Technology has not just changed over time. It has changed the way citizens live their lives. This lesson will describe responsible behaviors that are associated with using information and technology.
Want to learn about how to describe matter and sort as well as learn about impacts of computing at the kindergarten level? If so, this fun and easy lesson is for you!
These slides contain the vocabulary from the Virginia Department of Education
Students will collaborate with a partner to create algorithms for classroom routines. They will create an illustrated anchor chart for all of the class to follow these algorithms.
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.
Students determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or pull by designing and creating a ramp. They test their design, make improvements and redesign their ramp before retesting. They graph their data to determine which ramp makes their ball hit their intended target.
This is a unit plan to teach computational thinking in the primary grades.
This game is played the same way you would play hopscotch.
This set of slides can be used to lead early elementary students in a conversation about how we communicate with others.
A lesson plan to introuduce types of technology and basic hardware to kindergarten students.
Website resource to help early CS learners identify parts of a computing system
Printable pdf of Computer Safety Rules for elementary school students
This Quizlet Study Set contains Kindergarten and Grade 1 vocabulary (with pictures) from the "Computing Systems" strand of the Virginia Standards of Learning for Computer Science.
This slides presentation has a short video about the 4 things that all computing devices have in common and then has picture examples of Input and output devices. It also has a slide of internal components we don't usually see.The final slide is a sorting activity that includes input and output devices.
This lesson will teach students key vocabulary needed to understand computing systems. The lesson starts by showing a BrainPOP video to introduce key vocabulary. Then, the teacher and students will have a class discussion to review the components of a computer. After reviewing, the teacher and students will work together to label the parts of a computer and discuss each component as it is labeled. To wrap up the lesson, the teacher and students will continue to review the computer components by completing the computing systems matching game.
This is a set of printable classroom posters with images and basic terminology for kindergarten students.
The terminology covered is as follows:
Keyboard
Mouse
Trackpad
Desktop computer
Laptop computer
Mobile Device
Tablet
Printer
You may make a copy of the posters. Please feel free to add any additional information or edit the slides to best suit your student's needs.
Teachers read aloud an eBook about computer systems. Teacher guide includes questioning activities and suggested follow-ups for after reading.
In this lesson, students will learn about why their personal information is important and how they can keep it safe. They will also learn to pull out other people’s personal information and how that character/person can keep it safe.
This lesson will be an introduction to cybersecurity and how to be safe online.
These slides contain the vocabulary from the Virginia Department of Education for this strand.