Kids Code & Computer Science

Pigpen Ciphers

https://www.kidscodecs.com/pigpen-ciphers/

Science Museum’s Investigation of Pigpen Cipher

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/pdfs/4.1.1%20The%20Pig%20Pen%20Cipher%20247KB.pdf

Text-to-Pigpen Converter

https://cryptii.com/text/pigpen

Pigpen Decoder

http://www.dcode.fr/pigpen-cipher

The Elian Script – An artistic code derived from the pigpen cipher

http://www.ccelian.com/ElianScriptFull.html

Pigpen Cipher – Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigpen_cipher

Thirsty Plants Love micro:bit!

https://www.kidscodecs.com/microbit-thirsty-plants/

This Project on Github

https://github.com/lesp/microbit-plant-protector/archive/master.zip

micro:bit Python

http://python.microbit.org/

Makes (Lego) Sense to Me!

https://www.kidscodecs.com/lego-ev3-sensors/

LEGO Mindstorms EV3

https://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms

Accelerometer vs. Gyroscope: What’s the Difference?

https://www.livescience.com/40103-accelerometer-vs-gyroscope.html

Robotsquare EV3 Robots

http://robotsquare.com/category/robots/ev3/

Brick Marketplace

Our Favorite MINDSTORMS EV3 Projects With Instructions
http://blog.brickmarketplace.com/2015/07/mindstorms-ev3-projects-instructions.html

EV3DEV

A project that expands on EV3 programming by allowing it to boot a Linux-based operating system able to use much broader programming languages and devices
http://www.ev3dev.org/

Tesla Ultrasonic Patent

https://electrek.co/2017/03/09/tesla-ultrasonic-sensors-patent/
https://www.pepperl-fuchs.com/global/en/24854.htm

The Minecraft Tool Box

https://www.kidscodecs.com/minecraft-tool-box/

Minecraft Official Wiki’s Article on Tools

http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Tools

More Information on Torches

http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Torch

Survival House Ideas

http://www.grabcraft.com/minecraft/survival-houses

Cat and Mouse with JavaScript

https://www.kidscodecs.com/cursor-follow-javascript/

jQuery vs JavaScript

https://learn.onemonth.com/jquery-vs-javascript-4f26b98e3136

Web Design for Kids

https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/web-design-for-kids-welcome-to-tuts-town–cms-23680

Web Coding Resources

https://www.kidscodecs.com/html-coding-for-beginners/
https://www.kidscodecs.com/resources/programming/javascript/

CSS Position Property

https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_class_position.asp

jQuery animate

https://www.w3schools.com/jquery/jquery_animate.asp

Create Turtles with Python

https://www.kidscodecs.com/create-turtles-python/

More about comments

https://www.kidscodecs.com/comments/
http://www.pythonforbeginners.com/comments/comments-in-python

About Objects

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_classes_objects.htm

Activities with Python and Turtle

http://interactivepython.org/runestone/static/thinkcspy/PythonTurtle/OurFirstTurtleProgram.html
http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english3e/hello_little_turtles.html
https://michael0x2a.com/blog/turtle-examples

The Uncanny Valley

https://www.kidscodecs.com/uncanny-valley/

Robots: Is the uncanny valley real?

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130901-is-the-uncanny-valley-real

How video games could be flattening the uncanny valley

https://www.polygon.com/2013/9/4/4695108/video-games-flattening-the-uncanny-valley

10 Creepy Examples of the Uncanny Valley

http://www.strangerdimensions.com/2013/11/25/10-creepy-examples-uncanny-valley/

The Uncanny Valley and Character Design

http://www.psychologyofgames.com/2013/05/the-uncanny-valley-and-character-design/

The Psychology of the Uncanny Valley

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-05-01-the-psychology-of-the-uncanny-valley

Uncanny Valley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

Early origins for uncanny valley

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8344203.stm

Planet Labs

https://www.kidscodecs.com/planet-labs/

Planet Labs

https://www.planet.com/

Planet Lab Stories

https://medium.com/planet-stories

Create a Secure Password

https://www.kidscodecs.com/create-secure-passwords/

XKCD Comic about good passwords

https://xkcd.com/936/

Articles about creating good passwords

https://www.howtogeek.com/195430/how-to-create-a-strong-password-and-remember-it/
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-ways-to-make-up-passwords-that-are-both-secure-memorable/

How to Choose a Password (Computerphile)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NjQ9b3pgIg

Piet: A Language of Colors

https://www.kidscodecs.com/piet-language/

My Piet interpreters

https://github.com/clarissalittler/piet-interpreters

Piet homepage

http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html

Online Piet interpreter

http://zobier.net/piet/

Piet programming tutorial

http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~diddesen/piet/index.html

Piet Mondrian abstract paintings

https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/by-genre/abstract

An online directory of colors by hex code

http://www.color-hex.com/

Charred Cats Game

https://www.kidscodecs.com/scratch-charred-cats/

My Scratch page

https://scratch.mit.edu/users/adjunction/

Scorched Earth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched_Earth_(video_game)

Some websites that describe how projectile motion works

http://physics.info/projectiles
http://ux1.eiu.edu/~cfadd/1150/03Vct2D/proj.html

CamelCase

https://www.kidscodecs.com/camel-case/

CamelCase

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_case

Naming Conventions (Programming)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_convention_(programming)

CamelCase Generator

https://capitalizemytitle.com/camel-case/

What is the point of the lower camel case variable casing convention (thisVariable, for example)?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6712449/what-is-the-point-of-the-lower-camel-case-variable-casing-convention-thisvariab

Snake Case

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_case

Tall Man Lettering

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_Man_lettering

Title Case

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_case#Title_case

React Mobile Apps

https://www.kidscodecs.com/react-expo-native-projects/

Simple randomly generated puzzle game

https://repl.it/IpEH/latest

Small example showing of SVG with React Native

https://repl.it/IpM6/latest

OpenGL in React Native

https://repl.it/IpMv/latest

A cute user report of how/when to use React Native for games

https://medium.com/@miguelhaba/my-first-game-with-react-native-40a83aa91274

React Native homepage

https://facebook.github.io/react-native/

Official tutorial

https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/tutorial.html

repl.it

https://repl.it/

repl.it React Native tutorial

https://repl.it/community/classrooms/17650

Expo

https://expo.io

Expo documentation

https://docs.expo.io/versions/v17.0.0/index.html

Flappy Bird Clone with Expo

https://docs.expo.io/versions/v17.0.0/tutorials/create-floatyplane-game.html

Game engine for React

https://github.com/FormidableLabs/react-game-kit

An Electrifying (Thread) Idea!

https://www.kidscodecs.com/electrifying-thread-project/

Adafruit

Want to learn more about adding LEDs to your projects using conductive thread? Check out this fun project by Adafruit!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpwL71IiPXM

Kitronik E-Textiles and Wearables Tutorials and Resources

https://www.kitronik.co.uk/blog/e-textiles-wearables-tutorials-resources/

LilyPad Bascs: E-Sewing

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/lilypad-basics-e-sewing

Sew Electric

http://sewelectric.org/diy-projects/

atxdiy Tutorial: Sewing a Simple Circuit (Light Bracelet)

http://www.atxdiy.com/2010/07/05/tutorial-sew-a-simple-circuit/

10 Tips

https://youtu.be/XT5ygUt8Cbk