project

Challenge: More decisions

Program your chatbot to ask another question - something with a yes or no answer. Can you make your chatbot respond to the answer?

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Save your project

You can also program your chatbot to change its location.

Activity Checklist

You can now program your chatbot to change location, by adding this code to your chatbot:

 ask [I'm going to the moon. Do you want to come with me?] and wait if ((answer) = [yes]) then switch backdrop to [moon v] end

Test your program, and answer yes when asked if you want to go to the moon. You should see that the chatbot's location has changed.

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Does your chatbot change location if you type no? What about if you type I'm not sure?

You can also add this code inside your if block, to make your chatbot jump up and down 4 times if the answer is yes:

repeat (4) change y by (10) wait (0.1) secs change y by (-10) wait (0.1) secs end

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Test your code again. Does your chatbot jump up and down if you answer yes?

Save your project

Challenge: Make your own chatbot

Use what you've learnt to finish creating your interactive chatbot. Here are some ideas:

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Once you've finished making your chatbot, get your friends to have a conversation with it! Do they like your character? Did they spot any problems?

Save your project

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Introduction

In this project you will learn how to create a game in which you have to save the Earth from space monsters.

What you will make

Click the green flag in the example game below to start, and then press the left and right arrow keys to move the spaceship, and the space key to shoot.

Score as many points as you can by shooting flying space-hippos. If you get hit by a hippo or by an orange dropped by the bats, you lose a life.

What you will learn

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In this project you will learn how to create a game in which you have to save the Earth from space monsters. Click the green flag in the example game below to start, and then press the left and right arrow keys to move the spaceship, and the space key to shoot.

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Language: Story telling, Procedural writing,
Math: addition, subtraction, coordinates, degrees, angels, geometry

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Swift Playgrounds is a revolutionary app for iPad and Mac that helps you learn to code and build apps using Swift, the same powerful language used to create world-class apps for the App Store. Engaging lessons and walkthroughs demonstrate the core concepts of coding and building apps as you write real Swift code in an interactive environment.

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Swift Playgrounds is a revolutionary app for iPad and Mac that helps you learn and explore coding in Swift, the same powerful language used to create world-class apps for the App Store.

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