Coding for Kids

Coding for Kids

Poll

What is coding?

• the process of creating instructions for computers

• feeding our commands in the computer in a language the computer understands

• is the a method of communicating with a computer

Helps you learn to solve problems

Helps you to deal with failure and learn from your mistakes

Teaches you how to think differently and expand your creativity

Makes you improve in Math, because it uses logical thinking

You are learning a new language

Open Ended

Write at least two reasons explaining why are we learning the basics of coding

Based on what we did yesterday on Code.org, answer the following questions

Multiple Choice

Look at the image. The green blocks are called events.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is an event?

• a party

• a command

• An action that causes something to happen.

Multiple Choice

What does this code do?

• Moves forward 1 time

• Moves forward forever

• Moves forward 5 times

• Moves left

Multiple Choice

In coding terms an action or event you want to repeat multiple times is called a

• loop

• do-over

• sequence

Multiple Choice

A user does this to tell the computer start the commands you have written into the program.

• event

• run program

• function

• abstraction

Multiple Choice

A problem in code is called?

• a virus

• a bug

• a problem

Multiple Choice

Fixing errors in code is called?

• fixing

• chaning

• debugging

Multiple Choice

Is the following statement an event or action? "pushing the right arrow key"

• event

• action

Multiple Choice

Is the following statement and event or an action? "scoring a point"

• event

• action