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Teach Python by Helping a Baby Monkey

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Teach Students how to Code in Python

By introducing Banana Tales to your class, students will learn the fundamental and advanced computer science concepts used in Python. Along the way, students will develop and strengthen their computational thinking skills. Banana Tales will help students get closer to gaining the confidence they need to enter the real world of programming where they will build websites, apps and games.

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Students will advance through self-paced challenges where they will help deliver a banana to a hungry baby monkey.
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ABOUT BANANA TALES

HOUR-LONG VERSION

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30 levels

In an hour, students will progress through 21 fun coding challenges.

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6-8 Grade

Banana Tales is perfect for middle schoolers.

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Learn Python

Students will learn Python, a widely-used programing langauge

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easy to follow

The platform is intuitive and instructions are easy to follow.

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Standards alignment

Rated 5 out of 5

Banana Tales aligns to the CSTA and Common Core standards so you know you are bringing a quality curriculum to your students.

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