This page represents joint work with Peabody Charter School's 6th grade (Ms. Pasternak's class) in order to introduce the students to some basics related to text based computer programming. This curriculum is being jointly developed by myself, Z. Wood, 6th grade teacher, M. Pasternak in (Fall 2015) and is a work in progress.

This curriculum is starts using Processing on the iPad and topics include: 2D coordinates, number sense, and specific programs that explore 6th grade curriculum.

For parents, you can download Processing and have your student play with any of this base code (or their own at home).

Week 1 - Make a Face on the iPad Base grid code

Week 2 - Make a dragonfly Results from the class Base grid code - resuse if desired

Week 3 - Complete a creature Results from the class Base grid code - partial cat Base grid code - partial panda Base grid code - partial robot

Week 4 - Make a bat Base code only if bat complete

Week 5 - complete the triangles Base code start here Mod (for WSB) after done with first part

Halloween Scene Week 6 - Halloween Scene base code

Complete the House and Person + play with loops Week 7 - base code

Complete the snowFlake Week 8 - base code

Week 9 - Encryption exercise description Week 9 - trapped team member instructions *teacher only* - encrypted messages Week 9 - Encryption code Week 9 - Decryption code

Inequalities and patterns Week 10 - hand out Week 10 - base code Week 10 - challenge puzzle (and coding concept)

Lines (above and below) and patterns Week 11 - hand out Week 11 - base code Week 11 - challenge puzzle - house Week 11 - challenge puzzle - pattern

Reflections Week 12 - hand out Week 12 - base code

Velocity Week 13 - hand out Week 13 - base code

Partial Creature 2 Week 14 - hand out Week 14 - base code

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

Contact info:
email: zwood "at" calpoly.edu
Z. Wood home page