
Explore Coding a Sports Game
Whether you're watching sports highlights on television or jumping into the fray with a video game, coding is powering much of what you see. Learn how to create a complete sports video game through coding in Javascript!

9 Lessons

8-10 Hour Project

No Experience Necessary
Project Overview

In this project, you will develop your own sports video game and simulation using code! By using a form of programming called block-coding, you'll build different sports visualizations and multi-level games that can be played with friends.
Lesson Snapshot
- Learn about how coding is being used in different sports, like dance, football, and basketball
- Connect how a “Massive Engineering Challenge” changed the way we see view hockey and football on television
- Create your own sports video game by developing a computer program through JavaScript.
Skills You Will Learn
- Block coding in JavaScript
Project Resources

TechStart Educator Toolkit
Our toolkits contain lesson plans to help introduce the idea of coding through the lens of sports. Once you sign up for TechStart, please see your personal hub on Code HS to download your resources.

CodeHS Support
The online CodeHS platform provides a toolbox full of support, including student grade-books, progress dashboards, and tutorials. These will help lead to successful facilitation and amazing projects.

Awards
To reward our students and teachers, we have built in classroom awards for cumulative success, and the New Frontier Award for student success. Once you sign up for TechStart, please see your personal hub on Code HS for more information.

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