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5th Grade Digital Literacy & AI

This course contains standards-aligned digital literacy and AI lessons for 5th grade students.

5th Grade Digital Literacy & AI

Overview & Highlights

Level
Elementary School
Number of Lessons
23
Grade
5th

Overview of Lessons

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Getting Started

Welcome to CodeHop!

Students will learn how to log in and use the CodeHop Playground. This short introductory lesson can be used on its own, or right before a full lesson.

Introduction to Computer Science and Scratch

Students will be able to define important computer science vocabulary and create a simple program in Scratch.
Computing & Society

Impacts of Computing: Innovation

Students will be able to explain how technology and culture influence each other and create a Scratch project that compares past and present versions of a technology, explains its cultural impacts, and predicts how emerging technologies may affect different communities.

Careers in CS: Mobile Apps

Students will be able to analyze and improve a game by modifying code and adding new functionality.

Screen Time: Academics and Evidence

Students will be able to explain how screen time affects their learning and study habits, create a healthy screen-time plan, and write an opinion about the most important screen-time rule and support it with reasons.

Digital Etiquette and Teamwork

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Digital Reputation and Identity

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Reporting Cyberbullying

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Digital Responsibility: Owning Your Choices

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Research & Attribution

Use and Search the Right Way

Students will be able to search for information to answer questions online and provide proper attribution to sources.

CS Innovators Research Project

Students will be able to research an innovator and abstract facts from an article to use as an informational program.
Systems & Security

Networks and Protocols

Students will be able to explain how network protocols enable data transfer and compare WiFi, wired, and cellular networks.

Practicing with Computing Systems

Students will be able to identify parts of the computing system and identify simple hardware and software problems.

Cybersecurity & Privacy

This lesson is coming soon! Students will create a program to demonstrate how to solve a real-world cybersecurity issue.

Cybersecurity Policies and Laws

Students will explain policies and how they relate to their classroom or school, and they will research and explain a cybersecurity law specific to their state.

Scout’s Cryptography Escape Room

Students will learn basic cryptography and solve multiple ciphers.
Productivity Tools

Persuasive Productivity Software Project

Students will be able to use word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software to organize and present information to persuade an audience.

Collaborating Globally

Students will be able to collaborate with others digitally to improve a program.
Data & Analysis

Inquiry Project: Line Graph

Students will be able to follow the inquiry process and modify a program to display the results of their investigation.

File Management and Data Exploration

Students will be able to explain that different types of digital data take up different amounts of space and identify where digital data can be stored.
Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning: Analyzing

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AI Products: Ethical and Responsible Choices

Students will be able to describe how AI products work and analyze the benefits and challenges of various AI products from multiple perspectives.

Design Thinking: AI Chatbots

Students will describe how AI representations support reasoning and answer questions by training a model AI chatbot program.
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Exercises
50
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