Google CS First: Game design
CS First is a free program that offers computer science projects for students aged 9-14 who sign up to be part of the club. In the game design project, students move through eight activities that focus on an aspect of computer games and develop computer science skills. Activities include creating a racing game, a maze game, a platform game, and escape game and a quest game. Each activity is supported by a video and project starters which students use to remix and create their own stories. Lesson plans accompany the student activities.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Course or tutorial |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Implementation (programming), Algorithms, Computational thinking |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI6P02
Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration
AC9TDI6P05
Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | Scratch |
| Keywords | Algorithms, Programming, Computational Thinking, Loops, Conditional statements, Variables, Game design, Computer games, Remix, Edit, Visual programming, Scratch |
| Organisation | |
| Copyright | Google Inc. Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0. |
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