The Artemis Project is a 5 week-long computer science camp for rising ninth grade girls. It requires an application and acceptance into the program, but other than that, it is free of charge. At the camp, we have learned how to do basic programming in Scratch, Python, HTML and CSS. Scratch is an online website where you can make projects using blocks to program sprites to move around. Python is a programming language which is more challenging and advanced than Scratch, but relatively similiar, and HTML is used to make websites. CSS is another language that formats HTML, and can change the text and other things on HTML websites.
Scratch : We first used Scratch at the beginning of the camp, in the first and second weeks. We first made a game of our own choice, and second we made another game called Brick Breaker. After, with the help of the coordinators, we made a game called Detect and Chase, which was an intro to Artificial Intelligence, or AI.
Python : In Python, we have made many games, from Magic 8 Ball to Monty Hall. We've learned all about loops, conditionals, booleans, and so much more. To try Python, visit this website.
CSS : CSS stands for "Casading Style Sheets". It is another language programming language that 'styles' HTML websites. CSS can be used to change fonts, color, position, and more on a website.
