Scratch
My son is very into Scratch Jr. right now. I think coding is very important skill for all students to learn. ( I am new and learning just like the students) Scratch Jr. is a great start and even students in Grade 7 and 8 can use their integers, transformations, and spatial reasoning skills while having fun. Scratch is amazing and students can use so many math skills while they learn to code.
https://www.scratchjr.org/
Here is a gallery of scratch projects that teach math concepts. Check it out!
https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/6423/
My son, in grade 6, just started a weekly after school program using this program. He cam home extremely excited and showed it to his brother who's in grade 4. They've had loads of fun coding to move the characters in to various positions. One scene is about baseball and they where trying to figure out how to get the baseball player to slide in to 2nd base.
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