STEM Club: Coding

Coders are in high demand

Coding provides a competitive advantage

Coding knowledge allows students better understand the world

Coding is fun and satisfying

Coding is fun and satisfying

Coding improves creativity

Coding improves problem solving

Coding improves persistence

Coding improves collaboration

Coding improves communication (to learn more check out 5 Reasons Your Child Should Learn to Code)

Computer Science – The study of computers

Computational Thinking – Modifying a problem so that it can be solved using a computer

Programmer – Someone who writes the code

Code – The language that tells a computer what to do

Algorithm – A list of steps to finish a task

Program – An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine

Binary – A way of representing information in only two ways (yes or no, go or stop, 1 or 0)

Command – An instruction for the computer

Run / Go – This causes the computer to do the commands you’ve written

Event – An action the causes something to happen

Bug – A mistake in the program

Debugging – Finding and fixing problems in the code

Loop – Doing something over and over again

Decompose – To break a problem down into smaller pieces