Explore our Pilot Program: “Code Burst!” An introduction to Computer Science that strengthens your 6th graders’ STEM skills as well as prepares them for middle school.
In this unique program, we coach teachers and their students via in-person, in-class learning based on code.org’s curricula and MIT Media Lab’s Scratch program.
You’ll be surprised by how much you and your students simultaneously learn in 12 weekly classes!
If you are a teacher or principal in the Treasure Valley that’s interested to learn more and evaluate participation in this limited availability pilot program, please contact Coach Newton via email using this link.
In 2019-2020, Code Burst! is being delivered at the following Boise School District Elementary Schools: Jefferson, Hawthorne, Mountain View and Riverside.
In 2018-2019, Code Burst! was delivered at these Boise School District Elementary Schools: Grace Jordan; Garfield; Liberty; Adams; Trail Wind.
Are you a 6th or 5th grade teacher ready to amplify your students’ STEM learning experience?
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Benefits of Code on the Road
Benefits to Participating Youth and Families
Code on the Road will foster emotional learning by providing students with a safe and supportive environment. We leverage the welcoming spaces of local community libraries trusted by attending families.
Students can build confidence and resilience by tackling new challenges and overcoming obstacles in their coding projects. The perseverance acquired during these activities strengthens learning in many subjects, including mathematics and language skills.
Moreover, coding classes will allow students to explore their interests and passions via their projects, which can contribute to a sense of purpose and identity.
Professional Development for Librarians
Our summer program immediately benefits librarians/support staff as they participate in coding activities via informal professional development (PD). Each library has agreed to provide support during the events, which are specific opportunities to learn by doing, with the assurance that we’re there as subject matter experts.
Multiple weekly sessions reinforce the knowledge gained by each library’s employees.This hands-on PD enables the local teams serving their community to host future STEM coding events more confidently.
We also view these events and the content material as the basis for a lasting partnership with each library as they share resources (event room, Wi-Fi/internet, laptops/Chromebooks) and, most importantly, their time.
Content for Librarians and Educators
Panucation will create and deliver instructional videos and a remix of content based on Getting Unstuck’s modules 1 (When Clicked) and 2 (Parallelism.)
The nature of this pilot program allows us to revise the instructional content over the summer. The resulting material will be a long-term public resource available to librarians and educators.
The general release of content is planned for September 2023.
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Class : Mars Pioneer
Description
Students use block code to build an interplanetary story and game. Multi-themed projects include elements of storytelling, art, animation, music, and game design all in one. Projects emphasize creativity by encouraging students to build their unique stories each day.
Intermediate Level course is suitable for students familiar with block coding.
Class Levels: Intro for Ages 7-12, Intermediate for Ages 9-12
Prerequisite for Intermediate: My First Intro to Coding! or previous course
Agenda
1. Design Your Journey
Tell your story. Who’s going, create/draw your ship, prepare Perseverance for launch.
2. Launch & Transit
Animating departure from Earth and through space. Is there an imposter on board?!
3: Land & Explore
Create a game to land on target. Explore and decide what (or who) you’ll find.
4: Drone Time
Launch the drone, Ingenuity, and create your scrolling background effect as it flies.
5: Should I stay or should I go?
How does your story end, or does it continue to the next chapter?
Learning Outcomes
Learn to connect online, screen share, use chat to communicate with Coach and fellow students (on-line collaboration via Zoom)
Learn fundamentals of computer science using Scratch
Multi-day projects include integrated elements of storytelling, art, animation, music, and game design.
For 4th to 7th grade classes, there are additional learning outcomes:
Students add depth to their creations with additional project coding.
Intermediate level classes cover material faster to allow for more coding depth to projects