Colorado Computer Science: 4th Grade
- Level Elementary School
- Number of Lessons 33
- Grade 4th
This course is aligned to the Colorado 4th grade Computer Science standards and is designed to provide computer science and digital literacy instruction for Colorado 4th grade students. It is meant to be taught approximately weekly.
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UNITS - 6 (33 lessons)
Students review foundational CS vocabulary, drawing tools, and the coordinate plane to prepare for the year's lessons.
Students use computational thinking to design a school and learn about computing systems and common hardware and software issues.
Students design and evaluate algorithms, use loops to build a simple game, and debug maze programs.
Students explore digital literacy topics including digital footprints, the impact of computing on culture, online safety, data analysis, file management, networking, and designing AI chatbots.
Students apply broadcast messages, conditionals, variables, clones, and functions to build programs including a culture-based choose-your-path game and an accessibility-focused game redesign.
Students apply programming to interdisciplinary topics in ELA (storytelling, point of view), science (light reflection), social studies (state facts), and math (unit conversion, area/perimeter, geometry).
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