Fostering an Inclusive Computing Culture
108 lessons found.
"So, you want to work for the DNI"
This is an introduction to the CyberSecurity aspect of National Intelligence
“Weather” you know or not…. Classroom temperature is a hot topic!
This lesson merges weather, microbit, programming and social impact. Does the temperature of a classroom matter? Yes! In …
5 Senses
Students will learn about the 5 senses as a whole then learn about each individual sense and complete science activities …
Algorithmic Maze
Students will use popsicle sticks to design maze systems and work to create a flowchart that helps a user to find the …
Algorithms
This lesson explains what algorithms are and how they work in relation to computer science. It breaks the concept down …
All about the Internet
How Does the Internet Work? Learning about networks, protocols, TCP/IP
aMAZEing Margaret Hamilton
In this lesson students will begin by reading about Margaret Hamilton in 'Margaret and the Moon' by Dean Robbins. After …
Basic aspects of Cyber security and Copyrights
Students will be learning about the basic aspects of Cyber security. They will become aware of how to protect their …
Battle your CuteBot
Get ready to battle your CuteBot car! Develop code for your Microbit using loops, variables, and conditionals to …
Being Aware of What You Share
Kids share a lot of information whenever they go online -- sometimes on purpose, sometimes not. But do they understand …
Blind Maze - a lesson with combined classes K and 5
This is an unplugged activity where students will work in mixed grade level teams (Kindergarten and 5th grade) to guide …
Blind Maze (Collaborative activity with 5th Grade
This is an unplugged activity, in collaboration with 5th grade, that will help students learn to give directions …
Coding Critter
The students will create a path for the coding critter to follow using arrow cards and then inputting the directions …
CODIS & Forensic Science
Students will work together (in teams of 4) as forensic scientists to solve the crime of “Who broke into our school and …
Communicating Through History: MicroBit Morse Code
Students will read articles and then construct a timeline of the progression of communication technology in the …
Computational Thinking
Through this lesson, students will be introduced to the basics of computational thinking including decomposition, …
Computer Basics (Collaborative lesson with K and 5)
5th grade students will mentor kindergarten students in how to properly care for and navigate their personal computer. …
Computer Basics (Collaborative lesson with K and 5th)
Kindergarten students will be working with 5th grade students to learn about the proper care and use of their computers. …
Controlled Collaboration
Introduce your students to shared document norms while also identifying main ideas and text structures.
Create a cookie cutter device using technology and 3D printing to understand adding and subtracting fractions.
In this lesson students will create a cookie cutter to help them practice adding and subtracting fractions. They will …
Creating a Gear Amusement Park
Students will use peer collaboration, engineering, problem solving, & reflection, when given a set of Funny Gears & …
Critical Infrastructure 1
Students will be able to explain what Critical Infrastructure is, what are common components that belong to critical …
Critical Infrastructure 2
Students will be able to demonstrate foundational knowledge and skills that are related to cybersecurity
Cybersecurity 101 (4th Grade)
The teacher will introduce the topic of cybersecurity by asking students about any personal experience they have had …
Cybersecurity Career Poster Project
Students will design a poster project detailing an individual cybersecurity career. The poster project will include …
Cybersecurity: Denial of Service Attack
In this fun lesson plan, students will model one type of attack (a denial-of-service attack) and figure out how to …
Daily Life Algorithms (1st Grade)
The teacher will present a slideshow outlining the definition of an algorithm, which will provide examples of algorithms …
Darn! I forgot my password...again!
Middle School Students love to share everything-including their water bottles, their sense of humor and even their …
Do you want to build a robot
Students will learn about robots, how to program a microbit and create a microbit pet.
Do’s and Don'ts on the internet
Introduction: “Today, we live in a time characterized by rapid technology transformation, and resulting social, …
Dr. Suess Venn Diagram Activity using Google Slides
Create a Venn Diagram using Google Slides. The activity can be used for Dr. Seuss' birthday and incorporates moving Red …
Draw a snowflake with code
Draw a snowflake using code.org. My students were really challenged to follow the directions in the lesson, so I created …
E' is for Erosion
Students will learn the effects of wind and water erosion. They will create their own landscape to show how water …
Exploration with Tetrix
Tetrix: In this lesson students will sort/ organize the school's Tetrix sets to ensure each set is complete. After …
Game of Life Spelling
This lesson is meant to introduce what coding is to elementary aged students and how to use block code. Students will …
Get to Know Me
Students will participate in a community building activity that will integrate Computer Science through the use of the …
Get to Know Me
Students will participate in a community building activity that will integrate Computer Science through the use of the …
Get to Know Me Keynote Activity
Students will participate in a community building activity that will integrate Computer Science through the use of Key …
Getting to Know You, CPU
Students will be introduced to Micro:Bit technology and have the opportunity to program the Micro:Bit to share some …
HexBug Mazes
In this lesson/activity students will learn about who Margaret Hamilton is and what she did for NASA. Students will be …
Hour of Code introduction/ Ecosystems
this will be an introduction to coding using Hour of Code, as a refresher/ attention grabber right after Christmas …
I = Integrity
Students will locate, read and research articles from sources to better understand using credible sources for research.
