KIDS GET CODING CODING IN THE REAL WORLD Heather Lyons
Contents Getting Started Everyday Computers Car or Computer Road Safety Home Sweet Home Shopping Money Money Flying High Follow that Robot The Future Extension Activities Words to Remember Activity Answers Index 3 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 22 23 24 Children will need access to the Internet for most of the activities in this book Parents or teachers should supervise Internet use and discuss online safety with children
Getting Started Hi I’m Data Duck I’m going to tell you about the computers that are all around us We can’t always see them but they play a big part in our lives every day All around us there are computers that control machines vehicles robots lights and many other things They can do this because of the way they are programmed When we program a computer we tell it what to do using code DATA DUCK Code is a set of instructions we use to tell computers what to do In this book we will be using coding blocks like the ones below Coding blocks are instructions that we can combine to create code for a computer Change height by 30 feet 9 meters Play duck call There are lots of activities in the book for you to try out There are also some online activities for you to practice For the online activities go to www blueshiftcoding com kidsgetcoding and look for the activity with the page number from the book 3
