Category Archives: Challenges

Flowchart and Animation of while loop with if else

We are in the process of creating a unit on while loops with if/else (and soon if/elif/else) structures  in our latest python unit. The Goal is to start your penguin here : And to write a single loop to get to the fish, as shown in this animation     Or as a flow chart … Continue reading Flowchart and Animation of while loop with if else →

Scaffolding Built into Penjee’s Core App

Not all students get everything at the same time and at the same pace–common sense right? Well, we built our website with that in mind.       With Penjee, students have multiple opportunities to achieve a learning goal . We call this — adaptive assignments. So, what the heck is an “adaptive assignment”? Well, it’s an … Continue reading Scaffolding Built into Penjee’s Core App →

While Loop Example-Spell Letter Z

  We’re beginning to flesh out the details of more advanced Penjee coding challenges, ones that require loops. We are adapting a Jeroo assignment , that I wrote for my student coders, and  we are applying it to Penjee. The goal of this assignment is straightforward :  “Spell the letter Z’ by dropping Fish .  Kids … Continue reading While Loop Example-Spell Letter Z →