Coding for Kids
Community Highlights: May 19 – May 25
We hope everyone had a great long weekend! It’s time for our favorite part of the week – recapping what the Tynker community has been up to. This week we saw really creative projects with incredible art. Don’t miss the opportunity to run your own juice stand, play air hockey (in the air!) or play a game as a rat!
Projects of the Week
Speedy Juicer Game! by moerickson
This game lets you run your own juice stand and sell juice blends to customers. Make sure you follow the recipe!
Star wars battle attack by Nova evo
Play as a Rebel X-wing fighter pilot and fend off the Imperial TIE fighters!
Play air hockey in the air against an AI opponent.
jet pack rat by Cautious Cottage
You are a rat with a jetpack! Use your jetpack to collect the cheese without being hit by the exterminator’s poison.
This quiz will put your mental math skills to the test!
Tweets of the Week
This student-created game is the most impressive one this teacher has ever seen!
Most impressive student created game I've seen in @gotynker Lots of teamwork went into creating her masterpiece while applying computational thinking skills learned during @PLTWorg #CSforall @aapscolligan @chieflearner06 @A2SchoolsSuper #4thGrade pic.twitter.com/KQPT2lF8Zj
— Miss Schemanske (@TeachSchemanske) May 22, 2018
This student’s game responds to user input.
https://twitter.com/TeachSchemanske/status/999000100537032704
This class is having a blast flying drones!
We're flying drones over here at ICMS! We're using our controllers and programming our own flight paths using Tynker coding. It's FUN!@newtonedfound @indiancreekmid #ncssbethebest pic.twitter.com/La5fJUCY0c
— Shani Smith (@BusEdSmith) May 22, 2018
Nice – this class learned all about algorithms.
Puma Class used the iPad app Tynker to understand the order of the code. An Algorithm is a list of instructions. The instructions need to be in the right order.
Puma Class had fun using trial and error to improve understanding.@gotynker @EllistonPuma #EllistonComp pic.twitter.com/lS4t02R8Ax
— A Charlton IT Tech (@TechElliston) May 24, 2018
These kids look focused as they program characters in Tynker!
Week 2 of the Hour of Code begins in the library! Students are applying their knowledge to actually program a character in Tynker! pic.twitter.com/Ab1gA1tmk5
— Ginther Library (@GintherLibrary) May 21, 2018
This class is using Tynker for arcade games based on Greek myths – so creative!
https://twitter.com/maimaisato/status/999489056571453440
Such a great example of peer teaching and peer learning!
Did you know 5 and 6 year olds can CODE? At Canterbury our students are learning to code in Kindergarten! @gotynker @canterburyftmy #cburyproud #coding pic.twitter.com/92ke9MjI0I
— Jennifer Stephenson (@auburnjen1999) May 24, 2018
On the Blog
This week’s Featured Makers were Braden and Gabriel. Braden discovered Tynker per the recommendation of one of his friends. He told us, “I love to code because it allows me to make whatever I want – the sky’s the limit!” Gabriel is another really impressive maker; he’s been coding with Tynker (and loving it!) for four years!
Our latest Women in STEM is Hedy Lamarr, a movie star whose invention paved the way to WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS.
Keep contributing to the Tynker community! Parents and teachers can connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and the Tynker Community Forum. Kids can start learning to code and creating for free with the Tynker app for iPads or by playing our Hour of Code activities!