I Am a Weather Watcher
Students will become weather watchers. They will journal the weather everyday and document the temperature using the …
I Can Create a Thermometer
Students will be able to experiment with micro-bits. Then students will be able to create the code for taking a …
Importance and use of compasses
This lesson will probably take one block day, or 85-minute class. It will be a hands-on activity filled class that …
Input/Output what's it all about?
Students will learn the definition of input/output as it relates to computing and will use the Micro:bits to demonstrate …
Integrity and Keep It Simple
The purpose for this lesson is to help you understand the notions or aspects of integrity and the simplicity with which …
Internet Safe!
Students will understand what it means to be an active, safe, and responsible citizen when participating in an online …
Intro to Coding a Microbit
In this lesson the students will be introduced to the website MakeCode with programing the microbit simulator. To start …
Intro To Coding a Microbit
Students will be introduced to block coding using the website makecode.org. They will code a virtual microbit by …
Intro to Coding- Unplugged
Directions for Coding- unplugged
Intro to Cybersecurity HAND Concepts Part 2
This lesson will take two days to go over the 6 parts of the hand in relation to cybersecurity. We will do a general …
Intro to Problem Solving
This lesson is a fun introduction to the open-ended, collaborative, and creative problem solving students will be using …
Introducing our Technology
This lesson is designed to be delivered early in the year to establish a common knowledge base on the programs to be …
Introduction to Computer Science and SpeedGeeking 101
Part 1: Gauge student understanding of computer science and introduce basic CS vocabulary. Part 2: Teach students about …
Introduction to Cybersecurity Hand Concepts
This lesson will take two days to go over the 6 parts of the hand in relation to cybersecurity. We will do a general …
Inventing & Problem Solving with the 3 R’s (Reduce/Reuse/Recycle)
Students will work collaboratively to respond to a text by using recycled materials to create an invention that will …
Kindergarten Computer Scientists
Through six mini lessons, kindergarten students will be introduced to Computer Science. Beginning with a working …
Learning the Importance of Authentication Factors
Students will learn what authentication factors are, and the importance of keeping them private. They will apply the use …
Library - Robotics for Students in the Functional Life Skills (FLS) Program
This lesson provides robotics opportunities in the library for students with complex needs in the Functional Life …
Litter Hunt
In this lesson, pupils develop their understanding of the micro:bit by using the buttons and sensors on the device to …
Magellan and Technology
Adapted from: Flocabulary.com 7/2020 “Become a Map-Maker and Explorer” Use this lesson plan to commemorate Magellan’s …
Making a Pepper’s Ghost Illusion using Microbit Technology
This lesson is going to be a supplemental lesson to our OpenSciEd Light and Matter unit that we are implementing this …
Making Good Decisions Online/Computer Parts (Kindergarten)
In the first activity, with the slideshow displayed, the teacher will facilitate a discussion about making good …
Micro:bits / Makerspace
The lesson is for coding with micro:bits. It is written broadly for implementation as an activity for a whole group of …
Micro:bits / Makerspace
The lesson is for coding with micro:bits. It is written broadly for implementation as an activity for a whole group of …
Microbit Basics
This is an introductory lesson that I used with my 5th & 6th grade students. This lesson introduces students to basic …
MicroBit Multiplication
In this lesson students will work on their multiplication math fact fluency and practice coding using a MicroBit. …
Microbit programming
Creating a program for their microbit 'pets'. Their program must include noise, pictures and words/phrases
Microbit programming-Creating a Micropet
Students will create a micropet and then program it to perform various outcomes depending on what they do to it. …
Microbits Introduction
This lesson is used to introduce microbits to students. Students will be able to code with inclusion of sequences, …
Modeling Plate Motions using Microbit Technology
This lesson is going to be a supplemental lesson to our OpenSciEd Plate Tectonics unit that we are implementing this …
Multiplication with MicroBits
This activity allows students to practice their multiplication fact fluency while also covering computer science …
Music is Life
Students will use coding to develop animation and sound for a music simulator. students will demonstrate locating and …
Nature art
This lesson is an introduction to computational thinking and the BBC micro:bit. Students learn how to create nature …
