Pencil code
Pencil Code uses visual blocks and various programming languages to introduce and develop basic programming concepts through drawing art, playing music, and creating games. This site allows students to experiment with coding, build from example projects and save their programs publicly. It contains student handouts graded for beginners, intermediate and advanced levels of experience, teacher notes, example programs and a detailed unit plan. The concepts covered include input and output, loops, conditional statements, nesting, recursion, basic data structures and differing programming languages and where they are used.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6, 7-8 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Tools for learning |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Implementation (programming) |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI6P05
Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input
AC9TDI6P02
Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration
AC9TDI8P05
Design algorithms involving nested control structures and represent them using flowcharts and pseudocode
AC9TDI8P06
Trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors
AC9TDI8P09
Implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | other programming languages |
| Keywords | Programming, Algorithms, Computational thinking, Conditional statements, Variables, Procedures, Data structures, Website, Web page, Visual programming |
| Organisation | Pencil Code Foundation |
| Copyright | Pencil Code Foundation. Free-for-education material. |
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