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TECBloxels

What’sIncluded

• 1Gameboard

• 320Blocks

• 1ChallengePoster

• 1Guidebook

ResourcesRequired

• BloxelsBuilderApp

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Activities/Lessons/Resourceshttp://home.bloxelsbuilder.com/#howTohttp://edu.bloxelsbuilder.com

Bloxelsisagameboardandblockkitusedtointroducechildrentofoundationsofcodingthroughtheircreationofavideogame.Blocksrepresentdesignelementsandareusedtobuildvideogamesbyarrangingblocksonthegameboard.ThegameboardcomestolifewhenpairedwiththeBloxelsApp.Childrencancreatemultiplelevels,rooms,andcharacters.

Blocks

Terrainblocks;usetobuildgroundforcharacterstorunandjumpon

Waterblocks;characterswillactasifinwater

Hazardblocks;herocharacter’shealthwillbeimpactediftouched

Coinsforherocharactertocollect

Enemycharacters

Power-ups;giveherocharacterspecialabilities

Explodingterrainblocks

Storyblocks;checkpoints,textbubblesandcompletionflag

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App PhotoCourtesyofBloxels

TEC

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Bloxels

DevelopmentalConsiderations

• Ages8+

• SkillsRequired:

o SymbolicRepresentation

o ColorIdentification

o FineMotor

o ImaginativeThinking

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ObjectivesofActivity:

• Coding/Programming

• ProblemSolving

• CriticalThinking

• ComputationalThinking

• Cause&Effect