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Coding Quest

Coding Quest challenges students in grades four to six to build their own educational computer game in the classroom following a simplified engineering design process using block-based coding.

Coding Quest embeds science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) education, introduces computational thinking and develops global competencies, such as critical thinking, communications and collaboration.

Teachers are supported by a program manager and with resources, including lesson plans and activities that are connected to provincial curricula.

The program culminates in a Coding Quest Arcade, where students showcase their games and deliver their elevator pitch.

Please register here for Calgary, Edmonton, Greater Vancouver Area, Vancouver Island, Okanagan, Greater Toronto Area, London, Waterloo, Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ottawa, North Battleford, Saskatoon and Southern Saskatchewan.

For regions not listed above, please register for Coding Quest Distance Learning.

"I truly believe that I’m preparing kids for jobs that don’t exist yet."

Learning outcomes for students

By the end of the program, students are able to:

Demonstrate knowledge of fundamentals of Engineering Design Process;
Develop coding skills and language;
Understand basic educational computer game development;
Use coding as a tool for creating and problem-solving;
Understand problems and solutions as a sequence of small steps (computational thinking);
Communicate persuasively and with purpose with the development of an elevator pitch.

Coding Quest Arcade

The program culminates in a Coding Quest Arcade, where students showcase their games and deliver their elevator pitch.

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