Introduction to Binary Code
(View Complete Item Description)Overview: Students will learn to read and write binary code.
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All resources in Charlottesville Computer Science Community
Kodable Sequencing
(View Complete Item Description)Students will be introduced to the computer science concept of sequencing.
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Virtual Field Trip in Scratch
(View Complete Item Description)This performance task is a computer science (CS) integration project where your 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 incorporate CS concepts into their projects including sequences, conditionals, and events to add interactivity. This is a great project for students to share their research and learning from a wide variety of subject areas like social studies, language arts, world languages, history, etc. This unit includes 5th grade standards for the Virginia CS Standards of Learning, but it can easily be adapted for younger and older students. The latest resources for this project can be found at https://sites.google.com/virginia.edu/virtualfieldtrip/resources.
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Remix
Virtual Field Trip in Scratch Remix (Regions of Virginia)
(View Complete Item Description)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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Equitable Teaching Resources
(View Complete Item Description)A cureated list race and gender equity resources for teaching and learning.
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Intro to Procedures
(View Complete Item Description)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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Grid Challenges
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students will code a robot to move on a grid toward certain objectives.
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Scratch Project Lesson Outline-Part 1
(View Complete Item Description)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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Kindergarten Coding lesson #1 How to Code a Sandcastle
(View Complete Item Description)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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Ruby's Dance Loops (Lesson 2)
(View Complete Item Description)In this unplugged lesson, students will be introduced to the computer science concepts of loops as Ruby begins her journey to find the five gems. Students will then participate in fun, engaging, and active unplugged activities to further explore loops.
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Ruby's Algorithms (Lesson 1)
(View Complete Item Description)Lesson Overview In this unplugged lesson, students will be introduced to Ruby, a little girl who goes on a big adventure while learning about computer science concepts. They will then learn about algorithms and the importance of sequence through a variety of activities.
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Introduction to Coding Loops lesson
(View Complete Item Description)In this 30 to 45 minute lesson, students use Code.org's Artist Lab or Artist Lab (Pre Reader) to develop an understanding of Loops and practice their use in Computer programming.
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What is Sequencing?
(View Complete Item Description)After watching the introduction video, the students will use Artist Lab on Code.org to remix This Project, and complete a square.Students will realize they have to be very specific with their code to get the square exactly right.After students get the Artist to complete the square they can create their own sequence HERE.Students will then have the artist draw a rectangle. Students can add any extras they want such as brush color and design.
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What is Debugging?
(View Complete Item Description)Students use Code.org Lesson 5: Debugging found HERE to work through individual activities in which they must find the issues with the code and correct them.
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Real Life Algorithms-Plant a Seed
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson students will relate the concept of algorithms back to everyday real-life activities by planting a seed.
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Temperature Sensor using Microbit
(View Complete Item Description)Students are practicing using Scratch programming to program microbit sensors to continually read temperature. Doing this will familiarize students with the Scratch programming software to program TDS and Temperature sensors for the fishtank in the hallway.
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K-8 CS Education Guiding Principles
(View Complete Item Description)The units and lessons in the Charlottesville Computer Science Community group on #GoOpenVA should reflect these guiding principles.
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Events in Scratch
(View Complete Item Description)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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CS Unplugged: Security Avatars
(View Complete Item Description)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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Explore Angles with Code
(View Complete Item Description)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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