Hour of Code Activities

6th Grade  

NASA Space Jam - https://hourofcode.com/nasachspacejam

• Click "Let's Get Started".
• Watch Guide Video.
• Directions will pop up at the top of the screen.
• Drag code blocks from the “Block" section to the “Workspace”.
• Click “Run” and it will explain if you completed the puzzle or have more work to do.

Build Solar System - https://code.hatchxr.com/solar-system?step=2

• Click "Start Coding".
• Directions will pop up at the top of the screen.
• Drag code blocks from the “Block" section to the “Workspace”.
• Click the green arrow in the lower right corner to run the program.
• It will explain if you completed the puzzle or have more work to do.

Black Panther - https://hourofcode.com/msftwakanda 

• Click "Okay".
• Directions are on the left of the screen.
• Click "Toolbox" to view all coding blocks under each category.
• Drag code blocks from the “Block" section to the “Workspace”.
• Use the controller in the lower right corner to play the game.

Coding with Poetry - https://code.org/poetry

• Click “Start”.
• Watch the video.
• Directions will pop up at the top of the screen.
• Drag code blocks from the “Block" section to the “Workspace”.
• Click “Run” and it will explain if you completed the puzzle or have more work to do.

Vidcode Pollution video - https://www.vidcode.com/project/end-plastic-pollution#

• See instructions box on the left side of the screen
• Screen will take you through each step. 
• Click on the “Back” or “Next” boxes for instructions.

Code the Eclipse - https://www.vidcode.com/project/hoc-eclipse

• Read the directions on the left side of the screen.
• Screen will take you through each step.
• Click on the “Back” or “Next” boxes for instructions.

Anna and Elsa - https://studio.code.org/s/frozen/stage/1/puzzle/1

• Watch the video.
• Directions will pop up at the top of the screen.
• The puzzles are at the top 1-20.
• Drag code blocks from the “Block” section to the “Workspace”.
• Click “Run” and it will explain if you completed the puzzle or have more work to do.

Mario’s Secret Adventure - https://code.hatchxr.com/

• Read the prompts/directions.
• Click “Start Coding”.
• Tutorial boxes will pop up to show you around.
• Drag coding boxes to the workspace.
• Click the green play button in the lower right corner to check your code.

5th Grade 

3D T-Rex Game - https://code.hatchxr.com/t-rex?utm_source=code.org&utm_medium=HoC2022&utm_campaign=new_activities

• Watch Video.
• Click "Start Coding".
• Directions will pop up at the top of the screen.
• Drag code blocks from the “Block" section to the “Workspace”.
• Click the green arrow in the lower right corner to run the program.
• It will explain if you completed the puzzle or have more work to do.

Make a Basketball Game - https://code.org/athletes

• Watch the video
• Click on “Make a Basketball Game”.
• Directions will pop up at the top of the screen.
• Drag code blocks from the “Block” section to the “Workspace”.
• Click “Run” and it will explain if you completed the puzzle or have more work to do.

Code Your Hero using Scratch - https://hourofcode.com/googlehero

• Watch the intro video.
• Scroll down the page after the video and click on “Starter Project” right under links.
• You can watch and pause the video again if you need help on blocks to use.

The A-Paw-Minable-Snowman - https://acceleratecoding.com/hoc/#projects/8773

• Click “code this App”.
• Then you type the JavaScript in the app template.
• You can check your progress by clicking the play button.

Code your own Stress Ball –  https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/stress-ball/1

• Scratch project at mit.edu.
• Keep the project window tab open so you can follow each set of directions.

Boat Race - https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/boat-race/9

• Play first video for whole group to watch.
• After this initial video, you may begin and work at your own pace.

Harry Potter - https://hoc-2018.kano.me/challenges/home

• Start with “levitate a Feather”.
• It will walk you through each of the coding blocks to use.

4th Grade

Space Invaders - https://hourofcode.com/hatchxrspace

• Watch Video.
• Click "Start Coding".
• Directions will pop up at the top of the screen.
• Drag code blocks from the “Block" section to the “Workspace”.
• Click the green arrow in the lower right corner to run the program.
• It will explain if you completed the puzzle or have more work to do

Code Your Own Basketball Game -  https://studio.code.org/s/basketball/stage/1/puzzle/1

• Watch Video
• Click “Make a Basketball Game” or “Mix and Match Sports”.
• Directions will pop up on the top of the screen.
• The puzzles are at the top 1-20.
• Drag code blocks from the “Block” section to the “Workspace”.
• Click “Run” and it will explain if you completed the puzzle or have more work to do.

Dodo Does Math - https://www.codemonkey.com/hour-of-code/dodo-does-math/

• Click “Start Playing”.
• Watch video.
• Screen will give direction prompts.
• Click “X” and then you can drag coding box on the work space.

