Campers will be introduced to the concept of coding by programming an “instructor robot”. This robot will have a set of predetermined commands. The goal is to program the instructor to draw the picture they are shown as accurately as possible.

Campers will learn what makes a strong password, and best practices for making and using passwords. They will use this knowledge to make a Python program that takes user input and returns a strong, memorable password to the user.

Campers will strengthen their knowledge of variables by drawing mandalas. These mandalas will have features that are determined by a list of variables.

Campers will use if/else statements and basic commands in Python to create their own rock, paper, scissors game!

In this unplugged activity, campers will play the role of a programmer and write the set of directions, or "code", for getting around the house, or around different places in the neighbourhood, while exercising their new-found knowledge of if-statements, for-loops, and while-loops