Amazon offering free computer science courses

Online classes for students during school closure

Amazon Engineer is offering free access to computer science courses while students are locked out of school due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The sponsored course are for independent learners grades 6-12, and teachers who are remotely teaching this age group. Parents can also access this curriculum. “Amazon knows that right now schools in the Detroit area are experiencing disruption during this pandemic and wants to help. Year round, Amazon is committed to ensuring more students and teachers get access to a computer science education through its Amazon Future Engineer program, and now that mission is more important than ever,” Amazon said in a statement.

In addition, Amazon Future Engineer is offering a virtual robotics program through partners CoderZ.

The fully sequenced course accommodates age levels from second grade with block-based coding to high school with text-based coding.

Amazon Future Engineer also is providing access to EarSketch, a free program that helps students learn to code through music. Grammy-award winning artists Ciara and Common have both provided studioquality music STEMs that students can remix from home using code.

To access these programs, go to amazonfutureengineer.com/freecourses to sign up and to check out more free computer science programming being added by the Amazon Future Engineer team.

Go to blog.aboutamazon. com/company-news/amazon-future-engineer-offers-free-and-creative-coding-coursework for the full blog post about these new offerings and additional ways Amazon is supporting community members, employees, and customers affected by COVID-19.