Lunar Repair Yard
Do you like to build things? Are you curious about how computers
work? Then join Stratolab's computer programming course, Lunar
Repair Yard. "Rocket Engineer Apprentices" will develop their
logical thinking and problem solving skills, while exercising
their curiosity, and making friends at an imaginary rocket
shipyard. Work with friends to solve computer programming
puzzles, like building "asteroid detection systems" and other
virtual components. Then assemble your solutions into a
complete working video game that you can play with friends.
Playing games is fun, but writing your own games is a blast.
Video Game Programming for New York Kids
This course teaches the basics of computer programming using the Scratch system and the Python language. Topics include algorithms, decision logic, variables, loops, and functions. You learn cartesian (X-Y) coordinates and simple algebra to draw shapes and make things move. Finally, a reason to learn math. Look at a 2 minute video showing how we teach video game programming in Python.
Join Lunar Repair Yard to learn valuable skills, make friends, and have fun! Programming uses and reinforces many thinking skills such as breaking down problems into parts, deciding how to solve problems, thinking with numbers, abstracting concepts and combining them to solve more complex problems later.
Practicalities
| Equipment: | An Apple Macintosh computer is provided for each student to use during the course. |
| Ages: | Girls and boys, ages 10 and up. |
| Level: | This is an intensive course intended for young people who are already interested in computers and video technology. No previous programming experience is necessary however. |
| Who: | Winston Wolff is the coach for this course. See: Testimonials. |
Sign Up
To get a registration form or if you have any questions, just contact me via phone or email.Stratolab
(646) 827-2242
