With advances in AI, it is more important than ever that we consider how humans and computers will interact. How do you want the robots of the future to behave towards you and others? For this activity, students will make a “robot zine” where they will sketch an original robot design, identify how their robot will sense the world around it and write a code of conduct to describe how their robot will interact with humans.
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During this unit, students will take you on a virtual field trip. It can be to a museum, a historical site, a modern destination, a book, a planet or really anywhere. Along the way, they will use CS concepts like events to switch scenes and sprites and sensing (conditions) to add interactivity.
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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.
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The goal of this activity is to solidify students' understanding of functions: Input/Independent Variable/Domain → Output/Dependent Variable/Range in math and relate that to functions in CS.
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This is the second set of two, 45 minute lessons done with a middle school language arts class to turn their argumentative essay into a scratch project where they convey to their audience their position on whether the benefits of human space travel outweigh the risks or not.
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Overview: Students will learn to read and write binary code.
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Students will be introduced to the computer science concept of sequencing.
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During this unit, students will take you on a virtual field trip through one of the regions of Virginia. Along the way, they will use CS concepts like events to switch scences and sprites and sensing (conditions) to add interactivity.
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The units and lessons in the Charlottesville Computer Science Community group on #GoOpenVA should reflect these guiding principles.
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This is an outline for a lesson that takes place over two approximately 50 minute class periods, during virtual learning. The timing could easily be adapted to work with in person learning. This lesson gets students familiar with the kinds of projects that are available in Scratch, and on the second day gets them looking inside the code and trying to remix some projects that they liked from their review the day before. This is laying the groundwork for the students to create their own Scratch project or game in part 2 of this lesson sequence, which they will use in their language arts class to demonstrate their ability to create a persuasive argument.
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A cureated list anti-racism and gender equity resources for teaching and learning.
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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.
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Every day our privacy is at risk with data being collected about us as we share and live more of our lives online. For this activity, you will explore how you do and do not protect your privacy online and then create a security avatar to help you battle for your privacy.
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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.
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Events in computer science are the triggers for making action happen, like selecting the play button on any screen. Events in Scratch Jr. are represented by the yellow codes including: the green flag, clicking on a character, bump code and envelopes. The envelopes are the most advanced concept in Scratch Jr. and help with scene transitions and interactions between characters like pacing their conversations.
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One of the fundamental computer science concepts is that everything we do on a computer is really just bits turning on and off. Even though this sounds simple, it can be a concept that is hard to grasp. This activity brings the binary concept to life through math and the creation of binary bracelets.
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During this lesson, your students will be introduced to some foundational computer science concepts of sequence, pattern recognition, loops and procedures. Unplugged activities are a way to reinforce CS concepts that are introduced in coding apps and puzzle games like LightBot, Code.org, Kodable, etc.
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In this lesson, students will code a robot to move on a grid toward certain objectives.
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Using the book How to Code a Sandcastle by Josh Funk to introduce coding, some essential vocabulary, and using a coding mat to have students orally and with their white boards and markers try to code a robot.
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piggy backing on lesson number 1, this allows students the opportunity to try to record their code with arrows, paying close attention to the sequence.
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