Utah Computer Science: Kindergarten
- Level Elementary School
- Number of Lessons 38
- Grade K
This course is aligned to UT standards and is designed to provide computer science instruction for Utah kindergarten students. It is meant to be taught approximately weekly.
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UNITS - 10 (38 lessons)
Students explore coding basics without a device, creating step-by-step sequences through movement and games and acting out how events trigger actions.
Students learn to log in and navigate the CodeHop Playground, explore computer basics like input, output, hardware, and software, and apply computational thinking to morning routines.
Students follow Scout the Squirrel through a story-driven adventure, learning to add and modify characters, backgrounds, and pages while building sequences with motion blocks.
Students use motion and event blocks to build animated scenes, explore drawing tools, and add show/hide and grow/shrink effects to their characters.
Students build multi-page programs and use the "go to page" block to navigate between scenes in an interactive story.
Students use speed, sound, and say blocks to bring characters to life, create musical patterns, build a personal "All About Me" program, and practice debugging.
Students use loops to repeat actions and create efficient, repeatable animations.
Students combine sequences, events, and loops to design original interactive games and animated scenes.
Students practice mouse and keyboard skills, learn how networks connect people and devices, and collect and organize simple data.
Students explore real-world examples of AI and create a simple decision tree to understand how AI uses data and rules to make decisions.
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This course is designed to provide age-appropriate computer science instruction for Utah kindergarten students, specifically aligned to Utah state standards. It is structured to be taught approximately once per week.
The curriculum covers essential computer science concepts including computational thinking, programming fundamentals like sequences, events, and loops, digital literacy, and an introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Yes, the course features a variety of hands-on activities ranging from unplugged exercises like dance sequences and card games to interactive digital projects in the CodeHopJr Playground.
Yes, the course includes modules on digital literacy that introduce students to computer hardware and software, mouse and keyboard skills, how networks connect devices, and how to analyze simple data.
The course introduces AI concepts by having students identify examples of AI in their daily lives and use simple decision trees to understand how machines use data to learn and make decisions.
