In computer science, a pseudocode is used to change well written words into a programming language. Programmers have to write very clearly, and have their thoughts well organized to accomplish the goal. Likewise, in balancing equations students have to approach it in a systemized way. In other words much like pseudocode, they have to solve the equation systematically to ensure the correct answer. Success in today’s “Hook” is dependent on the group’s ability to lead a blindfolded teammate through a “maze” by using only one or two word phrases. Once other members have a turn being blindfolded, students will work with a partner toward the goal of balancing equations by just using Mathematics.

Students will understand and explain the difference between a model and a simulation. Modeling means creating a physical replica or equations of a situation or activity. A simulation is a virtual representation of a process that reflects how a real physical situation would most likely happen. In Mathematics 8, students explore 3D models given a 2 dimensional perspective from the front/back, sides, and top. This will be an introduction to explore modeling 3D figures with a hands-on approach.

Students will build upon knowledge of hardware and software used in a computer system to determine what is used for input, output and both.

This lesson aims to teach students how to use computing devices and networks responsibly and ethically and to develop critical thinking skills to identify social and ethical issues rEnglishted to technology.

The students will practice making algorithms emphasizing beginning, middle, and end while investigating the life cycle of a bean plant. They will begin by watching a video of a bean plant growing and listening to a read aloud about a plant growing. After this, they will discuss the beginning, middle, and end of the bean plant’s life cycle. At the end of the lesson, the students will each create an algorithm of how the bean plant grows by drawing the beginning, middle, and end of the bean plant’s life cycle.

Foster students’ creativity as they pretend to be weather reporters using a green screen.

Third-grade students will use Bee-Bots to learn about budgeting and economic choices in this two-day activity. On Day 1, students will review their Bee-Bot coding skills and navigate an obstacle course while identifying the activity's input, processor, and output components. On Day 2, students will work in groups to program their Bee-Bots to collect objects with different values while staying within a budget of $10. Students will learn about economic choices, opportunity costs, and computing system components. At the end of the lesson, students will reflect on their choices and challenges and use recording sheets to track their progress. This lesson plan helps students learn essential skills such as opportunity costs, computing systems, problem-solving, critical thinking, and coding in a fun and engaging way.

BeeBots are an engaging, hands-on way to introduce sequencing, algorithms, programming and debugging to primary and elementary students. In this introductory activity, information will be presented in a clear and concise way so that students can collaborate to plan, create, and run a program. Students will correct through debugging as necessary. The attached resource includes vocabulary and tips for using BeeBot with students. 

Students will understand the importance of telling stories in order both verbally and with a graphic organizer.

The teacher will review the following concepts from preceding lessons : Digital Safety (1.9) and Personal Information (1.10) . The teacher will introduce Digital Citizenship.

At the beginning of the lesson, students will have the opportunity for physical movement during the activator while reviewing the meaning of being a good citizen. Students will engage in collaborative conversations at multiple times to explore and analyze ways they should and should not use technology while at school. These collaborative conversations will allow students to have a stronger understanding of how they should use technology to support their learning before they share what they think is the most important way to be a good citizen while using technology through an independent activity of drawing and labeling.

Students will be given ordinal number cards and will have to put the numbers in the correct order. Next the students will discuss algorithms and tasks that have steps to complete in their daily lives. Students will have to work with a partner to plan an algorithm for how to get through a maze, then the students will have to use that algorithm to get through the maze.

The student will be able to list the steps in the water cycle as well as the main energy source that drives the water cycle: the sun. Students will also be able to understand that the water cycle is similar to an algorithm in computer science because it lists the steps needed in order for the water cycle to work. The students will be able to identify the sun as the event that causes the water cycle to work.

Computers use numeric values to store information and perform operations. Information inputted into the computer from various components must be converted into numeric values in order for the computer to use the information and perform functions. Once the function is completed, the numeric values must be converted to a form of output that the user can understand. This output may be in the form of words, images, videos, or sounds.

This lesson is designed to engage students in a meaningful and fun coding experience. Students will experience binary code as they write their name using 0s and 1s in the binary code alphabet.

This Edpuzzle assignment uses a clip from the YouTube video "Binary Numbers for Kids" by Socratica Kids to ask questions for understanding about binary numbers.

Binary is both the language of computers and the manner by which computers input, process, sort, and output information. For that reason, understanding this process and how it works opens up a world of information about how computers function. Through this lesson, students will learn about this language and how it resembles many other things in the world around us. Because this topic was at first unfamiliar to them, students will then challenge themselves to share this information in a way that could be understood by a younger child. All of this is focused on ensuring that this foundational understanding is engrained in multiple ways as other concepts taught during this year and in other years are built off of this topic.

There were many black women who worked as code breakers at Arlington Hall during World War II, including Elsie Scott, Sue Bailey Thurman, and Genevieve Collins. These women faced significant challenges and discrimination due to their race and gender, but they made significant contributions to the war effort through their work as code breakers.

Students will demonstrate an understanding of number lines and patterns while solving coding challenges using block code. The class will work together to solve on a physical number line, while also determining the correct code for the Microworld Challenge.

Orthographic mapping is a great strategy for teaching students to decode and encode words. In this lesson Students will become human robots to orthographically map a word by following a block coding algorithm.