This collection features resources about computational thinking. It also has numerous resources to help develop computational thinking skills in your students.
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"A Wonderville quick tips video on computational thinking.
In this video, learn about how to introduce coding and programming into your class by first adopting computational thinking practices. Discover what computational thinking is, it's benefits for your students, and examples that can give them the opportunity to practice this mindset and skill through exact instructions activities.
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This is a great guide from ITSE about how to use Computational Thinking in your classroom.
It includes an introduction, definition, vocab and progression chart as well as lessons on:
*Sequenciong
*Growing Plants
*Food Chain
*Persaude Me
*Budget Buddy
*Research Skills
*Traffic Jam
*Conway's Game of Life
It also looks at Middle School and High School scenarios, and resources for educators,
BBC lesson series on Computational Thinking. This series would be a good resource for teachers, and older students. The lesson provide some information, a video clip, and each section in the series has a quiz at the end to check understanding. The start of the topic is broken down into the sections of computational thinking: Decomposition, Pattern Recognition, Abstraction and Algorithms.
Grades 3-5
"The Day of the Programmer is celebrated on the 256th day of the year. This is because programmers are familiar with bytes and 1 byte = 8 bits, which gives 256 (2 to the power of 8) different combinations of binary digits. In this lesson, students can celebrate programmers by creating art that showcases different programming languages! Students are provided a step-by-step tutorial, code blocks, and instructions to create a Computer Linguist project using Tynker. By the end of this lesson, students will have combined creativity and coding concepts such as simple motion, simple drawing, basic math, and input/output."
You can complete this task by using Tynker block coding - or click in the bottom right corner of the screen to use JavaScript.
This is a great activity to learn about programming languages.
Students will recognize that computer science is so important because it can be found in almost every career. Don't wait, start learning how to code today.
Crash Course Kids combines the same engaging lecture-style content delivery with animated graphics that focus on grade school science.
Topics include Earth Science, Physical Science, Biology, Geography, Engineering, and Astronomy.
These videos are amazing!
A Document Type Definition (DTD) defines the structure and the legal elements and attributes of an XML document.
A DTD can be declared inside an XML document or in an external file.
Ready-to-teach lessons to address your changing needs in the classroom.
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Common Sense digital citizenship topics include media balance, cyber-bullying, news and media literacy, online privacy, digital footprint, and communication.
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Lessons are available in grade groupings for K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12.
Watch a series of videos that will teach kids how to code and go on a variety of fun STEM adventures!
If you're looking for daily fraction problems to have your students work through either as a bell buster or part of your daily math lesson, check out these 90 awesome fraction problems that will get your students thinking!
Solutions included.
Learn to code. EARN CERTIFICATIONS.
Free code camp is a great website for online learning. The site lets you learn to code with free online courses, programming projects, and interview preparation for developer jobs.
AppGameKit's Education Pack includes everything a teacher or lecturer needs to teach coding skills and is an easy to use tool that can be deployed quickly and easily in the classroom.
AppGameKit works across a range of abilities so is suitable for primary and secondary schools, sixth form colleges, universities and summer camps.
Teachers will need to register to get a free kit and get started.
Glitch is the friendly community where everyone can discover and create the best stuff on the web.
From useful tools that solve problems at work, to cutting-edge VR experiences, smart bots, and apps that help advance important causes, Glitch is a unique community where people have built over a million projects for you to discover, with new ones are popping up every day.
If you’re new to Glitch, just explore some of the featured projects or categories to check out fun games to play or try out handy little apps. It’s like a familiar App Store, but almost everything is free and created by regular people like you.
But if you don’t find exactly what you want, that’s where the magic happens.
Every app on Glitch can be remixed. With just a click, you get your own copy of the app that you can customize, personalize, extend and build on to your heart’s content.
If you’re not a developer, don’t sweat it — you can make simple changes as easily as you edit a spreadsheet. Apps update live as you type. You can even share the project with a friend or colleague and they can work on the same code at the same time as you. It makes collaborating on code as easy as sharing in Google Docs. And if you get stuck, you can just raise your hand for help!
From students who are just seeing their first line of code, to some of the best programmers at the biggest tech companies, everybody is on Glitch and ready to help each other out.
Check back on Glitch each day, and we’ll show you cool, inspiring, useful apps and sites that you won’t see anywhere else, made by some of the most creative people on the internet.
TWENTY amazing lessons to teach computer science to Grades 3 to 5.
The curriculum is organized into 5 units: sequence, events, Makey Makey, loops and final project.
This fabulous resource has everything you need to get started coding and computer science with your students TODAY!
Green is the starting level - you can progress to Blue (Level 2) once you complete this level, and then onto Purple (Level 3). These resources are also in the bank or available using the tabs along the top of the website.
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Find everything you need here to participate in the our of code this December - or any day of the year!
The coding activities here teach problem solving and computational thinking.
No previous experience required for teachers or students! Choose from beginner or comfortable to get started in the top right corner area. Use the filters on the left side of the screen to find the perfect activity!
In this lesson, learners of all ages get an introductory experience with coding and computer science in a safe, supportive environment. This lesson has been designed for young learners, ages 4-10, but can be adapted for older learners using the differentiation suggestions provided.
In this lesson, learners of all ages get an introductory experience with coding and computer science in a safe, supportive environment. This lesson has been designed for learners in the middle grades, ages 10-13, but can be adapted for younger or older learners using the differentiation suggestions provided. Students should have a basic understanding of simple geometry and drawing angles.