Launch Pad (K-5)

Prepare your K-5 classrooms for lift-off with Launch Pad’s block-based to text-based coding, engaging games, and unplugged activities.

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Engage students in fun code activities

Students can engage in sprite puzzles to help them learn block-based to text-based coding.

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Play with drag and drop puzzles to help students get familiar with coding.
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Switch between block-based and syntax coding to help build computational thinking foundations, like algorithms, loops, and sequences.
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Swap between characters to make coding projects more personalized.
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Practice keys used in code

Students can practice using keys on the keyboard that are used in coding.

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Play a typing game to help get used to keys that are used for coding.
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Type as fast or as quickly as they want, to make it engaging and competitive.
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See where they are making mistakes in their typing and make corrections as needed.
Illustration of a laptop displaying Launch Pad's auto-grader feature.

Streamline grading with a built-in autograder

Teachers can utilize the built-in autograder so they can spend less time grading and more time engaging with their students.

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Automatically grade challenges, lessons, and projects in real-time.
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Leverage the autograder so teachers can spend more time one on one with students, and less time grading code.
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Allow students to receive immediate feedback on challenges and assignments.
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Give every teacher the ability to teach computer science, regardless of experience.
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Increase equity in computer science

Students can use the speech-to-text feature to type out their code and change to Spanish curriculum.

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Allow every type of learner to participate in coding activities, regardless of computer or reading skill level.
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Turn on the speech-to-text option so younger learners can engage in coding exercises.
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Engage English Language Learners in coding using Spanish curriculum
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Teach coding concepts in unplugged activities

Teachers and students can use unplugged activities to learn simple coding concepts.

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Start engaging kids as young as Kindergarten in coding through unplugged activities.
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Teacher simple coding concepts off the screen.
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Prepare your students to learn more complex coding concepts by engaging them in a way they can understand.
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Engage students in fun code activities.

Students can engage in sprite puzzles to help them learn block-based to text-based coding.

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Play with drag and drop puzzles to help students get familiar with coding.
Check mark
Switch between block-based and syntax coding to help build computational thinking foundations, like algorithms, loops, and sequences.
Check mark
Swap between characters to make coding projects more personalized.
Illustration of a laptop displaying Launch Pad's fun coding activities.

Practice keys used in code.

Students can practice using keys on the keyboard that are used in coding.

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Play a typing game to help get used to keys that are used for coding.
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Type as fast or as quickly as they want, to make it engaging and competitive.
Check mark
See where they are making mistakes in their typing and make corrections as needed.
Illustration of a laptop displaying Launch Pad's keyboarding for coding feature.

Streamline grading with a built-in autograder.

Teachers can utilize the built-in autograder so they can spend less time grading and more time engaging with their students.

Check mark
Automatically grade challenges, lessons, and projects in real-time.
Check mark
Leverage the autograder so teachers can spend more time one on one with students, and less time grading code.
Check mark
Allow students to receive immediate feedback on challenges and assignments.
Check mark
Give every teacher the ability to teach computer science, regardless of previous experience.
Illustration of a laptop displaying Launch Pad's auto-grader feature.

Increase equity in computer science.

Students can use the speech-to-text feature to type out their code and change to Spanish curriculum.

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Allow every type of learner to participate in coding activities, regardless of computer or reading skill level.
Check mark
Turn on the speech-to-text option so younger learners can engage in coding exercises.
Check mark
Engage English Language Learners in coding using Spanish curriculum.
Illustration of a laptop displaying Launch Pad's Spanish interface.

Teach coding concepts in unplugged activities

Teachers and students can use unplugged activities to learn simple coding concepts.

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Start engaging kids as young as Kindergarten in coding through unplugged activities.
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Teach simple coding concepts off the screen.
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Prepare your students to learn more complex coding concepts by engaging them in a way they can understand.
Illustration of a laptop displaying Launch Pad's unplugged activities.
Young boy typing on a laptop at a desk.

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Here's What Our Partners Say

For the teachers it's great, they can go back and see how students are progressing and it has auto-grading built in, so that is really effective because going back to read and grade multiple lines of code can take an extensive amount of time. It is helpful for the students as well to be able to auto-grade their own code because we want them to be self-guided learners.

