Code.org’s CS Discoveries is an introductory, classroom-based course that is offered for just one semester. The course aims to empower students to create authentic artifacts and engage with computer science as a medium for creativity, communication, problem solving, and fun. CS Discoveries (CSD) takes a wide lens on computer science by covering topics such as programming, physical computing, web development, design, and data. The course inspires students as they build their own websites, apps, games, and physical computing devices.
Units Covered Include:
1. Problem Solving: Students explore the problem-solving process as it applies to the world of computers.
2. Web Development: Students learn to create websites using HTML and CSS inside Code.org’s Web Lab environment. Throughout the unit, students consider questions of privacy and ownership on the internet as they develop their own personal websites.
3. Interactive Animations and Games: Students learn fundamental programming constructs and practices in the JavaScript programming language while developing animations and games in Code.org’s Game Lab environment. Students end the unit by designing their own animations and games.
4. Creating Apps with Devices: Students use Code.org’s App Lab environment, along with either the Adafruit Circuit Playground or the BBC micro:bit, to explore the relationship between hardware and software. Students develop prototypes that mirror existing innovative computing platforms, before ultimately designing and prototyping one of their own
1. Problem Solving: Students explore the problem-solving process as it applies to the world of computers.
2. Web Development: Students learn to create websites using HTML and CSS inside Code.org’s Web Lab environment. Throughout the unit, students consider questions of privacy and ownership on the internet as they develop their own personal websites.
3. Interactive Animations and Games: Students learn fundamental programming constructs and practices in the JavaScript programming language while developing animations and games in Code.org’s Game Lab environment. Students end the unit by designing their own animations and games.
4. Creating Apps with Devices: Students use Code.org’s App Lab environment, along with either the Adafruit Circuit Playground or the BBC micro:bit, to explore the relationship between hardware and software. Students develop prototypes that mirror existing innovative computing platforms, before ultimately designing and prototyping one of their own
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