UNPLUGGED LESSONS – Code.org Summary

1. Happy Mats – Create simple algorithms (sets of instructions) to move a character through a maze using a single command.
2. Move IT, Move IT – Instruct classmates to move through a maze.
3. Real-Life Algorithms – Plant a Seed – Ways use algorithms in daily lives, planting a seed. Additional Lesson: Fold-a-Book.
4. Building a Foundation– Build a marshmallow structure to build perseverance. – Marshmallow Tower Handout – Future Research -> Materials Science
5. Getting Loopy – Programming concept of loops through dance choreography. Additional Video: Dancing with the Bees.
6. The Big Event – Programming concept of events, actions a computer monitors for.
7. Graph Paper Programming or “Be a Robot” Game” – Write an algorithm using a set of predefined commands to reproduce a drawing.
8. Real Life Algorithm: Paper Planes or Fold-a-book. Discuss ways use algorithms in our daily lives.
9. Relay Programming Run relay race writing one instruction at a time to program image. If error, have to erase everything back to the error.
10. Conditionals – Create the rules to play a card game. Could also make a dice game.
11. Binary Bracelets – Create bracelets from paper template that is representation of first letter of their name.
12. Computational Thinking – Use steps of CT (Decompose, Pattern Match, Abstract, Algorithm) to figure out how to play a game that comes with no instructions.
13. Functional Sun-catchers – Create an algorithm with functions (pieces of code that you want to use over and over again) to create sun-catchers using string and beads.
14. Songwriting with Parameters – Use concept of the chorus in a song to learn about functions.
15. Real Life Algorithms – Dice Race – Identify and write down the algorithm for a dice race game.
16. Internet – Send messages representing Internet transmission methods using paper.
17. Crowdsourcing – Use a problem-solving technique common in computer science to complete a task as a classroom, which is more efficient than doing it alone.

FREE PLAY – Find a friend to code with.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

CREATE AN APP

• Make an App – Course 1
• Make an App – Course 2
• Make a Ball Game App – Course 3
• Make an APP – Create your own game. Click Finish to let friends try your story on their phones.

DRAW SOMETHING

• Draw something fun – Save to your Code Studio portfolio. Make a screen capture and add to your blog site.

OTHER TOYS

• Bee-Bot: Happy Mats Lesson 1
• Compass: Move It, Move It Lesson 2
• Paper: Real Life Algorithms: Fold-a-Book and Paper Planes Lesson 8
• Cards and Dice: Conditionals Lesson 10 – + Tenzi Entrepreneurship + Resources
• Binary Sand Timer: Binary Bracelets Lesson 11
• Code Jar Guessing Game: Crowd Sourcing Lesson 17

RESEARCH

• 2002 – Supporting Girls in CS by Programming with Graphics – College Board Teacher Corner Article