Nebraska Technology: Kindergarten
- Level Elementary School
- Number of Lessons 39
- Grade K
This course is designed to provide computer science and technology instruction for Nebraska Kindergarten students. Students learn programming and technology concepts, including: computing systems, networks and the Internet, data analysis, algorithms and programming, and impacts of computing.
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UNITS - 10 (39 lessons)
Students engage in screen-free activities that build sequencing and event-based thinking, using dance instructions, card games, and acting out cause-and-effect scenarios to move a character through a maze.
Students learn to log into and navigate the CodeHop platform, build mouse and keyboard skills, learn basic computer hardware and software vocabulary, practice responsible technology use, and apply computational thinking to daily routines.
Through the story-driven Scout Adventures series, students explore the programming interface, adding and modifying characters, backgrounds, and pages while sequencing motion blocks and events to animate a story.
Students use drawing tools, event blocks, and multi-step sequences to build interactive scenes, while also learning to collect and analyze simple data and see how coding connects to careers like fashion design.
Students learn to build programs with multiple pages and use the "go to page" block to move between scenes in a story.
Students experiment with speed, sound, and "say" blocks to animate characters and give them voices, while practicing debugging of event and motion sequences.
Students learn to use repeat and forever loops to repeat actions efficiently, applying loops to animate characters and create effects like fireworks.
Students combine events, sequences, and loops learned throughout the course to design an original wildlife scene project.
Students build digital citizenship skills including recognizing kind versus unkind online behavior, protecting private information, conducting basic research, understanding data storage and networks, and exploring how AI uses data to make decisions.
Students compare different types of software applications and practice using word-processing tools to create a document.
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It's a one-year computer science course for kindergarten that introduces foundational programming concepts through a block-based programming language. Students develop computational thinking and problem-solving skills while creating interactive projects, animations, and games, with an emphasis on creativity and collaboration.
The course totals 36 contact hours, with each lesson running about 30 minutes. Teaching one lesson per week covers a full school year. It is teacher-led, using ready-to-use lesson plans that follow a consistent Introduction, Guided Practice, Independent Practice, Extension, and Reflection structure.
Students use a block-based programming interface where they write and run programs saved in their own accounts. The environment supports interactive, hands-on programming and lets students create and debug projects in a user-friendly interface, including a Scout-themed series of beginner projects.
Students build core programming skills like sequencing, events, and multi-page projects, while also developing digital literacy around online safety, keeping personal information private, data storage and networks, and understanding what AI can and can't do. The course wraps up with an introduction to productivity software, including basic word processing.
Yes. Students start with screen-free, hands-on activities like step-by-step dance sequences and coding card games where they give directions to move a character through a maze. They then move to hands-on digital projects, such as animating a Scout character, painting a fairy-tale scene, building a snowball fight sequence, and creating a multi-page dragon story.
