Texas Tech Apps: 4th Grade
- Level Elementary School
- Number of Lessons 35
- Grade 4th
This course is aligned to TX standards and is designed to provide computer science instruction for Texas 4th Grade students. It is meant to be taught approximately weekly.
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UNITS - 9 (35 lessons)
Students review foundational CS vocabulary and use the coordinate plane to create an open-ended animation.
Students explore the parts of a computing system and apply computational thinking to design a school.
Students use event blocks and broadcast messages to program interactive character behaviors, including a joke-telling scene.
Students use different types of loops to build games, compare loop algorithms, and debug maze programs.
Students use conditionals and game effects to build maze and chase games, refining their programs with peer feedback.
Students create variables to track scores and use lists to build a spelling bee game.
Students use clones and functions with inputs to build a snake game and other reusable, dynamic programs like a flower garden project.
Students apply design thinking for accessibility and combine variables, operators, and conditionals to build a music player and data visualization project.
Students evaluate data reliability, examine technology's cultural impact, practice digital etiquette and cybersecurity, manage files, and build presentations while learning to give proper credit online.
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