🚨 New Feature: Create Your Own Starter Code
You can now create your own starter code in your Playground and push it to students’ Playgrounds! Click the 3 dots and select Share. You can now easily assign the program to one or more sections.
Our elementary lesson templates can now be downloaded, customized, uploaded to a new Playground project, and then pushed to any of your class sections.
✨ New Lessons Highlight
We now offer additional cybersecurity and AI lessons for all grade levels. Check out the list below for the grade specific lessons:
K-2nd Grade - What Can AI Do?
K-2nd Grade - Keeping Information Safe
3rd-6th Grade - Scout’s Cryptography Escape Room
3rd-6th Grade - How Machines Learn
🚀 Elementary Trials
Elementary teachers, what is your favorite part about using CodeHS? Is it the Ready-to-Go lessons, or that we have 400+ lessons that include video instruction, activities, and projects in our integrated online environment? Have you shared that with a friend? CodeHS is offering FREE elementary trials through June 2025! Tell a teacher bestie to sign up today: codehs.com/elem_trials.
💻 Warm Up Activities
Looking for an activity as students transition into the classroom? The K-2 and 3-6 warm-up activity slide decks provide 5-10 minute problems aligned with computer science skills to engage students at the start of class, allowing teachers to preview or review concepts with answer keys and discussion tips included in the Speaker Notes.
💡 2025 CodeHS Virtual Teacher Conference
Registration is now open for the 2025 CodeHS Virtual Teacher Conference! Join fellow educators Saturday, April 26th at 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM CT as they share insights, best practices, and valuable tips to enhance your computer science teaching. Some conference sessions you may find interesting are:
- Using Scratch to Encourage Building A Growth Mindset
- ScratchJr and Literacy Skills for Emerging Readers
Attendees will receive CodeHS Pro and CodeHS Elementary Trials through June 30th, 2025, access to a 3 Month Trial of New CodeHS + AI features ($500 Value), a $20 Amazon gift card, and a digital swag bag!
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🐿️ Happy coding, friends! 🤖
- The CodeHS Team
