Code a 3D World - a creative CoSpaces Edu starter project (3 lessons)

This creative CoSpaces Edu project contains 3 lesson plans and student guides for creating and coding a 3D world, and is the ideal starter project for students.

1. Design! Explore! Build! - sign up, explore the gallery, and get building!
2. Code a Treasure hunt - find treasure through clicking and colliding
3. Add a virtual tour/roller coaster to your fantasy world

These lessons are designed for students aged 9-13 years - using it with younger/older students may require more adaptation.

Computer Science coding:

• Loops
• Events
• Variables

CoSpaces Edu concepts:

1. Registration
2. The Gallery
3. The Editor
4. CoSpace navigation
5. Intro to CoBlocks
6. Click and collision events
7. Movement blocks
8. Opacity & delete
9. Giving instructions: Speak & think, Info panel
10. Extension: Nested events
11. Path object
12. Attaching objects
13. Extension: Choice & Info panels
14. Adding a new scene
15. Adding, recording, & playing sound

Curriculum Goals

1. Play - having fun, being silly, trying things out
2. Connection - creating meaningful connections with each other, and our cultures
3. Identity - celebrating cultures, shared values & experiences
4. Build Skills & Self-belief - developing confident, thoughtful, and skilled coders/creators; feeling pride in their creations/achievements

Approach

• Assume zero coding knowledge
• Repetition for retention
• Design for equity & inclusion
• Age differentiation through context and delivery (tone, language)
• Provide extension materials

The Creative CoSpaces Curriculum

This project forms the first 3 lessons of The Creative CoSpaces Curriculum - if you need a full 10-week curriculum for students 9-13 years with lesson plans, student resources and videos, check it out!

About the Author

Geoff Bentley is a CoSpaces Edu Guru Ambassador & Trainer and has been training students and teachers how to use CoSpaces Edu in the classroom since 2017, creating CoSpaces Edu programmes for clubs and organisations around the world, as well as answering countless questions on the CoSpaces Forum, and contributing over 50 demo projects, tips & tutorials in the CoSpaces Gallery (search for "techleap").

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