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The Lantern Learn course catalog: Grades 6 to 8

Online courses from every Lantern Learn imprint, kindergarten through high school: coding, math, science, reading and more from Rocket & Raven and Fox & Fern. Every course is 100% free. Every week opens without signing in, and a free parent account saves progress.

Code Crew · Rank Ladder

Rank · Grade 6 and up

Mission Commander

Leading the mission.

Ages 11 and up

A Python intro and the start of real programming: files, modules, libraries, and projects worth showing off.

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Coming December 8, 2026

coding Grades 6 to 8

Inside the Gadget Grades 6 to 8

What is inside a phone, a laptop and a smartwatch: the processor, memory, storage, sensors and battery, and how they work together.

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Coming February 9, 2027

coding Grades 6 to 8

Robots and Drones Grades 6 to 8

How robots and drones sense, decide and move: sensors, motors and feedback loops.

AI Explorers: AI literacy with Nova

Outside the Code Crew rank ladder. Free in full, start to finish, once these go live.

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coding Grades 6 to 8

AI Explorers Grades 6 to 8

Build a paper AI, test it, audit it for bias, and learn how generative AI works and where it goes wrong, with Nova as your guide.

Weather Lab: Weather and climate, Grades 6 to 8

Outside the Code Crew rank ladder. Free in full, start to finish, once these go live.

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science Grades 6 to 8

Weather Lab Grades 6 to 8

Build a home weather station, read real NOAA and NASA data, and learn what makes weather, storms and climate, with Rocket, Raven and Nova.

Matter Lab: Matter, mixtures and chemical change, Grades 6 to 8

Outside the Code Crew rank ladder. Free in full, start to finish, once these go live.

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science Grades 6 to 8

Matter Lab Grades 6 to 8

Turn the kitchen table into a chemistry bench: atoms, states of matter, density, mixtures, reactions and a design project, with Rocket, Raven and Nova.

Sports Physics: Forces, motion and energy, Grades 6 to 8

Outside the Code Crew rank ladder. Free in full, start to finish, once these go live.

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science Grades 6 to 8

Sports Physics Grades 6 to 8

Turn the backyard into a physics field: speed, forces, gravity, friction, energy and collisions measured with a ball, a tape measure and a timer, with Rocket, Raven and Nova.

Cells and Systems: Life science, Grades 6 to 8

Outside the Code Crew rank ladder. Free in full, start to finish, once these go live.

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science Grades 6 to 8

Cells and Systems Grades 6 to 8

Turn a kitchen windowsill into a life-science lab: cells, body systems, senses, photosynthesis and growing things, investigated with jars, seeds, a hand lens and a timer, with Rocket, Raven and Nova.

Earth and Space: Earth and space science, Grades 6 to 8

Outside the Code Crew rank ladder. Free in full, start to finish, once these go live.

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science Grades 6 to 8

Earth and Space Grades 6 to 8

Turn a window or porch step into a Sky Deck: day and night, Moon phases, eclipses, seasons, gravity, the scale of the solar system and Earth's deep past, modeled with a lamp, a ball and a jar of sand, with Rocket, Raven and Nova.

Ratios and Data: middle-school math, Grades 6 to 8

Outside the Code Crew rank ladder. Free in full, start to finish, once these go live.

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Ratios and Data Grades 6 to 8

Turn the kitchen table into a Numbers Desk: ratios, rates, percents, negative numbers, proportional relationships, statistics and probability, worked out with counters, paper strips, a tape measure and a timer, with Rocket, Raven and Nova.

Expressions and Equations: middle-school algebra, Grades 6 to 8

Outside the Code Crew rank ladder. Free in full, start to finish, once these go live.

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Expressions and Equations Grades 6 to 8

Turn a garage corner into the Puzzle Post: powers, variables, equivalent expressions, equations on a coat-hanger balance, inequalities, slope, linear functions, systems and scientific notation, with Rocket, Raven and Nova.

Geometry and Measurement: middle-school geometry, Grades 6 to 8

Outside the Code Crew rank ladder. Free in full, start to finish, once these go live.

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Geometry and Measurement Grades 6 to 8

Design and build a cardboard clubhouse at the Blueprint Table: area by cutting and composing, nets and volume, scale drawings, circles, angles, slides, flips, turns and dilations, the Pythagorean theorem and round solids, with Rocket, Raven and Nova.

Reading and Writing: middle-school English language arts, Grades 6 to 8

Outside the Code Crew rank ladder. Free in full, start to finish, once these go live.

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reading Grades 6 to 8

Reading and Writing Grades 6 to 8

Run The Signal, the crew's neighborhood paper: read closely for evidence, theme, character and craft, then write stories, explanations and arguments that hold up, with Rocket, Raven and Nova.