5th Grade Digital Literacy & AI
- Level Elementary School
- Number of Lessons 27
- Grade 5th
This course contains standards-aligned digital literacy and AI lessons for 5th grade students.
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UNITS - 6 (27 lessons)
Students log in to CodeHop, learn key computer science vocabulary, and create a simple program.
Students troubleshoot computing systems, organize data in spreadsheets, create a persuasive productivity software project, and compare how different networks transfer data.
Students learn to report cyberbullying, solve real-world cybersecurity problems, crack ciphers, explore cybersecurity laws, and protect their digital reputation.
Students examine how technology drives innovation, design technology for people with diverse needs, improve a mobile game, and collaborate globally.
Students credit online sources, complete an inquiry project with a line graph, and evaluate data to draw conclusions and make predictions.
Students train and analyze an AI model, weigh the benefits and challenges of AI products, compare humans and machines, and create a code of conduct for generative AI.
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5th grade students troubleshoot computing systems, compare WiFi, wired, and cellular networks, and use documents, spreadsheets, and presentations to persuade an audience. They solve real-world cybersecurity problems, crack ciphers in an escape room, and learn how to protect their digital reputation. Students also design technology for people with diverse needs, improve a mobile game by modifying code, and analyze how training data affects AI, ending with a class code of conduct for using generative AI responsibly.
Teachers can choose Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel for the spreadsheet lesson, and students use word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software together in a persuasive project. Students will need access to Google or Microsoft tools on a classroom device.
The course includes 30 teacher-led lessons, each about 45 minutes long, organized into six modules, with module quizzes to check understanding. Lessons follow an "I do, we do, you do" format and mix hands-on programming projects with unplugged activities. The course is flexible and can be taught in any order, and because concepts spiral across grade levels, students build on what they learned even if not every lesson is completed in a single year.
No. There are no prerequisites, and the course is designed to support all learners regardless of prior computer science experience. Students who have completed earlier grades of Digital Literacy & AI will revisit familiar topics at a deeper level.
5th Grade Digital Literacy & AI is aligned to state computer science standards and CSTA standards.
