CoderZ Intros Elementary Grade Coding Course
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/11/20
Education
technology company CoderZ has introduced a new course for students in
grades 2-5 to learn how to program. The new CoderZ
Adventure
offers 50 missions where students learn how to program virtual robots
and practice math as they navigate through various locations,
including "Frozen Island," "Lost City," and
"Candy Town." The company, known for its gamified Cyber
Robotics
courses for older students, provides the curriculum
behind the Amazon
Future Engineer
program.
The
newest course has seven modules with activities covering about 10
hours of learning:
-
Basic
navigation for driving and turning using Drive and Turn blocks;
-
Arithmetic
practice for addition, subtraction and division;
-
Measuring
distances and using the Wait block and Repeat Loops;
-
Geometry
exercises with angles and parallel lines;
-
More
geometry, covering the radius of a circle;
-
A
practice exercise during which students draw on a virtual sketchpad
using all the skills learned previously; and
-
An
explore mode to measure angles and radii, where students plan the
optimal route to complete a mission as quickly and efficiently as
possible, given a time limit.
The
program includes a teacher guide, the solutions and reporting on
student progress.
A
free trial is available on
the CoderZ website.
About the Author
Dian Schaffhauser is a former senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal, Campus Technology and Spaces4Learning.