Kindergarten students at Curie Elementary took part in a hands-on activity to learn about algorithms and circuits. Students applied their creativity to engineer their own light up inventions using dough, clay and LEDs. Snowmen, robots, cats and monsters were among some of the projects brought to life.
The ability to code is a superpower that can be developed and connected to every industry. At Bell Middle School, eighth graders used the Hour of Code to be like Iron Man and engineer their own superpower. Students created a circuit then coded it to play specific sounds when their superpower exercised in different ways. This activity was sponsored through a University of San Diego Jacobs Institute STEM grant.
The Hour of Code is a grassroots movement which takes place each year during Computer Science Education Week (December 9-15). It is held annually in recognition of the birthday of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper. Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was the first to recognize that machines could do more than pure calculation, published the first algorithm to be carried out by a machine and is regarded as one of the first computer programmers.
