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Hour of Code: Saloni on the If/Else block

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The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. In this video, Saloni explains what an If/Else statement is and looks at how If/Else blocks can be used to program the movement of a zombie character. This is the fifth of seven clips in ...

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Hour of Code: Mark Zuckerberg teaches Repeat Loops

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The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. In this instructional video, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg explains what a Repeat Loop is and how to use the repeat block. This is the second of seven clips in the Hour of Code tutorial. To ...

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How to Use Scratch: Adding sounds to your Scratch project

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There are all sorts of sounds you could add to your Scratch project. Give your project that extra 'oomph' by adding sounds.

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Hour of Code: Bill Gates explains If statements

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The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. In this video, Bill Gates, creator of Microsoft introduces the If statement. He explains that the If statement is a fundamental concept in computer programming. By demonstrating the use ...

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MathXplosion, Ep 20: Crack an ancient Roman code

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Decrypt the ancient cipher box used by Julius Caesar over 2,000 years ago! By shifting the alphabet or replacing one letter for another further down the alphabetical sequence, you can crack a coded message. The secret to a cipher is one special piece of shared information, known as a key. This shared key is required for ...

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MathXplosion, Ep 48: The most important thing when solving word problems

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It's very important to read problems carefully so you can determine the important facts and understand the questions you are being asked to solve. You may find an answer using pictures and numbers, but if you didn’t answer the right question, what seems right can actually be wrong.

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Create your own card game

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Grab a deck of cards and a bunch of friends and create your own card game. What sort of rules will you decide on? Get a pen and some paper out and brainstorm some possibilities. You might decide on something like 'If I draw a red card, I get a point' and 'If I draw a black card, you get a point.' What other rules can you ...

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How to Use Scratch: Adding Background Images

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Make your project come alive by adding a backdrop - anything from a stage to a snow scene or, just draw your own.

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How to Use Scratch: Intro to Scratch 2.0

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Want to make your own games? Scratch is a programming language, created by MIT, that makes it easy to create interactive art, stories, simulations, and games. Explore your ideas and share your creations online.

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Unplugged Activity: Graph Paper Programming

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This video introduces one of code.org's unplugged activities and provides an introduction to programming without the use of computers. One student takes on the role of "programmer", drawing arrows and scribbles on paper to guide the other student to re-create a particular picture. For more information on the activities ...

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Hour of Code: Saloni teaches If/Else statements with Scrat the Squirrel from Ice Age

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The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. In this video, Saloni explains what an If/Else statement is. With the help of Scrat the Squirrel from Ice Age, she goes on to demonstrate how If/Else blocks can be used to program characters' ...

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Why every day should be Hour of Code day

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Doncaster Gardens Primary School students participating in Hour of Code tell us what they love about learning coding and programming, and why they think it's important to learn for their futures. Their teacher, Carey Baldwin, offers some great starting points for both teachers and students to improve their skills – at any ...

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Unplugged Activity: Computational Thinking

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This video introduces one of code.org's unplugged activities. It discusses a lesson on Computational Thinking, designed to show you how to take a big difficult problem and turn it into several simpler problems. The goal of the lesson is for a group of students to write a set of instructions for another group of students ...

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For the Juniors: How planes take off and fly

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A modern jet aeroplane is big and heavy, so how does it fly? In this clip we explain how the wing shape helps a plane to take off and fly. Also see how a plane's jet engine works. Is it all a load of hot air?

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How to Use Scratch: Adding Background Sounds

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Record and add your own background sound to your project or choose the sounds from the library like a rattle, a ripple or a pop!

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Learning programming offline

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You don't need fancy technology – or even any technology at all – to learn about coding. ICT teacher Carey Baldwin teaches his students the principles of programming in this great activity. The materials required? Just paper cups and some enthusiasm to learn! This video was produced to coincide with the 2014 Hour of Code ...

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For the Juniors: Balance is a matter of ballast

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Have you seen large ships that carry shipping containers as cargo? In this clip we show you how these ships use ballast to help them balance their load. Find out what ballast is and how it stops a ship from sinking. Also see the massive engines on these big cargo ships.

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Hour of Code: Introduction

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The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. This video explains what computer science is and what a computer programmer does. This is the first of seven clips in the Hour of Code tutorial. To try your hand at coding visit learn.code.org

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How to Use Scratch: Adding a Sprite

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So, you have your new project in Scratch - now it's time to add a Sprite!

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How to Use Scratch: Making a Sprite Move

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Tell your Sprite where to go - get your Sprite to move in all different directions - left, right, up, down

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Hour of Code: Saloni on the If/Else block

Hour of Code: Mark Zuckerberg teaches Repeat Loops

How to Use Scratch: Adding sounds to your Scratch project

Hour of Code: Bill Gates explains If statements

MathXplosion, Ep 20: Crack an ancient Roman code

MathXplosion, Ep 48: The most important thing when solving word problems

Create your own card game

How to Use Scratch: Adding Background Images

How to Use Scratch: Intro to Scratch 2.0

Unplugged Activity: Graph Paper Programming

Hour of Code: Saloni teaches If/Else statements with Scrat the Squirrel from Ice Age

Why every day should be Hour of Code day

Unplugged Activity: Computational Thinking

For the Juniors: How planes take off and fly

How to Use Scratch: Adding Background Sounds

Learning programming offline

For the Juniors: Balance is a matter of ballast

Hour of Code: Introduction

How to Use Scratch: Adding a Sprite

How to Use Scratch: Making a Sprite Move