Welcome
Thank you for joining our NS CODES monthly code challenges. Please be sure to check back with us every month for new coding challenges you can try with your students!
Grades P-2
* Please note that any of these coding challenges can be done by any age or grade level. These are only age grouping recommendations
MONTHLY
CODING
CHALLENGES
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Grades 6-8
Explore the radio function on the Micro:Bit to create a scrolling message
Grades 3-5
Create symmetry with snowflake designs in TinkerCAD.
JANUARY
Grades P-2
Funky Functions
Explore and create functions with this tech-free coding activity.
DECEMBER
Grades P-2
Code a logic game on paper to play with your friends!
Grades 3-5
Code Your Own Video game
Use Make Code Arcade to create a video game linked to a topic you've learned about recently.
Grades 6-8
AI and Our Oceans
Use the Code.org App Lab to create a phone application linked to ocean sustainability.
Grades 9-12
Google App Scripts
Kick-off 2021 by getting organized! Use Google Scripts to code a personalized goals and activities planners.
Grades 9-12
Use TinkerCAD to design a tool that could make winter easier for yourself or someone in your community.
NOVEMBER
Grades P-2
For this month's coding challenge create and play a No-Tech Coding Game:
Using index cards and computational thinking, create an IF/THEN game to play with your friends and family!
November
Grades 3-5
For our upper elementary school challenge this month we ask you to watch the video and discover how to share your learning with an Interactive Poster:
Share what you know about a topic by creating an interactive poster with Scratch and a Makey Makey or MicroBit.
Grades 9-12
Our high school challenge this month is to code a game in Javascript:
Use machine learning to code an app using text-based coding.
December
Grades 6-8
This month's middle school coding challenge asks you to use your mbot or Codey Rocky's ultrasonic sensor to help it maneuver through a maze with obstacles.
October
October is Fire Prevention Month. For this month's coding challenge we ask you to use chart paper or your classroom floor to design a home layout including locations for exits and smoke detectors. Once you've identified where the safe exits and smoke detectors are located students can then code Dash or Bee-Bot to visit each smoke detector to change the batteries.
Grades P-2
