Ready, Set, Code!: Coding Activities for Kids (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781486312351)

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 code

• Real-world technologies explained

• Engaging projects kids can do over and over again

• Can be used by families and in classrooms

• Compelling storytelling that encourages a creative mindset

Author: Heather Catchpole, Nicola O'Brien
ISBN-10: 1486312357
ISBN-13: 9781486312351
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Language: English
Published: 08/11/2020
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.80h x 8.40w x 0.40d