computer programs

Information accompanies instructions for various video-game-themed activities that demonstrate skills needed for coding. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 8.

From fun with functions to a variety of variables, curious readers can explore coding concepts with this engaging title. Introductory text about each concept is paired with hands-on activities such as making a robotic hand from cardboard and creating a function for a room-cleaning robot. Follow-ups after each activity ask readers to think critically, while extra challenges allow readers to test each concept in another way. The robots in this title are unplugged, but they can help eager readers develop skills that could someday lead to working with real robots!.

Information accompanies instructions for various rain forest animal themed activities that demonstrate skills needed for coding. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 8.

Information accompanies instructions for various extreme-sports-themed activities that demonstrate skills needed for coding. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 8.

Information accompanies instructions for various dinosaur-themed activities that demonstrate skills needed for coding. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 8.

Information accompanies instructions for various outer-space-themed activities that demonstrate skills needed for coding. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 8.

Asks the reader to choose the path of the plot in a story about a computer program which provides a clue about the location of Incan treasures.

Readers will be introduced to professional coders and learn how coding requires practical knowledge as well as creativity in solving problems.

"Fifteen-year-old Ani Lee is a skilled hacker researching a strange .wav file that she's downloaded when it behaves as no file ever should. Joe Dyson is a seventeen-year-old operative working for a secret teen division of the British Intelligence who's looking into the disappearance of a friend caught up in an underground music scene that might be more than it appears. When their investigations intertwine, they discover that the .wav file and the music scene are linked--someone's embedding the file into tracks to create a mind-controlled teenage army"--Dust jacket.

How do you connect with the digital world? Your computer is the machine that gets you there. Discover what digital content is and how it's made, stored, and used.