CodeGaming with Minecraft Education

Description

Beginners Level

Objective:

This ten weeks online camp helps participants build a strong foundation in essential coding concepts such as events, loops, conditionals, variables, and functions using the MakeCode block coding language within Minecraft. By mastering these core principles, learners will gain the skills needed to design and program interactive games. Throughout the course, they will apply their coding knowledge to create an original arcade-style mini-game, showcasing their ability to implement what they’ve learned in a fun and engaging way.

Topics Covered:

• Basic Coding Concepts, Events, Sequencing, Loops, and Conditionals.
• Variables, Data Storage, and Randomization in Parkour and Hide-and-Seek Games.
• Functions, Conditionals, Parameters, and Arrays in Rock, Paper, Scissors and Aim Trainer Games.
• Return Functions and Designing a Custom Arcade-Style Mini-Game.

Outcome:
By the end of this course, students will have mastered key coding concepts such as events, loops, conditionals, variables, functions, and arrays. They will have applied these principles to create multiple interactive mini-games, culminating in the design and programming of an original arcade-style game. This hands-on experience will give students the confidence to continue exploring and building with code in Minecraft and beyond.