Students of any age, elementary school age to adult, can learn to program and animate using Khan Academy. Here’s a simple “spin-off” project, one that I made using some pre-existing code and running with Khan Academy’s hints and suggestions. Scroll down to see the blue box in the righthand column below where you can click your mouse to randomly generate a fish.
Spin-off of “Project: Fish Tank”
Made using: Khan Academy Computer Science.
Spin-off of “Project: Shooting star”
Made using: Khan Academy Computer Science.