Computer Science Fundamentals - 5th Grade
Course Description
In this course, students review programming structures and experiment with new coding techniques using Scratch. During Unplugged and Coding lessons, students implement arrays and booleans in preparation for transitioning to text-based programming. In Digital Citizenship and STEM Career lessons, students discuss credible online sources, digital copyright, accessibility, and a variety of STEM careers. By the end of this course, students will be able to assess the impacts of computing on society and demonstrate advanced computational thinking and problem-solving skills.
Course Learning Goals
Each lesson plan is designed to enable students to achieve specific learning outcomes related to course aligned computer science competencies. For example, at the end of this course students will be able to:
Implement conditionals, arrays, and loops in code.
Demonstrate knowledge of loops and arrays and predict the output of functions.
Independently use the iterative nature of the design process to build a project meeting specified criteria.
Summarize how boolean expressions control loops to create intended outputs.*
Judge healthy and unhealthy online behaviors and provide alternatives to negative behaviors.
Describe the skills and duties of a robotics technician and will summarize how emerging technologies may affect the field.
