Coding · 4th grade · Variables & Data
What's a variable?
Practise what's a variable? in TernQuest →What is “What's a variable?”?
What's a variable? is a 4th grade coding skill in the Variables & Data region of the TernQuest map — boxes that hold values; data you can read. It is aligned to California Common Core standard 1B-AP-09. Children work through 0 grade-tagged questions at the recall level (quick recall), and Pip the tern offers a hint — never the answer — when they get stuck.
How does it unlock?
Skills on the map unlock in order: finishing the skill before this one with a mastery score of 60 or more opens what's a variable?. A grown-up can also assign it directly from the dashboard, and teachers can assign it to a whole class with a join code.