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Author Jon Corbett will teach students about Pathfinder using Microsoft Small Basics in this series.
Grade 3 - Grade 12Students will break up game components into individual visual components, which will help students visualize and construct a story with paper pathfinder.
Grade 3 - Grade 9Students will be introduced to basic computer programming in a simplified and easy-to-navigate environment. It helps students construct program routines, and allows freedom to explore within the examples to see what happens.
Grade 5 - Grade 9This lesson helps students construct program routines, and provides freedom to play within the examples, utilizing their own designed Paper Pathfinder game as a foundation.
Grade 5 - Grade 9This lesson teaches, at its core, the basis of all computer programming: how to create the commands for a computer to perform a task.
Grade 5 - Grade 9This lesson uses the foundational coding components introduced in Pathfinder 3: Programming Pathfinder in Small Basic to create basic graphics.
Grade 4 - Grade 9This lesson provides documented examples and source code samples that can be used to insert computer graphics into the Pathfinder Video Game students have been creating.