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As users of code.org may be familiar with, code.org has a lot of levels themed around Angry Birds where it’s the goal for students to put coding blocks in sequential order to program Red (the red Angry Bird) to land on Pig (because according to the movies Pig stole Red’s eggs) while avoiding the other obstacles along the way. These are wonderful coding challenges by code.org, but I’ve found my students are much more independent, successful, and confident on their code.org levels if we engage in unplugged (without devices) versions of these Angry Bird themed code.org levels first. That's where my resource "Unplugged Angry Bird Coding, Code.org Supplement" comes in--to provide you and your class with life sized mazes where students get to help code/direct a fellow student (playing as our Red Angry Bird) to get to Pig without accidentally running into obstacles (get those eggs back!)! Even if you’re not using code.org with your students but just want an engaging and easy to set up introduction or reinforcer of coding concepts, this resource is for you!

To get a clearer picture of this resource, I highly encourage you to check out the casual video I created showing this resource in action, but below is a very summarized explanation of how I use this resource in my classroom:

• print out (and for longevity laminate) maze pieces I want my students to use
• teach my students directional coding terms I want them to use during this activity
• explain characters, obstacles, and goal (get Red to Pig) to students
• assign students maze pieces to be in charge of setting up
• display maze on Smartboard/projector, students set up maze
• assign a student to be Red and the rest of the class uses taught directional coding terms to code the student who is Red to the Pig
• celebrate successful coding!
• students collect maze pieces, I display a new maze on the board, assign a new student to be Red, and we repeat the steps above to code Red to Pig while learning and practicing directional coding terms along the way!

Phew! What a succinct explanation! Get ready for one more, what's all included in this resource:

• Ideas for Use
• K-1st Direction Coding Blocks
• 2nd-5th Direction Coding Blocks
• Printer Friendly Maze Key
• Printer Friendly Maze Pieces
• Printer Friendly Maze Setup
• Less Printer Friendly Maze Key
• Less Printer Friendly Maze Pieces
• Less Printer Friendly Maze Setup

Whether you do follow up this activity or not with code.org, participation in this activity is great for introducing/reinforcing to students directions (such as North, South, West, East, or Forward, Backward, Turn Left, Turn Right), computational thinking (breaking down the larger problem of getting to Pig into smaller more manageable steps), sequential thinking (putting directions in order), teamwork, revision (if they make a mistake/”bug” in their provided coding directions), and so much more!