This course covers game development and the fundamentals of game design. Students will be introduced to user interface design, level design, game animations, and node editing. Students will brainstorm characteristics, pitch game ideas, and create a narrative. Every session builds up to a completed level that teaches and reinforces the skills necessary for game development and design. The course is geared toward middle school to high school and uses Flowlab.io, a free to use program that runs on Chromebooks, laptops, and desktops.

This course covers 3D modeling in Blender. Students will be introduced to 3D graphics, modeling, animation, and the industries that rely heavily on these skills. Students will learn basic techniques in modeling while building up to a full scene with a character and backdrop. Major tools in Blender necessary to modeling will be explored including scaling, rotating, working with primitives and proportional editing,  adding topology, and the difference between destructive and non-destructive modeling. The course is primarily for middle school and high school students starting at an introductory level. Blender is a free software available on laptop and desktop.

This course exposes students to the fundamentals of programming in Python. Core concepts will be reinforced with small programs or projects that rely heavily on that concept. This course is introductory and primarily for middle school. Programming will be done through a website called Repl.it and runs on any internet-enabled device but works best on Chromebooks, laptops, or desktops. 

This course introduces students to robotics using LEGO MINDSTORM. Students can program simple motion, approximate distances, and create command loops. Integrating sensors, students will gain experience planning and developing more complex programs while understanding the different sensors and their uses. This course will explore the basic functionality of LEGO MINDSTORM and preliminary use of the complex functions. Programming will be done through the LEGO MINDSTORM software that runs on laptops and desktops as a downloaded application. LEGO MINDSTORM also includes an app store version for Chromebooks and tablets with limited functionality. 

This course introduces students to beginner level 3D modeling and printing. Students will experience 3D modeling through TINKERCAD, a free to use online software. Students are introduced to basic skills such as navigating 3-dimensional spaces, grouping, cutting, duplicating shapes, and mirroring objects. Each completed project reinforces these core skills while exposing students to ways that 3D models can be designed for printing applications. This course is primarily designed for middle school, while the skills touched on are transferable to other 3D modeling software. TINKERCAD uses primary 3-dimensional shapes to simplify the modeling process so that students can focus on core concepts and techniques. 

This course teaches students the fundamentals of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript by walking our students through the development of a web app called Quacker! Students will learn how to use HTML in order to structure the content of a website and learn how CSS simplifies the process of styling our HTML. Students will also be introduced to a popular JavaScript library called jQuery and learn the fundamentals of JavaScript. By the end of the course, students will have a functional web app developed using the skills and tools learned. This course is designed for 7th through 10th grade and uses CODEPEN, a free online software. CODEPEN runs on desktop, laptops, and Chromebooks with internet access. 

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