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.
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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.
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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.
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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 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.

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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 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.
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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.
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.
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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

Robotics

For Grades 1-9

Introduce robotics to your classrooms using Skill Struck’s Robotics platform. Students use blocks or Python to interact with the micro:bit computer. *The physical micro:bit is not required to engage with the platform.

Screenshot of Skill Struck's Robotics platform.

Platform Features

Give every student the opportunity to engage in computer science using Skill Struck's Robotics platform. This platform is an introductory course to robotics. Students learn how to display lights, detect temperature, register movement, and play music with the micro:bit computer using block or Python code.

Beginnings Course

Students start with a simplified course to learn how to interact with the micro:bit.

Students as young as first grade can begin to learn how to interact with the micro:bit thanks to Skill Struck's Beginnings Course. Students can:

Get instruction on the very basics of coding and how to use coding to interact with the micro:bit.
Receive immediate feedback on their Robotics challenges so they can progress at their own pace.
Screenshot of Skill Struck's Robotics platform.
Screenshot of Skill Struck's Robotics platform.

Block-Based Coding

Start your youngest learners’ journey in Robotics with block-based programming.

Students as young as first grade can begin to learn how to interact with robots using block coding. Students can:

Use drag-and-drop blocks to show expression on the micro:bit. 
Use a physical micro:bit to play their code, or use a digital micro:bit to see their interactions.
Receive immediate feedback on their Robotics challenges so they can progress at their own pace.

Python Syntax

Introduce rigor and more advanced concepts like Python syntax to older grades.

Secondary grades can use Skill Struck’s Robotics platform to learn Python syntax, helping them advance their coding skills. Students can:

Advance in Python using fun and interactive lessons.
Work through Skill Struck's Robotics lessons, challenges, and checkpoints at their own pace with the help of an autograder. The autograder will grade their comprehension in real-time.
Screenshot of Skill Struck's Robotics platform.
Screenshot of Skill Struck's Robotics platform.

Autograder

Students receive immediate feedback on 280+ challenges with Skill Struck's built-in autograder.

Students use the built-in autograder so they can progress through the curriculum at their own pace. The autograder will:

Automatically grade challenges, lessons, and projects in real-time.
Allow students to receive immediate feedback on challenges and assignments.
Give every teacher, whether they are new to CS or an expert, the ability to teach an introduction to Robotics.

Robotics Curriculum

Use Skill Struck’s built-in curriculum to help students progress through an intro to Robotics.  

Students can learn an introduction to Robotics with using structured and standard-aligned lesson plans for teachers. Students can:

Go through Robotics lessons at their own pace and receive immediate feedback, thanks to Skill Struck’s built-in autograder.
Complete challenges and activities that help them receive scaffolded instruction.
Complete standard-aligned intro to Robotics curriculum.
Screenshot of Skill Struck's Robotics platform.
Skill Struck Platforms

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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.