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Alternate Exercises: Karel

This course teaches the foundations of computer science and basic programming, with an emphasis on helping students develop logical thinking and problem solving skills. Students learn material equivalent to a semester college introductory course in computer science and can program in JavaScript upon completion.

Overview & Highlights

Level
High School
Contact Hours
125
Timeframe
Year

Course Overview

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Programming with Karel
Students learn the basics of programming by giving Karel the Dog commands in a grid world.
Karel Challenges
Students apply all the foundational concepts from Intro to Karel to solve new challenges.
Extra Karel Practice
It can take some time to learn all of Karel's tricks. Brush up here with some extra Karel practice problems. These reinforce all of the fundamental concepts introduced in Karel, including commands, functions, loops, conditions control structures, and problem decomposition.
Extra Karel Puzzles
A set of all the trickiest Karel puzzles for you to solve
Programming with Karel (ACE)
Students learn the basics of programming by giving Karel the Dog commands in a grid world.

33
Lessons
2
Videos
108
Exercises
31
Challenges
78
Offline Handouts

Demo Programs

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