Everything You Need to Run an Hour of Code

Tynker has everything you need to host an awesome Hour of Code with your students in grades K-12. During an Hour of Code, your students can get introduced to the fundamentals of coding and start creating with code. They also learn that programming is fun, creative, and accessible. With Tynker, you get:

Free assessment and tracking tools make it easy to see what your students have learned.

• Comprehensive teacher guides and answer keys allow you to succeed regardless of your programming experience
• Dozens of fun coding puzzles and creative coding activities for your students, whether they’re beginners or advanced
• STEM activities that integrate coding into what you’re already teaching in subjects like Social Studies, Math, Science, and English
• JavaScript and Python activities that transition your students from block-based coding to text-based programming languages
• Classroom management tools to easily create accounts for your students so they can save their projects and progress
• Free automatic tracking and assessment of Hour of Code activities so you can see what your students have done
• Personalized Hour of Code certificates for all students that add a badge for each activity the student completes
• Student showcases so you can safely share your students’ creations with parents
• A press release template to make it easy to promote your school’s event to local media

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Hour of Code Activities