The next five lessons provide an opportunity for students to put their coding skills to use in a capstone project. This project will help individuals gain experience with coding and produce an exemplar to share with peers and loved ones. This is intended to be a multi-lesson or multi-week project where students spend time brainstorming, learning about the design process, building, and presenting their final work.
In the "Explore" stage, students will play around with pre-built Artist and Sprite Lab programs for inspiration. Next, students will learn about the design process and how to implement it in their own projects. They will be given the space to create their own project in Artist, Sprite Lab, or any other interface that you are comfortable providing. (This is likely the longest stage of the project.) Students will then revise their code after testing and peer review. Finally, students will present their finished work to their classmates.
Exploring Project Ideas is meant to inspire students with realistic and entertaining ideas for their culminating projects.
Students will be able to:
- learn to plan in advance for an ongoing assignment.
- explain how system limitations can affect project design.
- describe how compromise can help keep a project on track and inspire creativity.
Note: You will need to create a free account on code.org before you can view this resource.
