Santa Dash with Scratch! (3rd-9th Grade)

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Class Details:

Ages: 8 - 15
3rd Grade - 9th Grade

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Description

Ready to bring some holiday cheer into the gaming world? In this course, you'll learn how to create a parody of the popular game "Geometry Dash" with a festive twist. Instead of dodging geometric shapes, your character will face off against a series of Christmas-themed obstacles!

This beginner-friendly course will introduce you to crucial game development concepts like variable creation, object interactions, and sprite cloning, and no prior experience is required! With guidance from the instructor, you'll explore how to customize gameplay through techniques such as conditional object rotation, player tracking, and background animation. Whether you’re curious about coding or game design, this course is the perfect way to dip your toes into the world of game creation just in time for the holidays!

Course Outline:

Grounding with Custom Blocks & Variables
Conditional Object Rotation
Background Scrubbing & Animation
Player Tracking
Object and Sprite Cloning

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Abhijeet H.

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Instructor's Bio:

Abhijeet has been involved in the programming and teaching sector for several years. He has worked with the brightest minds on wall street (Quantitative Researchers), and created AI (Machine Learning) Algorithms that analyze stock data, and give recommendations. He has also spent a lot of his time volunteering, and working with gifted students, and helping kids as young as 5 years old, and has been teaching them programming for several years. He has taught students that had no idea how to program, and they went on to win programming competitions. As of right now, he still works as a teacher for a private school, and still works with Quantitative Researchers on a daily basis.

Educational Background, Degrees, Licenses:

The University of Waterloo, B. Math Majoring in Statistics
Completed several coding courses on Machine Learning & Neural Networks
Currently Works as a Data Scientist at a Quantitative Research & Risk Firm
Created Brand New Python Courses for Private Schools

What I Tutor and Teach:

Python 3, R, SQL, Scratch, Roblox, JAVA, HTML.

Fun Facts:

Some of the kids I've taught Python & Scratch have gone on and used what they learned to create mods for Minecraft.

Jennifer says:

The instructor was very engaging and helpful. We loved the email reminders so we could be on time. My son learned so much and can\'t wait to take another class with this instructor. Excellent communication between the instructor and students. The instructor made the class easy to understand. Python is \"real\" coding. My son was excited to create a game with moving parts.

Yulei says:

Just want to pay some compliments to Mr. Abhijeet H. Jason loves his classes. He laughs at whatever he says. It really helps to keep him learning. Thanks!

Rithu says:

My son has really enjoyed this class!

Theresa says:

My child thought the class was really cool, and the quiz a lot of fun.

Jonathan says:

Great Python beginners class - hoping to continue to the next level. Excellent instruction that my child very much enjoyed. Thank you! My child loves his instructor, Abhijeet H. This was the same instructor for his advanced 6/7th grade math class - which he also loved.

Vienna says:

My son was introduced to new math concepts he didn’t know and he had fun. I like that he is challenged and wasn’t intimidated. He felt that it was both easy and hard. And he enjoyed it. It is a good way to keep our children engaged. Once my boys learn something, they think they know everything. Only being in this group class, did they realize they need more learning.

Santa Dash with Scratch! (3rd-9th Grade)

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Abhijeet H.

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