Research Guides: Hour of Code: Math Coding for HS Students

Instructions

1. Select a coding activity

2. Create the the product

3. Share with a partner who selected a different project

4. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the two programs in a graphic organizer

5. Write a summary about what you have learned with this activity

Math Games and Coding Lessons

Bloons
In this lesson you will code a shooting monkey tower from the popular Bloons Tower Defense game. By the end of the lesson you will know the angle finding maths and algorithms commonly used in many of today's most popular tower defense games. You will be able to apply this knowledge in your own game. Gamefroot Hour of Code tutorials use a visual programming language using blocks where students simply drag and drop visual blocks to write code.
Hyperpad Pong
Learn to program a pong game with a smart AI opponent.
3D Flappy
Use your imagination to create a 3D Flappy Bird game. Use code to make 3D models come alive with fun. At the end you can share your creation with friends and challenge them to a high score.
Dragon Script
Welcome to DragonScript Arena – the programming strategy game and coding club. Level up your Javascript & Software Engineering as you play! Build your own Dragon A.I. Imagine Battlebots but with robot Dragons.
Warning Black Hole
Did you see the images of the black hole that were released in Spring 2019? Do you want to know more about black holes and how to escape from them? Check out this coding activity on how fast you need to go to escape from a gravitational field and what happens when not even light can escape!
Coders Strike Back
This step-by-step puzzle game provides an easy introduction to bot programming. The aim is to win a starship race against other players. The game is simple to start and only requires a few lines of code to have a ship move around, but there are near-infinite possibilities of improvement to create more sophisticated bots.