Events in computer science are the triggers for making action happen, like selecting the play button on any screen. Events in Scratch are represented by the yellow codes including: when flag clicked, when sprite clicked, when key pressed and broadcast. Broadcasting is the most advanced event in Scratch and helps with interactions between sprites like pacing their conversations or changing levels.

In this lesson, students will make a guess about how to code a particular type of triangle and then test their code out. Coding a shape really helps visualize what makes it possible.

Mixing Science and Computer Science has never been easier! In this lesson you will use Root Robots for Computer science using 5.7 and 5.8 computing systems.Students will explore troubleshooting with technology while exploring force and motion with the Robots. In this all inclusive lesson students will use the Scientific Method to experiment with Root Bots with force and motion. Students will graph results, create a hypothesis, proceedure lists, research with they know about force and motion, and them create a conclusion all while exploring force and motion and computer science trouble shooting.  

In this lesson, students will use sequencing and variables to create an algorithm to show how a character changes in a story.

In this lesson, students learn how to write a simple program to find all of the factors of any positive integer. The coding language is Python. Students learn the concept of an algorithm, as well as programming concepts such as variables, data types, and looping. The lesson also includes information on how the difficulty of factoring really large numbers is the basis of all modern online commerce. 

Games have been an integral part of human culture throughout history. They not only entertain, but also inform and change us. Today video games designers bring together art & code to immerse their players in a story. There are video games being created to solve real-world problems and video game players solving scientific mysteries.

A collection of 21 short programming prompts to help build fluency with Scratch through regular practice.

Students will investigate the characteristics of heroes through the book Go Show the World. Students will select one of the heroes identified in the book and research them further, creating a Twine passage that shares what the student learned about the Native figure.This lesson was created through a partnership between CodeVA and the Virginia Tribal Education Consortium (VTEC). 

Vocabulary posters for the Alogrithms & Programming strand for Grade 5. Words included are from the 2017 Computer Science Curriculum Framework.

Vocabulary posters for the Computing Systems strand for Grade 5. Words included are from the 2017 Computer Science Curriculum Framework.

Vocabulary posters for the Cybersecurity strand for Grade 5. Words included are from the 2017 Computer Science Curriculum Framework.

Vocabulary posters for the Data & Analysis strand for Grade 5. Words included are from the 2017 Computer Science Curriculum Framework.

Vocabulary posters for the Impacts of Computing strand for Grade 5. Words included are from the 2017 Computer Science Curriculum Framework.

Vocabulary posters for the Networks & the Internet strand for Grade 5. Words included are from the 2017 Computer Science Curriculum Framework.

This slideshow can be used as a lesson starter about how computers have influenced changes at home. It could be utilized as a whole class activity or as an individual assignment. 

This is a short description intended to catch the reader and make them want to open your lesson.Bring a rural-cultural atmosphere to your classroom by hatching chicken eggs. Students will be able to compare basic to high tech incubators and compare how technology has influenced and advanced in order to meet cultural needs.  

Impossible Password Hack Challenge!!  Students will dive into the mid-year review with a new outlook on their vocabulary words. As they go back through old information they have the challenge to turn vocabulary words into the strongest password.  What group will be able to create the most complex passwords.

Students will explore and understand the differences between local and worldwide networks, while integrating fraction concepts.

This lesson exposes students to the idea that computers have their own numeric language and that any data such as a picture, color, song, etc. can actually be represented using numeric values a computer understands.  Students will be able to identify the binary system and use the binary codes to represent textual data.  Students will also be able to represent pictures using numeric values by understanding and using the concept of pixels

Students will be able to define a computer network.  Students will be able to identify basic components of a network and distinguish between a local area network and a world wide network.