Designed to be fun and engaging, Computer Science Fundamentals courses blend online activities for students to learn computational thinking, problem solving, programming concepts and digital citizenship.

• Audience: Elementary students, Ages 8-11

• Curriculum length: 12 Sessions - 1 hour/session

• Prior Knowledge: None!

• Drag and Drop programming

Learning Elements:

• Order movement commands as sequential steps in a program.
• Modify an existing program to solve errors.
• Break down a long sequence of instructions into the largest repeatable sequence.
• Predict where a program will fail.
• Modify an existing program to solve errors.
• Reflect on the debugging process in an age-appropriate way.
• Identify the benefits of using a loop structure instead of manual repetition.
• Differentiate between commands that need to be repeated in loops and commands that should be used on their own.
• Define circumstances when certain parts of a program should run and when they shouldn't.
• Determine whether a conditional is met based on criteria.
• Define “sprite” as a character or object on the screen that can be moved and changed.
• Create new sprites and assign them costumes and behaviors.
• Identify actions that correlate to input events.
• Create an interactive animation using sprites, behaviors, and events.
• Break complex tasks into smaller repeatable sections.
• Recognize large repeated patterns as made from smaller repeated patterns.
• Identify the benefits of using a loop structure instead of manual repetition.
• Combine simple shapes into complex designs with nested loops.
• Count the number of times an action should be repeated and represent it as a loop.
• Describe when a loop, nested loop, or no loop is needed.
• Break apart code into the largest repeatable sequences using both loops and nested loops.
• Use functions to simplify complex programs.
• Use pre-determined functions to complete commonly repeated tasks.
• Recognize when a function could help to simplify a program.
• Categorize and generalize code into useful functions.
• Learn to plan in advance for an ongoing assignment.
• Explain how system limitations can affect project design.
• Describe how compromise can help keep a project on track and inspire creativity.
• Draft and implement plans to resolve any issues in their code.
• Articulate the design process and how it helped shape the finished culminating project.