Coding with CodeMonkey
CodeMonkey is a game-based learning environment where children learn to code in real programming languages. CodeMonkey puts students in charge of helping a monkey retrieve her lost bananas while journeying through a whimsical map full of procedural coding puzzles, writing real code in CoffeeScript (which is a simpler, more intuitive version of JavaScript) or Python to solve them. Designed for those with no prior programming experience, each of the hundreds of included levels is viewed from a top-down perspective, and students must write and run code snippets in one area of the screen in order to guide the monkey across each level in another. This separated style helps students instantly see the results of their work, and the game steps through each line of code as it's played out.
Students need to help a monkey catch bananas in 75 fun-filled challenges. Throughout the game, they will meet cute characters as they learn coding the fundamentals of objects, loops, variables, array indexing and for loops. Personalized hints and tips included every step of the way.
Everyone’s favorite monkey is back and ready to catch more bananas - but this time with the help of the friendly rat! In this part of Coding Adventure, students will learn functions and Boolean logic (if/else, AND, OR ). They will meet cats in the desert, goats in the wintertime and learn how to unfreeze frozen bananas!
Hard work pays off! In the final part of Coding Adventure, students will not only learn logic and events, but they will finally get to take on that greedy gorilla! They will learn all about Operator NOT, comparisons, function return values and using events triggered by their mouse and keyboard.
Students can build their own Coding Adventure-styled challenges on CodeMonkey’s Challenge Builder.
Frogger teaches students how to create their own touch- screen game. Students will learn how to create their own versions of the classic game, Frogger™. Students create a game that is controlled via touch interface and can be played on mobile phones.
Students will learn the popular work through the Python coding concepts to create and build a chatbot that plays and interactive game of snowman.
At Engineering For Kids of Central Pierce, we aim to make access to our programs equally available to kids from all socioeconomic backgrounds. An Engineering For Kids of Central Pierce Scholarship provides full financial support for one child to attend a 6-week program of after school classes. Applications are first come, first served and scholarships are limited. To apply, please check the box at the top left of this field and submit to us your Notice of Eligibility for Free or Reduced-Price Meals Program letter. You will receive a response to your application within one week.
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