Congratulations you have made it!!
Wow! Simply brilliant🎉
Keep on going like these line dancers – SELF-BELIEF is key🗝️
heal, toe, heal, toe…you’ve got this peeps!!
Innovative Challenge #4: Best Line Dance Coder
Howdy partners🤠
Now we are on to our next challenge #4…
Yee haw!
This is all about your creativity and innovation. Let’s have fun and learn how to code. Coders of all different abilities can partake in this challenge. Fun is the name of the game and let’s get started!
For Challenge #4, you will need to get your dancing shoes on, set your music playlist vibe and join us to code, code, and code to become the Best Line Dance coder this side of the cowshed 🐮 … and the best news is that you have the chance to be in the draw to win an awesome prize from our partners at Flexischools!!
It doesn’t matter if you don’t know what line dancing is or if you don’t even know how to code – or have a flowing mane of hair. We will show you how… so let’s get started!!
How challenge #4 works:
Coding moves
Our partners at Google Education have a Computer Science [CS] program to show you how to code an avatar [Cassy] that can dance and even add music to give you the whole polished performance … which are all the necessary steps for a line dance.
Line Dancing
Watch the Line Dancing video for inspiration to see what it is all about and learn the moves!!
Then it is your turn!
This tutorial is less than 15 min to view.
After watching the coding tutorial, you can do this challenge by yourself, with family, with friends, with your school or if you are a Coding Ninja, let’s see your moves.
Put it all together with your favourite country music and show us your dance🎶
When you’re done, submit your work to be in the draw for a prize!!!
Should the coding not go as planned, you can always film your moves in person with your selected country themed music and send it into us along with your coding plan. You can still win something for your effort.
Because we know, an attempt was made and effort trumps it every time.
Never give up!
Now let’s get to the nitty gritty y’all 🤠
Step 1: Line Dance Tips
So, what is line dancing? Line dancing is very simple. You all stand in a gird pattern and then do the same movements at the same time to your choice of music. The dance is usually done over and over again, like a continuous LOOP!! Watch this classic demonstration to get into the groove.
Boot Scootin’ Line Dancing!
Coding Backstory
Before we get you started with the coding, let’s meet our Flexischools superstar Engineer, Isabella. Her video will inspire you to become a cool coder like her who loves to code daily!
So, what is the connection between line dancing and coding?
They both follow a ‘Loop’. The concept of a loop is very important in coding as you are about to find out next in our Video Line Dance Lesson. In computer science the coder (you) tells the computer one set of instructions: such as, move to the right. Then you tell the computer the next set of instructions: to move to the left. To do this repeatedly is called a loop: a set or repeated instructions. For line dancing it is the same – moving using the same steps repeatedly is a type of loop. Yee haw 🤠
Step 2: Line Dance Video Lesson
Y’all, we have got a challenge for you 📣
Our challenge to you is to make an innovative country avatar and code some awesome line dancing🤠
Now let’s get y’all started….
Grab your partner for the dance!
The link on the website takes to you to the project space where you can complete Challenge#4, but you can’t Save your work unless you create a log in as below.
If you want to save your project, you will need to create a login. It is a few extra steps and then you can save your work. Later you can come back and finish it and explore some other resources 🙂.
Open CSFirst
Open your browser.
Click on I am a student.
Click on the Sign in button.
Click on I am a Student.
Click on Sign in with CS First.
Enter your class code - g98996.
Create an account
Go to the bottom of the sign in page and click on Create an account.
Click on I understand.
3. Click on Create an account.
4. You will be given a username and password. Write down your username and password. Keep it in a safe place.
You can use your username and password to log in at another time
5. Click on the 2 boxes and tick them to accept.
6. Click on Sign in.
Access the Challenge
Click on the link for Music & Sound
Dance Party is the 2nd lesson. If you are comfortable with coding and Scratch, you can start at lesson 2.
If you are not comfortable with coding and Scratch you might want to start with lesson 1.
Click on the arrow beside Dance Party to expand the menu.
Click on the Blue start button.
Getting around the screen.
Watch the video and follow the instructions.
Read the Green Instructions.
Open the project links.
Your files are saved in the Projects box.
Use the back arrow to return to this page if you forget to open the project links.
Video 1: Remix the Dance Party Starter Project
Video 2: Make Cassy Dance in One Spot
2. Make Cassy look like she is dancing.
3. Make Cassy keep dancing forever.
4. Control the speed of Cassy's dance
Step 3: Make Cassy Move
Use the "glide" block to make Cassy move.
Make the dance start when the green flag is clicked.
Step 4: Add Dance Music for Cassy
Select the stage.
Choose a music loop for Cassy to dance to.
Use the "play sound until done" block to make the music loop play.
Make the music loop play forever.
Make the music loop start playing when the green flag is clicked.
Open a starter project
Choose an Add-On and click "watch" to learn how to build it.
Once you finish one Add-On, try another one below the video!
I’m Finished
Once you have finished the lesson you will be asked to complete a survey.
The survey is from Google, they want to know how you feel about the course and your coding skills.
Discuss with your parent/guardian in your home if they want you to complete the survey.
If your parent/guardian doesn’t want you to complete the survey, just click on Submit and you will go to the next lesson.
Send in your Challenge
Take screenshots or photos of your code or take a video of your code working
Email it to hello@gdostem.com.au and write in the Subject line Challenge#4
Great work! You’ve reached the end of this lesson
FOR THOSE WHO COULD NOT DO THE ABOVE….
Moves x Music = Best Line Dance 🏆
This is an unplugged version for those who could not access the above challenge or their coding did not go to plan!!
Design your moves to make a flowing performance. A fancy name is choreography. This can be done on a piece of paper. Position where all the dancers are in relation to each other. Think of 9 dots in a square.
What music are you going to choose?
Next, how are your line dancers going to move first: left, or right? What move is next? Do a series of moves to match the music until the song has finished.
Remember to plan for a great finale finish!
What costumes will your group wear? Now dress ‘em up and accessories your team 👯♀️
Video your moves with the music!
Send us your work
With your parent/guardian’s permission, send us an email with the SUBJECT LINE: challenge#4 to hello@gdostem.com.au All completed entries must be submitted by the closing of the event (March 12th at 5pm AEST Queensland time) to be in the draw to win a prize.
You might see your work on our socials 😊
It would not be a Girls Day Out in STEM event without epic
PRIZEEESSSSSS!!
WIN a prepaid FLX card with $200 credit from our partners at Flexischools!
🏆Grand Prize draw 🏆
Remember: if you complete and submit all 6 of the challenges, you will be eligible to be in the draw for the Grand Prize: an iPad 10, 64 GB with Wifi and Cellular in Pink from our friends at Telstra!
Please note that the iPad does not come with an included data plan, pre-paid plan or sim card.
