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Snap! Main Page

Snap! is a variation of Scratch, developed at the University of California at Berkeley. Snap retains the fun and easy-to-learn flavor of Scratch and adds to it a more rigorous treatment of Computer Science. Snap! is ideal for fresh CS learners of high school and college age.

To learn about the activities of the vibrant worldwide Snap community visit:

 

https://snap.berkeley.edu

 

 

Home Page
Main page for the CS teaching activity at SPARK Institute

 

 

 

 

Power of Programming
Articles and papers about programming and learning.

 

 

 

Scratch Page
Main page for Scratch programming.

 

 

 

Snap! Page
Main page for Snap! programming

 

 

 

 

Books on Snap! Programming

Learn CS Concepts with Snap is a perfect textbook for beginners. Combined with the supplement below, you have all the material you need to run one year-long or two back-to-back courses for yourself or for your students.

Practice CS Concepts with Snap is a supplement to the textbook above. It offers extra review questions and practice programs on all the concepts covered in the textbook.

Pen Art in Snap Programming for those who have basic knowledge of Snap and would like to become Pen Artists or so-called "Turtle Programmers".

 

 

 

 

Python Page
Main page for Python programming

 

 

 

Logo Page
Main page for Logo programming

 

 

 

 

Additional Exciting Snap! Programs

This is a collection of articles: most of which describe the design of interesting and challenging Snap programs. Some articles also address advanced topics about how to do something in Snap.

Missing digit: Leila is a math detective; she can tell you (in "interactive" mode) or her friend Sheila (in "animation" mode) the missing digit in your (or her) number.

Simulation of Bubble Sort: In this program, we use the bubble sort algorithm to sort an array of numbers and create a graphical simulation to demonstrate how it works.

 

Practice addition using pictures: This is a simple program that allows a preschooler practice adding single digit numbers. It presents 2 numbers in countable picture form and asks how much they add up to.

 

Tic-tac-toe: This program implements the popular two-player game. You play against the computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Last modified: 19 January 2020