Hour of Code is an annual event to promote Computer Science. According to their website:
The Hour of Code takes place each year during Computer Science Education Week. The 2017 Computer Science Education Week will be December 4-10, but you can host an Hour of Code all year round. Computer Science Education Week is held annually in recognition of the birthday of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906).
We're starting Hour of Code and changing the name to Hours of Code!
Thank you, Hadi Partovi for creating this project!
To prepare for our coding lessons, we did a collaborative unplugged activity involving building. The challenge was to build a free-standing tower out of 20 pieces of spaghetti. At the top of the tower was a marshmallow. Only 1 meter of tape and 1 meter of string were allowed to create the tower.
This building challenge was a great chance to practice the strategy of trial and error. If your design didn't work, try another tactic!
In preparation, we watched a building video on BrainPop.
Then it was time to start building!
Some bundled the pasta together for strength.
Others spread out the sticks for a broad base.
The pyramid base was an idea from the BrainPop video!
After 18 minutes, the building time was up!
1st Place :: 47 cm
2nd Place :: 46 cm
3rd Place :: 42 cm
Fun fact, this tower is still standing today!
Everyone enjoyed the first build!
One tower was so tall is rose above 60 centimeters! Unfortunately, gravity was not a friend.
After learning about the importance of trial and error, the class signed into our Hour of Code class.
We needed our secret image to sign in! What a cute array!
Let the coding begin!
What are you enjoying about the Hour of Code?
What skills have you learned?
What can you do with coding?
