The Week 6 challenge is:
Use computer science to create something in honor of your Favorite Story.
All of the challenges are purposely open ended -- use your creative genius to come up with an idea that matches with your interests and favorite things!
And check out Evan’s Scratch project for Teacher Appreciation Week on Flipgrid. We would love to share more of your projects, so be sure to post them. See this blog post to find out how to share.
The only limit we suggest is to ensure the content is appropriate for other kids; as we’re hoping you will be willing to share your projects publicly with the Code Savvy and greater #MNCodes community via our Flipgrid and/or by sharing a link on our Google Form (more info below on how to share).
Beginner: Scratch
Take a look at the following video for some ideas on how to use Scratch with this week’s challenge: Use computer science to create something in honor of your Favorite Story.
In this video, you’ll learn more about how to get started with:
Programming your Sprite to ask and answer questions
Using this Sprite to “talk” about your Favorite Story
Intermediate: Python
Ready for our most ADVANCED challenge yet?!?!
Take a look at the following video for some ideas on how to use Python with this week’s challenge: Use computer science to create something in honor of your Favorite Story.
In this video, you’ll learn more about how to get started with:
Creating a local database to grab random items from a list
Using this list to play your own game of charades inspired by your favorite story
Unplugged
Take a look at the following video for some ideas on unplugged (no tech necessary) activities to try out to engage with this week’s challenge: Use computer science to create something in honor of your Favorite Story.
In this video, you’ll learn more about how to get started with:
Abstraction and storyboards
How to apply these concepts to the retelling of your favorite story
next week's challenge
Next week’s challenge will get us thinking about Scavenger Hunts! CS to Go with Code Savvy challenges will be shared via email, on the CS to Go Code Savvy website, and via social media on Monday evenings of each week. And be sure to subscribe to the Code Savvy YouTube Channel!
getting started with CS to Go challenges
To make getting started with CS to Go challenges a bit easier, we will be releasing a series of Getting Started videos. These videos will provide a brief introduction to the different coding languages we use in our weekly challenges. In these videos, we'll get viewers better acquainted with the layout and functions of these online platforms. This will make following along with our Beginner and Intermediate challenges a bit simpler. Videos will be released weekly with each of our challenges. See our second video on App Inventor below!
share your CS to Go projects!
How to Share: Our sharing options are LIVE! We invite CS to Go with Code Savvy participants to consider sharing your projects publicly with the Code Savvy and greater #MNCodes community via video with Flipgrid and/or a project link via our Google Form.
We can’t wait to see what you create! Please be sure to follow online safety guidelines and get adult permission before sharing. You can find our Privacy Policy here.