Invent a Game! And More Coding & Strategy Challenges

by Megan Borgert-Spaniol

Overview

With this title, young makers will learn how to get inspired, problem-solve, and collaborate with others as they take on four coding and strategy challenges, including creating their own secret code and designing a board game. Like a real coder and strategist, they'll have to meet demands while staying within limits. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781532194382
Publisher:	ABDO Publishing Company
Publication date:	01/01/2021
Series:	Super Simple Makerspace STEAM Challenge
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.75(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	700L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 9 Years

Editorial Reviews

04/01/2021

Gr 2–4—The four open-structured engineering challenges in each of these well-designed books are framed in terms of a demand (an aircraft that flies 15 feet) and a limit (build it in 60 minutes). This cut-to-the-chase tasking not only allows for a high degree of experimentation and creativity, but also more closely resembles the way that real-world challenges present themselves. Learning to analyze problems in these terms is a powerful tool in any of the creative or engineering fields covered by these books—and beyond. Examples of solutions to each challenge are provided, with sufficient photos and captions that they could be reproduced, but readers are encouraged to work to get it done their way. VERDICT Readers can learn how tasks are defined and think their way around them in these appealing books.

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