Coding for Kids
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Community Highlights: April 27th-May 3rd
Get ready–this week’s community highlights are packed with great updates from our Tynker blog, teachers, and users! Kids all over checked out the Design a Mission Patch coding challenge inspired by NASA missions, and Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator Ross Hartley gives teachers 3 tiers of collaboration to maximize student-initiated problem-solving–just to name a couple of great highlights! Read on to learn more.
Projects of the Week
Bubble Popper Big Booms by King cat
Click on the enemies and defend the path! Don’t let them get to the end of the finish line!
History of Microscope and Cells by Aerial Galactic Reaper
This game is fun and educational! Answer the questions correctly to advance and use the designated keys to move to your response!
Avoid the enemy tanks and shoot them down to score as high as you can!
This game is super in-depth and has different aspects to it. Collect materials to build yourself a better life, but beware of the cave you must enter!
The Dark Lord; Final Boss by Arcane Hero
This user created some awesome animation for his game! Defeat the boss and any other evildoers that try to stand between you and victory!
Tweets of the Week
Wa-hoo! This teacher’s first student to enter a mission patch in the Forward to the Moon Mission Patch Design Challenge! Via Twitter @ ShellyHDunn
These students are focused on finishing up their design patches! May the best patch win! Via Twitter @MrsRThal
Check out how these students are using Tynker to program their drones to fly through hoops! Via Twitter @jenawri
These mission patches demonstrate students’ creativity! Via Twitter @NEN4thgrade
We’re so excited to see everyone’s mission patches, like the ones from these students! Via Twitter @suntanslsnplans
On the Blog
Blue Ribbon Educator Ross Hartley uses 3 tiers of collaboration to maximize student-initiated problem-solving. Find out what they are!
What seasonal projects have your kids or students tried? Check out this Seasonal Project Highlights article to get inspiration from our community!
Keep contributing to the Tynker community! Parents and teachers can connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and the Tynker Community Forum. Kids can also start learning to code and creating for free with the Tynker app for iPads!
