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Can you build a symmetrical maze? A maze with right angles? Get creative and complete maze-building challenges with basic coding concepts. Aligned with K-5 Common Core math.

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Can you build a symmetrical maze? A maze with right angles? Get creative and complete maze-building challenges with basic coding concepts. Aligned with K-5 Common Core math. Students will be guided through five puzzles, then prompted to design their own maze and code the solution.

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Design your own candy troll and go on a multi-level quest for candy using code in this Hour of Code activity!

Activity Details

Design your own candy troll character and go on a multi-level quest for candy to eventually help your character find its way home. You'll solve coding puzzles to navigate your character through the human world, while avoiding obstacles and collecting gumdrops and mints.

Teacher Notes

Students solve several coding puzzles and learn to use basic programming concepts such as loops and conditional statements.

Teacher Guide | Answer Key

Standards

CCSS-ELA: 3.RI.3, 4.RI.3, 3.RI.5, 3.RF.4, 4.RF.4, 3.L.4
CSTA: L1:3.CT.1, L1:6.CT.1, L1:6.CPP.1, L1:6.CPP.5, L1:6.CPP.6

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What devices do I need to participate?

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