Here are the activities that each group will be working on today:
Newcomers
If you are new to CoderDojo and new to computer programming this is where you start:
Scratch 1 (Beginner)
Introduction to Sensing – All-Star Passing Drill
In this project you will build an All-Star Passing Drill game in which you try to aim a ball at moving receivers. You will learn how computers can react to what’s going on through the computer science concept called “sensing.”
Scratch 2 (Intermediate & Advanced)
Make an Asteroids game
Continue working on the Asteroids game that you have been working on for the last two weeks.
Intermediate: Follow the instructions in the following video to make an Asteroids style game:
Advanced: Try to make an asteroids style game like this one without any instructions:
Web Development (HTML, CSS & JavaScript)
CSS Properties
What do these CSS properties do?
text-align border width background border-radius padding font-family font-size
1. Wanted!
If you didn’t get the ‘Wanted!’ project finished last week go ahead and complete it now..
Follow these instructions to complete the ‘Wanted!’ project.
2. Make a recipe web page
In this project, you’ll learn how to create a webpage for your favourite recipe.
Make sure to log into the your Trinket account so that you can save your work. (You should have signed up for a Trinket account last week. Hopefully you remembered your login details!)
Follow these instructions to complete the ‘Recipe’ project.
4. Finished both projects?
If you are already finished today’s projects you can get started on the next project in the series.
Raspberry Pi (with Microcontrollers and other cool stuff)
A collaborative group exploring how computers can interact with the outside world through a range of sensors and controllers. Primarily we’ll be using the Raspberry Pi (http://raspberrypi.org) computer in conjunction with Arduinos (http://arduino.cc) and along the way we’ll learn about Python, C and C++ programming, digital and analogue electronics and about working together.
Electronics, Microcontrollers and Raspberry Pi session information