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Core Concept review!

We had a FABULOUS first day of camp! We discovered that our middle school campers are incredibly smart, talented, and super funny - they crack us up! Today, we covered Computer Science Core Concepts to help students realize that many computing concepts are universal. Throughout camp, we will expose our students to some of the different forms in which they will see concepts implemented. Having familiarity with core computer science boosts student confidence and results in an overall more-satisfying learning experience.

Through "Unplugged" activities and a game of Jeopardy! for review, students learned about what is programming, the general structure of programs, variables, variable types, loops, objects and properties, expressions, parameters, and more! The girls were impressive and grasped the concepts very well, and we can tell that we are in for a very exciting camp experience!

At the end of each day of camp, we encourage our students to fill out a small survey so that we can better craft an amazing camp experience. The survey for today can be found here: June 3: End-of-Day Survey.

Additionally, YWiC uses student surveys for research purposes. The MS 2013 Summer Camp Pre-Survey can be found here: MS Camp Pre-Survey.