Level: Unleveled (UL)
Length: full year
Credits: 4
Open to: grades 9-12
Prerequisites: none

Using Minecraft, Roblox, GameMaker and Unity, students will design and build games of a variety of genres.  Students will code individually or as a team and challenge their peers to a game jam!  Students will experience the difference between drag-and-drop coding versus text-based while learning programming concepts and techniques. A variety of robots and Arduino boards will be used to understand the basics of how circuits work. This course is recommended for students who are open-minded, enjoy the challenge of problem solving and want to build on their computer science skills. The successful completion of this course leads to Object Oriented Programming which takes programming to the next level.

Do you enjoy...

• working collaboratively or independently?

• solving problems?

• sharing your unique and creative ideas?

• a positive classroom learning environment?

Are you interested in...

• designing games?

• developing your own programs in a variety of languages?

• programming robots?

• Minecraft Education

• Roblox Studio

• GameMaker

• Small Basic

• EZ Robot

• Computer hardware and software

• Computer networks