STEMcoding Activities

View a flowchart of all STEMcoding activities here.

Accelerate the Blob
Middle School
Intro HS
Physical Science
Javascript
In real life, objects accelerate up to a particlar velocity. This exercise will show you how to modify the move the blob exercise so that the blob accelerates in response to…

Apollo Moon Landing
Intro HS
Physical Science
Physics
Javascript
The goal is to gently land the the little blob on the ground. Just for fun we will use the moon’s gravity instead of earth’s gravity. The result will be a lot like the…

Bellicose Birds
Advanced HS
Physics
Javascript
Trigonometry
We will configure the game to shoot a bird-shaped projectile. We call this game Bellicose Birds.

Bird Launcher
Intro HS
Physical Science
Physics
Algebra
Javascript
If you have finished the Apollo moon landing activity, you can continue with this lab where we will configure the game to shoot a bird-shaped projectile.

Bonk.io Clone
Intro HS
Physical Science
Physics
Javascript
One of the most popular and entertaining .io games out there right now is bonk.io If you’ve not played it you should definitely check it out. The game is pretty simple.…

Earth Day
Advanced HS
Trigonometry
Environmental Science
Data Science
Spreadsheets
Javascript
We are going to estimate the impact of global warming at your location using a simple cosine function and some climate data.

Electromagnetism: Unit System
Physics
There are three issues that deserve mention: the length units (pretty simple), force units, and the electric field units (which is related to the force units).

Escape Velocity and Newtonian Black Holes
Advanced HS
Astronomy
Physics
Javascript
Trigonometry
That activity explores the behavior of objects like planets or comets interacting with a massive object like the sun.

Exoplanets
Advanced HS
Astronomy
Physics
Javascript
As an extention ot the Slingshot with Gravity! activity, instead of keeping one object fixed (the sun) and letting the other move around it we are going to let BOTH objects…

Lunar Descent
Advanced HS
Physics
Javascript
Trigonometry
If you have finished tinkering with the Planetoids lab you can continue with this lab where we will now add gravity to the game! You have a little ship that you must fly…

Move the Blob
Middle School
Intro HS
Physical Science
Javascript
On the internet there are some fun games where you control a circle-looking-thing that you can move around and interact (and potentially destroy or absorb!) other…

Planetoids
Advanced HS
Physics
Javascript
Trigonometry
This lab will guide you through coding up a web-based implementation of the classic video game asteroids.

Planetoids with Momentum
Middle School
Intro HS
Physical Science
Javascript
In a typical college physics course you will at some point encounter the idea of conservation of momentum. Momentum conservation is very important! In situations where two…

Pong
Middle School
Intro HS
Physical Science
Physics
Javascript
In the classic game of Pong, there is a little ball that bounces around off various walls and objects. Importantly, the ball changes direction when it bounces but it never…
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