Star Wars - https://code.org/starwars

• Click “Blocks…try now”.
• Watch video.
• Directions will pop up pop up on the screen.
• The puzzles are at the top 1-20.
• Drag code blocks from the “Block” section to the “Workspace”.
• Click “Run” and it will explain if you completed the puzzle or have more work to do.

  The Grinch - http://www.grinchhourofcode.com/

• Click “Begin Now”.
• It should pop up the beginning directions.
• The puzzles are at the top 1-20.
• Drag code blocks from the “Block” section to the “Workspace”.
• Click “Run” and it will explain if you completed the puzzle or have more work to do. 

3rd Grade

Infinity Lab - https://studio.code.org/s/infinity/lessons/1/levels/1

• Watch video.
• Directions will pop up pop up on the screen.
• Drag code blocks from the “Block” section to the “Workspace”.
• Click “Run” and it will explain if you completed the puzzle or have more work to do.

Learn to Code with Hot Wheels - https://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/hot-wheels

• Click on “Obstacle Course” box.
• Select a car.
• Read through directions and click arrow or “click anywhere to continue”.

MineCraft -  https://code.org/minecraft

• Click on “Voyage Aquatic" or “Hero’s Journey”
• Watch Video.
• After this initial video, you may begin and work at your own pace.

Design an Avatar - https://codeclubworld.org/launch/new

• Click "Looks" to determine how you want your avatar to look.
• Drag blocks to connect to "when clicked."
• Use the drop down boxes to design everything about the robot.
• You may use the block again and again but change the drop down to head, face, body, etc.

Code Monkey Block Jumper - https://app.codemonkey.com/courses/blocks-hour-of-code#1

• Direction are in the left box.
• Drag code to workspace (look at prompts and directions).
• Click “run” to check your programming. 

(not working at school) Moana - https://partners.disney.com/hour-of-code/wayfinding-with-code?cds

• Click “Begin Now”.
• Watch Video.
• After this initial video, you may begin and work at your own pace.

2nd Grade

 Hello World -   https://code.org/helloworld

• Choose a Hello World Theme – Food, Animals, Retro, or Emoji
• Watch instructional video.
• Directions will pop up at the top of the screen.
• Drag code blocks from the “Block section to the “Workspace”.
• Click “Run” and it will explain if you completed the puzzle or have more work to do.

Code Spark Academy with the Foos - https://hourofcode.com/foos

• Click “school” in left corner.
• Choose “student”.
• Choose “hour of code”.
• Choose “puzzles”.
• Click the green play button.
• Click the 1.
• Use the arrows, listen, and follow directions.

 Dragon Blast - https://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/dragon-blast

• Click “Play Now”.
• Click on an egg several times to make it hatch.
• After you finish a code, it will give the prompt “Click anywhere to continue”.  

Kodable - https://game.kodable.com/hour-of-code#self-guided

• Click purple box “play online”.
• Click “Play without Saving" under school box.
• Click “Playing at School”.
• Click “Fuzz Builder 2-5”.
• Click “Start my Creative Challenge”.

Kindergarten and 1st Grade

Code Monkey - https://www.codemonkey.com/hour-of-code/codemonkey-jr/

• Click “Start Playing”.
• Drag the arrow and hit the play button.
• The hand will help you know what to click.
• If a box pops up to sign up, click the X to make it go away.

Beaver Achiever - https://www.codemonkey.com/hour-of-code/beaver-achiever/

• Click “Start Playing”.
• Watch the animated hand to help you drag coding blocks to the work area.
• Drag the block.
• Click the green play button.
• If a box pops up to sign up, click the X to make it go away.

Donut Detective - https://codespark.com/play/

• Click “Schools” in LEFT corner.
• Click “Students”.
• Click “Hour of Code” at the bottom.
• Click “Puzzles”.
• Click GREEN play button.
• Then, click “1,” and begin playing the coding puzzles.

Kodable - https://game.kodable.com/hour-of-code#self-guided

• Click “Play without Saving" under school box.
• Click “Playing at School”.
• Watch the video.
• At end of video, move triangle into the lock.
• On the play board, click “Hour of Code” on the right.
• Click “K-2- Making Mazes”.
• Select Your Grade Level.
• Click the blue “1”.
• Drag arrows on the right to the boxes on the left.

 Barbie Vet - https://hourofcode.com/petvet

• Click "Play Now".
• In the bottom right corner, it reminds you to “click anywhere to continue” after it reads the slide.
• It will give (and read) the directions box, click the “X” to start coding.
• Drag the block code to the workspace.
• Click the green arrow at the bottom to play your code.