EScout Academy: Building Games (Minecraft, Scratch, Python)
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eScout Academy offers creative courses to inspire students towards computing and learn the basics of Science and Physical computing (STEM), Robotics concepts in a fun and easy way. The course consists of different themed activities like Art, music, storytelling, interactive games, science experiments to inspire and engage students towards technology, and "Making STEM fun and real".
Courses focus on building creativity(through interactive exercises), social-emotional intelligence, peer-peer learning, working in a group environment, design thinking, mathematical thinkers, and real-world problem-solvers.
Course Offerings:
Animation and Develop Games - Level 1 (Grade 2 -3)
Introduce students to code puzzles, express and apply computing steps, Build and play with code blocks (Animation, music/sound blocks). Build fun games and animations using Repetition and Events concepts.
Animation and Develop Games - Level 2 (Grade 3 -4)
Introduction, usage of computers, develop foundation skills in computing using block-based code. Explore and play with blocks. Building platform and multiplayer games, memory-based games using sequencing, conditionals, data, and operators concepts.
Develop Games using “Minecraft” (Grade 3 -5)
Intro to Minecraft: Education Edition, students will explore different activities and concepts using Animal & Space Research center themes learn along the way Pattern Recognition, Sequencing and Loops. Explore space theme: Ganymede & Saturn’s Rings: Focusing on learning the concepts of Booleans, Operators, and how they work in conditional settings.
Develop Games using “python/p5.js” (Grade 4 -6)
Introduction to foundational computing skills, transition from blocks to simple code. Introduction to script using p5.js, animation basics, interactive games.
Introduction to python : variables, loops and functions to create visual, artwork, simulations, game and more..
Intro to Web Labs ( explore and experiment with HTML web) (Grade 4-6)
Introduction to foundational computing skills, exploring the web pages. Intro to HTML, HTML structure, styling web pages, use the expression in the web pages. Two min-projects.