Nature Art: Merging Nature, Algorithms, and Programming in an inclusive environment
This lesson is an introduction to computational thinking and the BBC micro:bit. Students learn how to create nature …
O' is for Outlaw
Students will be studying Outlaws and Law Enforcement in Wyoming History. We will talk about how technology has changed …
Online Mindfulness
On the internet, students interact with websites, peers, and strangers throughout the day. With that said, students must …
PE Online Resources
Students will be using their school-provided technology (whether it be an IPad or a Chromebook) and being walked through …
Power walkers
Students will program a mirco: bit to count steps while walking and then while power walking. They will compare the two …
Powerful Passwords
This activity teaches students the importance of creating a safe and secure password. In addition, students will also …
Powerful Passwords
This activity teaches students the importance of creating a safe and secure password. In addition, students will also …
Programming your friend on a path K-2 students will be programming Little Red Riding Hood to Grandmas House 3-5th grade students will be programming their friend to deliver their latest I-phone or game from manufacturing to delivery
Students will use arrows on a piece of graph paper to give directions to their classmates. They will guide their friends …
Radio Kindness
Sharing and receiving kindness is a good way to support your well-being and that of your friends. In this activity you …
Representing Information
This lesson introduces the concept of sending bits of information from one place to another.
Robotics for Students in the Functional Life Skills (FLS) Program
As the library exists to offer an inclusive space for everyone, this lesson is geared toward giving students with …
Scratch Multi-Level Maze
Students will use Scratch to create a multi-level maze. Students will program a main sprite, obstacles and a goal, which …
Scratch Sort: Events & Loops
Students explore Scratch and recognize how the categories and blocks within the categories help students create projects …
Sequencing = Storytelling
This lesson helps learners connect storytelling with simple coding through the study of the sequence of events. It …
Sequencing-Storytelling
This lesson, as adapted and written, is for middle school students in the library setting. Students will explore …
Shark Tank Activity (Problem Solving)
This is an unplugged activity where students will design an application for a cell phone or personal device to solve a …
Student Choice Mission
In this final project for the course, students team to Independently, scope the features of a piece of software,or …
TALK TO THE HAND - KEEP IT SIMPLE
The students will be able to create a handbook using the Hand Method of CyberSecurity.
TALK TO THE HAND – DEFENSE IN DEPTH
Defense in depth is a strategy that leverages multiple security measures to protect an organization's assets. The …
TALK TO THE HAND – INTEGRITY
The students will be able to create a handbook using the Hand Method of CyberSecurity.
Thanksgiving Day Parade
This lesson is a great one to do right before Thanksgiving. Students will read or listen to the book Balloons Over …
The HANDbook
Implementing effective cybersecurity measures is particularly challenging today because there are more devices than …
The Problem with Plastics
3rd grade learns about Jacques Cousteau and his conservation efforts to clean up the ocean. Plastic waste has become a …
They're Listening
This lesson is going to be about discussing internet safety, and how simple home items may be listening.
Variables
This lesson introduces the use of variables to store data or the results of mathematical operations. Students will …
Volcano Animation
Students use flowcharts and repetition to explore building a volcanic eruption on a Micro:Bit.
Volcano interactions with Earth's Spheres
In this lesson students will use the microbit to develop volcanic eruptions.
Wax Museum Part 1
In this lesson series, students will research ways that technology has impacted the world. They can choose to research …
Wax Museum Technology Part 1
In this lesson series, students will research ways that technology has impacted the world. They can choose to research …
WHAT DOES TECHNOLOGY LOOK LIKE?
Students will brainstorm what technology is, what it looks like and the parts/functions of a computer.
What is Technology?
The purpose of this lesson was to introduce the students to what the definition of technology is, what everyday items …
What to do with the stuff I have
Students are given CONNEX or VEX pieces from a build kit and are given a mission. As a team they will create an artifact …
WonderBots
We are going to start by introducing the WonderBots to the children. I will introduce them to the program and the IPad …