GASHA GO! World
Welcome to GASHA GO! World. Get ready to make some colorful new friends and help with exciting challenges that teach kids ages 4-8 foundational computer science and problem-solving skills through games, songs, and animated videos. Kids will love spending time with the cast of friendly, curious Gashling characters while they create dance routines, make toys, fix arcade machines, cook with recipes, and more! Now available in Spanish!
Gameplay
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Enter an area
Players can choose to enter the karaoke booth, workshop, lounge, arcade, glitter globe, or garden and cafe to play the games, songs, and animated videos.
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Solve the puzzles
Players choose from over ten fun challenges like Arcade Maze. In this game, players must help the Gashlings fix the machines after dark while avoiding obstacles.
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Collect stars and earn rewards
When players complete the challenges successfully, they can earn up to three stars and some exciting objects to add to their glitter globe!
Computer Science
Recognize that technology provides the opportunity to enhance relevance, increase confidence, offer authentic choice, and produce positive impacts in learning.
Use digital tools (e.g. computers, tablets, cameras, software, 3D printers, etc.…) to build knowledge, produce creative artifacts, and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
Identify the rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of living, learning, and working in an interconnected society and model behaviors that are safe, legal, and ethical.
Use the Design Process (use, modify, create) with a variety of tools to identify and solve problems by creating new, modified, or imaginative solutions.
Develop and employ Computational Thinking strategies (break-down, find patterns, and create algorithms) to identify and solve problems.
Use digital tools to creatively share and express ideas.
Use digital tools to collaborate with others both locally and globally.
Understand how people can use technology.
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Extend learning using the GASHA Go! World games and videos with these Classroom Guides and Family and Community Learning Guides. The sets include Creative Communicator, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, and Digital Citizenship. The Classroom Guides set is designed for teachers who would like lesson ideas to support instruction. The Family and Community Learning Guides are designed for informal learning spaces that can be used by facilitators designing opportunities for kids and families to learn together.
