Texas Tech Apps: 5th Grade
- Level Elementary School
- Number of Lessons 32
- Grade 5th
This course is aligned to TX standards and is designed to provide computer science instruction for Texas 5th Grade students. It is meant to be taught approximately weekly.
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UNITS - 8 (32 lessons)
Students review CS vocabulary, coordinate-plane animation, and drawing tools by creating deep sea creatures.
Students practice identifying computing system components and apply computational thinking to design a neighborhood.
Students use events and loops to build programs, compare and refine algorithms for efficiency, debug code, and create looping turtle graphics.
Students use conditionals, pseudocode planning, and operators to build a maze program, plan a quest, and create a coin-flip simulator.
Students use variables, comparison operators, and lists to control dance speeds, game endings, and a shopping simulator.
Students use clones to build interactive games, including an acorn-throwing game and an endless runner.
Students apply design thinking and multiple programming skills to build pinball and original games, design an app, and complete a data-driven inquiry project.
Students examine technology's cultural impact, learn about networks and cybersecurity, manage digital reputation and files, and use spreadsheet and productivity software for research.
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