Coding Activities by Grade

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Over the next week, I’ll share ideas that will get you ready for your Hour of Code. This includes (links are live on publication day):

  1. An Overview of This Week
  2. Long list of websites by grade
  3. 10 Unusual Projects
  4. 6 Unplugged Hour of Code Activities

This is a long list of online activities related to coding and programming. It is updated once a year so I apologize in advance for any dead links. At any time during the year, click to take you to the master list:

Program on computers, iPads, laptops–whatever works, whatever age. I’ll start this list with web-based options, by grade level and then continue with a mash-up:

Kindergarten

1st grade

2nd grade

3rd grade

4th grade

5th grade

MS

HS

Apps

  1. BeeBop–based on the Beebop floor robot–free
  2. Cargo-Bot—logic iPad gamecoding
  3. Cato’s Hike (K+)
  4. Codea (Perfect for Intermediate+)
  5. Daisy the Dinosaur—intro to programming
  6. Grasshopper–coding app for beginners with lesson tutorials; intuitive
  7. Hopscotch (for up to intermediate–more complicated that Kodable)
  8. Kodable
  9. Move the Turtle–programming via iPad for middle school
  10. Osmo Coding--a purchased game system to teach coding
  11. Pyonkee–free, a little glitchy
  12. ScratchJr--for ages 5-7
  13. Swift Playground–from Apple, includes lessons and challenges designed to teach kids to code

Build an App

  1. Apps Geyser
  2. App Inventor–build Android apps on a smartphones; from MIT
  3. Game Salad
  4. Glide–create an app from a spreadsheet
  5. Jotform App Builder
  6. Metaverse–create apps using Metaverse’s AR platform
  7. Thunkable

Coding Curriculum

  1. Code Academy
  2. Coursera
  3. Free Code Camp
  4. Google Computer Science for High School–free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers
  5. Learn to Code (for free)
  6. PluralSight
  7. Ted-ED Think Like A Coder–a 10-episode cartoon-based series to teach kids about coding in a game format
  8. Tree House

Hour of Code

Miscellaneous

  1. Animatron–design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices.
  2. Basics of Coding–from AT&T
  3. BeeBop–based on the Beebop floor robot–free
  4. BotLogic–great for Kindergarten and youngers
  5. BrainPop coding games
  6. Build a website–a guide
  7. Cargo-Bot—logic iPad gamecoding
  8. Cato’s Hike (K+)
  9. Chrome Experiments–geeky experimentation with programming
  10. Codea (Perfect for Intermediate+)
  11. Code.org–learn to code; with teacher accounts, no student emails required (join with Join code)
  12. Codespace–coding curriculum
  13. Daisy the Dinosaur—intro to programming
  14. Edabit–learn to code with interactive challenges
  15. Grasshopper–coding app for beginners with lesson tutorials; intuitive
  16. Hopscotch (for up to intermediate–more complicated that Kodable)
  17. I like programming video
  18. Kodu—game programming
  19. Learn to code
  20. LightBot Jr.–programming for six-year olds
  21. Lightbot–solving puzzles with programming; MS
  22. Minecraft coding mod
  23. Move the Turtle–programming via iPad for middle school
  24. Osmo Coding--a purchased game system to teach coding
  25. Pencil Code
  26. Pyonkee–free, a little glitchy
  27. Robby Leonardi–programmer–a game played about programming in the style of Mario
  28. ScratchJr--for ages 5-7
  29. Stencyl–build games without coding with downloaded software
  30. Stickman–draw a stick figure and the site animates it
  31. Swift Playground–from Apple, includes lessons and challenges designed to teach kids to code
  32. Symbaloo collection for coding
  33. TED Talk on young programmers
  34. Which Language Should You Learn to Code–an infographic of options

Robotics

  1. Cue–from Wonder Workshop
  2. Dash and Dot — from Wonder Workshop–younger thinkers
  3. Drones
  4. Mebo
  5. Robot Don
  6. Sphero

Scratch

Click for an Hour of Code lesson plan bundle (K-8).

Click for Robotics 101 lesson plan.

More on Hour of Code

  1. Augmented Reality with Metaverse
  2. Build Your Own Apps
  3. Build Websites
  4. Hour of Code–Is it the right choice?
  5. Kid-created Games That Teach
  6. Looking for a Class Robot? Try Robo Wunderkind
  7. Minecraft Review
  8. PrimoToys–unplugged programming for youngers
  9. Root Robotics–Great Way to Extend Hour of Code
  10. Scratch Jr.
  11. Websites and Apps to Support Hour of Code
  12. Why Should Students Learn Computer Science? A Teacher’s Perspective
  13. Wonder Workshop’s Amazing Dash

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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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