The Hour of Code 2023

2023-2024
New Activities for this year

Kindergarten And Grade 1

Kodable Help FuzzBuzz find his way through the maze.

Grades 2 and 3

Blockly Games Guide your character out of the Maze using block programming.

Botlogic Using arrows, help the Robot reach his goal.

Grades 4 and 5

Disney's Moana Block programming helps Moana to sail across the ocean.

Code Monkey Using a ruler and step programming, find bananas for your hungry monkey.

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The Hour of Code takes place each year during Computer Science Education Week.  We invite you to try some of the activities below that have been organized by grade level.  Have fun enjoying these activities that teach computational thinking, creativity, persistence, problem solving skills, and the basics of computer programming and digital literacy.

⭐ Code.org Courses By Grade Level ⭐

Kindergarten -- Course A 2023

• Lesson 2: Learn To Drag And Drop
• Lesson 4: Sequencing With Scrat
  • For A Challenge!
    • Lesson 5: Programming With Scrat

Grade 1 -- Course A 2023

• Lesson 4: Sequencing With Scrat
• Lesson 5: Programming With Scrat
• Lesson 6: Programming with Rey and BB8
  • For A Challenge!
    • Lesson 8: Loops With Scrat

Grade 2 -- Course A 2023 and Course B 2023

• Lesson 6: Programming with Rey and BB8
• Lesson 8: Loops With Scrat
• Lesson 9: Loops With Laurel
  • For A Challenge!
    • Lesson 10: Ocean Scene With Loops
    • Lesson 3: Sequencing With Angry Birds

Grade 3 -- Course B 2023

• Lesson 3: Sequencing With Angry Birds
• Lesson 4: Programming With Angry Birds
• Lesson 5: Programming With Harvester
  • For A Challenge!
    • Lesson 7: Loops With Harvester
    • Lesson 8: Loops With Laurel
    • Lesson 9: Drawing Gardens With Loops

Grade 4 -- Course C 2023

• Lesson 3: Programming With Angry Birds
• Lesson 4: Debugging In Maze
• Lesson 5: Collecting Treasure With Laurel
• Lesson 8: Loops With Rey And BB-8
• Lesson 9: Harvesting Crops With Loops
  • For A Challenge!
    • Lesson 10: Mini-Project: Sticker Art
    • Lesson 12: Build A Flappy Game
    • Lesson 13: Mini-Project: Chase Game

Grade 5 -- Course D 2023

• Lesson 3: Introduction To Online Puzzles
• Lesson 5: Debugging With Laurel
• Lesson 7: Build A Star Wars Game
• Lesson 9: Loops In Ice Age
• Lesson 10: Drawing Shapes With Loops
• Lesson 11: Nested Loops In Maze
  • For A Challenge!
  • Lesson 13: Looking Ahead With Minecraft
  • Lesson 14: If/Else With Bee
  • Lesson 15: While Loops In Farmer
  • Lesson 16: Until Loops In Maze

When all of Course D has been completed, you can move to Course E and Course F.  Happy Coding!

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⭐ More Coding Activities ⭐

Kindergarten And Grade 1

Rodocodo Cat  Guide your cat to the finish line.  Activities for ages 4-7 and 8-11.

Beaver Achiever Help the Beaver drop logs into his dam using block coding.

Grades 2 and 3

Rodocodo Cat  Guide your cat to the finish line.  Activities for ages 4-7 and 8-11.

Grades 4 and 5

Rodocodo Cat  Guide your cat to the finish line.  Activities for ages 4-7 and 8-11.

Dance Party  Code your own dance party.  Choose the dancers, the moves, and the music!!

Dance Party - Part 2  Keep on dancing and creating your own projects.

Code With Anna And Elsa  A challenging set of activities to try using Disney's Frozen characters.

Star Wars  Learn to program Star Wars droids.

Minecraft Adventurer  Choose a character and guide him through a series of puzzles.

Minecraft Designer  Design your own adventure inside the Minecraft world.

Minecraft Voyage Aquatic  Explore and build underwater worlds.

Mario's Secret Adventure  Using code, move Mario along a path to collect coins and diamonds!

Are you looking for even more Coding opportunities???
You can choose from close to 100 activities on the HOUR OF CODE MENU.

Here are two interesting articles on the benefits of learning to Code:

5 Reasons to Learn To Code At A Young Age
7 Reasons Why Kids Should Learn To Code

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