Computer Coding Projects for Kids: A Step-by-Step Visual Guide to Creating Your Own Scratch Projects

✍ Scribed by Jon Woodcock, Carol Vorderman (foreword)

• Publisher: DK Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 226
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Computer Coding Projects For Kids is the perfect introduction to coding for children from number 1 best-selling education author Carol Vorderman. This colourful illustrated guide uses step-by-steps to show kids how to build a range of amazing projects, from birthday cards to music and games, using the programming language Scratch.

Activities such as creating a virtual firework display, simulated snowflakes, fractal art and mind-bending optical illusions not only teach essential coding skills, but enable kids to have fun as they learn. Projects can be personalised and adapted to encourage creativity, and can even be shared with friends, providing a simple and fun way for kids to learn coding.

✦ Table of Contents

6 Contents......Page 8
8 foreword......Page 10
12 Creative computers......Page 14
14 Programming languages......Page 16
16 How Scratch works......Page 18
18 Getting Scratch......Page 20
20 The Scratch interface......Page 22
22 Types of project......Page 24
What is Coding?......Page 13
getting started......Page 27
26 Cat Art......Page 28
34 Dino Dance Party......Page 36
48 Animal Race......Page 50
60 Ask Gobo......Page 62
70 Funny Faces......Page 72
art......Page 83
82 Birthday Card......Page 84
94 Spiralizer......Page 96
games......Page 123
122 Tunnel of Doom......Page 124
134 Window Cleaner......Page 136
SimulationS......Page 145
144 Virtual Snow......Page 146
154 Firework Display......Page 156
162 Fractal Trees......Page 164
172 Snowflake Simulator......Page 174
muSic and Sound......Page 183
182 Sprites and Sounds......Page 184
190 Drumtastic......Page 192
mindbenderS......Page 201
200 The Magic Spot......Page 202
208 Spiral-o-tron......Page 210
What next?......Page 219
218 Next steps......Page 220
220 Glossary......Page 222
222 Index......Page 224
224 Acknowledgments......Page 226