Donna Woods
CTE Cyber Pathway Instructor, Moreno Valley USD
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The program and the people behind it are innovative, intelligent, and organized. The platform is very user-friendly and l have been able to guide my students easily through the curriculum.

Dillon Gilpin
High School CS Teacher, Duchesne County SD
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“Having a mapped out, structured way to learn and experience the computer science curriculum really freed up time for me to give students one-on-one attention.

Scott Couch
CS Teacher, Maeser Prep Academy
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Using the teacher portal has been super easy and seamless. Adding students, removing them, assigning them to different classes has been a breeze.

Erin Anderson
Director, Revel Academy
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Skill Struck Platforms

Launch Pad (K-5)

Prepare your K-5 classrooms for lift-off with Launch Pad’s block-based to text-based coding, engaging games, and unplugged activities.

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Platform Features

Start your young learners’ journey in computer science with block-based activities

Students as young as Kindergarten can learn computer science concepts and skills with block-based activities.

Use drag and drop characters and story development scripts to help students express themselves.
Start getting comfortable with coding concepts through click and drag components.
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Engage students in fun code activities

Students can engage in sprite puzzles to help them learn block-based to text-based coding.

Play with drag and drop puzzles to help students get familiar with coding.
Switch between block-based and syntax coding to help build computational thinking foundations, like algorithms, loops, and sequences.
Swap between characters to make coding projects more personalized.
Image of a puzzle activity found on the Launch Pad platform

Practice keys used in code

Students can practice using keys on the keyboard that are used in coding.

Play a typing game to help get used to keys that are used for coding.
Type as fast or as quickly as they want, to make it engaging and competitive.
See where they are making mistakes in their typing and make corrections as needed.
Image of Launch Pad platform activity using keyboarding for coding

Streamline grading with a built-in autograder

Teachers can utilize the built-in autograder so they can spend less time grading and more time engaging with their students.

Automatically grade challenges, lessons, and projects in real-time.
Leverage the autograder so teachers can spend more time one on one with students, and less time grading code.
Allow students to receive immediate feedback on challenges and assignments.
Give every teacher, regardless of experience, the ability to teach computer science
Image of Launch Pad platform's autograder feature

Increase equity in computer science

Students can use the speech-to-text feature to type out their code and change to Spanish curriculum.

Allow every type of learner to participate in coding activities, regardless of computer or reading skill level.
Turn on the speech-to-text option so younger learners can engage in coding exercises. 
Engage English Language Learners in coding using Spanish curriculum.
Launch Pad platform displayed in Spanish

Teach coding concepts in unplugged activities

Teachers and students can use unplugged activities to learn simple coding concepts. 

Start engaging kids as young as Kindergarten in coding through unplugged activities. 
Teacher simple coding concepts off the screen. 
Prepare your students to learn more complex coding concepts by engaging them in a way they can understand. 
Image showing the Launch Pad platform's unplugged activities
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Engage Your Youngest Learners in Computer Science with Flight Training

Flight Training is Skill Struck’s block-coding platform that provides introductory programming experiences for kids as young as Kindergarten.

Flight Training features include:
Step-by-step lesson plans for teachers.
Block coding challenges with fun descriptions and requirements.
An open playground for students to create and save their own animations.
A web-based platform that can be accessed from any browser.
Structured challenges with immediate feedback for students.
Inclusive animations for students of all backgrounds.

*Flight Training collects very little student data and does not share this data with any third party, helping classrooms meet any privacy and security laws.

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Join our partners in making computer science education more equitable and accessible for all types of learners

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Students and teachers alike are discovering how fun computer science curriculum can be!

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Donna Woods

Moreno Valley USD, Inaugural Presidential Cybersecurity Educator

All of the content is fun and engaging for our students! Regarding the support and partnership, they are always on top of everything. Small issues are resolved quickly, and that is not typical with other EdTech companies.

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8th grade student

Moreno Valley USD

If a friend has never coded before, I would tell them that Skill Struck is a very easy and fun way to begin learning. I would also tell them that Skill Struck has challenges that are a fun way of testing our own ability to problem solve.

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Dillon Gilpin

High School Computer Science Teacher, Duchesne County School District

[Skill Struck's] program and the people behind it are innovative, intelligent, and organized. The platform is very user-friendly and l have been able to guide my students easily through the curriculum.