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Google CS First: Game design

CS First is a free program that offers computer science projects for students aged 9-14 who sign up to be part of the club. In the game design project, students move through eight activities that focus on an aspect of computer games and develop computer science skills. Activities include creating a racing game, a maze game, a platform game, and escape game and a quest game. Each activity is supported by a video and project starters which students use to remix and create their own stories. Lesson plans accompany the student activities.

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Year band(s) 5-6
Content type Course or tutorial
Format Web page
Core and overarching concepts Implementation (programming), Algorithms, Computational thinking
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)
AC9TDI6P02   

Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration

AC9TDI6P05   

Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input
Technologies & Programming Language​s Scratch
Keywords Algorithms, Programming, Computational Thinking, Loops, Conditional statements, Variables, Game design, Computer games, Remix, Edit, Visual programming, Scratch
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