Coding, Innovation & STEM Projects

Students in our schools have been integrating coding and STEM through various projects. We are pleased to share examples of these projects below:

• Tomi, a Grade 3 student at Monsignor Philip Coffey Catholic School created a game in Scratch. He used code to create the timer and score board.
  
• Allison, a student at St. Bernard Catholic School created an Earth Day coding project. Click here to view this project.
• Students at St. Bernard Catholic School created a project for Black History Month as a class. Click here to view this project, which was created in Scratch. 
• Gillian, a student at Durham Catholic Virtual Elementary School created an animal trivia game. Click here to view this project. 
• Mme. Shaw, a teacher at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic School, using coding in a retelling of The Tortoise and the Hare on Scratch Jr. Click here to view a video of this project.

DCDSB educators and staff have been engaging in professional development opportunities focused on coding and STEM, including:

• In January 2023, all Early Childhood Educators were provided a Botley robot to introduce coding and robotics in their classrooms. Educators learned about computational thinking (unplugged coding) and ways to engage young learners in STEM education. The robots provide an opportunity for experiential tasks that promote innovation, problem-solving and collaborative skills.