Ready, Set, Code! Coding Activities for Kids

By Nicola O'Brien, Heather Catchpole, Nicola O’Brien

Are you ready to learn about real technology and make it yourself?

Ready, Set, Code explains how cutting-edge digital technology works and its surprising uses now and in the future. Filled with interesting examples, each chapter explores a different topic, such as artificial intelligence, sensors and data, and applies it with a fun, hands-on coding project. You will learn how to create your own chatbot, translate messages into different languages, construct a burglar alarm, make digital art and music, and launch a citizen science project. Plus, you'll learn how to protect yourself online and much more.

Suitable for beginners, this book provides illustrated step-by-step instructions to teach kids to code with the highly acclaimed Scratch programming language, popular micro: bit mini computers and simple app building tools.

Features:

Simple and fun ways to get children creating with codeReal-world technologies explainedEngaging projects kids can do over and over againCan be used by families and in classroomsCompelling storytelling that encourages a creative mindset

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1486312357
• ISBN13: 9781486312351
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7