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Free Middle School Coding Lesson

The best way to introduce your middle school students to coding. This free coding lesson plan starts students with visual block coding, then transitions them to solving text-based coding problems in JavaScript and Python.

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53 Activities

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Recommended for Ages 11+

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No Prerequisites

Tynker Code Blocks

Tynker's visual code blocks are a great way for beginners to code, without needing to remember how to type syntax. By dragging and dropping code blocks together, young coders can produce vividly complex programs and games in our proprietary app, which includes support for graphics, sound, physics, and more.

JavaScript

JavaScript is a lightweight scripting language. Sharing design elements of both Java and Python, it is the language of choice for web pages, enabling sophisticated behaviors and interactivity when paired with HTML and CSS.

Python

Python is one of the most popular high-level programming languages today. It is easy to read and flexible for use in functional or object-oriented programming paradigms. Its many useful libraries make it a favorite choice for scripting, machine learning, data science, and more.

What Kids Learn

  • Loops
  • advanced animation
  • advanced events
  • advanced messaging
  • basic math
  • comments
  • conditional loops
  • delays
  • detect conditions
  • direction and turning
  • expert physics
  • expressions
  • function calls
  • input/output
  • js syntax
  • operators
  • pattern recognition
  • program control
  • python syntax
  • sequencing
  • simple conditionals
  • simple events
  • simple loops
  • simple motion

How Kids Learn with Tynker

Kids learn on their own with a guided, hands-on approach that individualizes the learning experience. Tynker's online courses provide a complete learning system for your child to master the fundamentals of programming. Tynker's visual programming language makes it easy to learn, and once kids gain proficiency, they can seamlessly transition to Javascript coding within the Tynker learning system. Enroll in one of our plans for unlimited play across all courses.

Game-Based Learning

Tynker's self-guided lessons break down coding concepts while solving puzzles and making cool apps.

Interactive Assessments

Quick practice quizzes and assessment tests evaluate a child's comprehension of subjects taught.

Captivating Topics

There's always something to learn with multiple subjects, projects, and coding languages available.

System Requirements

Online courses require a desktop computer, laptop computer, Chromebook, or Netbook with Internet connection and a Chrome (29+), Firefox (30+), Safari (7+), or Edge (20+) browser. No downloads required.

Intro to Tynker

Introduction to Tynker and puzzles.

16 Activities:

  • Introduction
  • Intro Video
  • Puzzles Intro
  • Selector
  • Forward
  • Fly Up
  • Forward. Fly Up.
  • Eat and Blast
  • Drop Down. Turn Around.
  • Defeat the Knight
  • Spiral Up
  • Ziggurat
  • Fly. Fly. Fly Up.
  • Get the Knights!
  • Flags
  • Power Up

Intro to Game Design

Learn to build a 2-Player Physics Cannon Game

1 Activity:

  • 2-Player Cannon Game

STEM

Create a STEM project that demonstrates your knowledge of multiplication or your knowledge of how a bill becomes a law.

6 Activities:

  • Multiplication Escape Example
  • Multiplication Escape
  • Quiz
  • How a Bill Becomes a Law Example
  • How a Bill Becomes a Law
  • Quiz

Intro to JavaScript

Get used to typing and syntax and learn the basics of JavaScript.

15 Activities:

  • Introduction
  • Start the Hack
  • What Are Comments?
  • Step Up
  • Turn the Corner
  • Staircase
  • Zig-Zag
  • What Are For Loops?
  • What Is Indentation?
  • Deja Vu
  • Up and Down
  • Onwards, Forward
  • Jump, Forward
  • Forward, Jump
  • Quiz

Intro to Python

Get used to typing and syntax and learn the basics of Python.

15 Activities:

  • Introduction
  • Toxic Jungle
  • What Are Comments?
  • Onward and Ahead!
  • Around the Corner
  • U-Turn
  • Enemy Spotted
  • Scale the Slopes
  • Straightforward
  • What Are For Loops?
  • What Is Indentation?
  • Loop Ahead!
  • Fire, Forward, Repeat
  • Zig-Zag
  • Quiz

Loops

advanced animation

advanced events

advanced messaging

basic math

comments

conditional loops

delays

detect conditions

direction and turning

expert physics

expressions

function calls

input/output

js syntax

operators

pattern recognition

program control

python syntax

sequencing

simple conditionals

simple events

simple loops

simple motion

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