Art — Cross-Disciplinary Computing Lessons
34 lessons found.
Algorithmic Maze
Students will use popsicle sticks to design maze systems and work to create a flowchart that helps a user to find the …
Art in CS
A good introductory lesson for students to learn how to start coding in Scratch. This lesson uses Scratch to teach …
Collaborative Grid Poster
The instructor will ask the students to decode a message from binary. The instructor will then explain to students the …
Compression Code
This is an introductory activity used before teaching scientific notation and exponents. Students will learn about …
Create Your Own Musical Code
Different applications and disciplines often require knowledge of different communication systems and the ability to …
Data Design
Decomposing a design problem with Elements of Art
Data: Patterns, Cause and Effect
Students will discover, explore, model and communicate patterns found within data. This lesson/activity will incorporate …
Digital Citizenship Escape Room
Beginning of the year introduction to digital citizenship. Students work through escape room to perform tasks. The tasks …
Discover Digital Citizenship
Students will use a decoder to decode messages that lead to exploration of Digital Citizenship resources. They will then …
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 …
Exploration with Tetrix
Tetrix: In this lesson students will sort/ organize the school's Tetrix sets to ensure each set is complete. After …
Explore Block Programming with Free Scratch
Students are introduced to block programing for the first time and are given several sets of tasks to complete to show …
Exploring Outputs with an RGB Light Strip
In this lesson you will be introducing the connection of color with computer science through the use of a micro:bit and …
Make.code for the Musical
Students were gearing up for a second semester project in design for the spring musical. This was a collaborative …
Micro:bits: Happy Birthday
Turn your micro:bit into a music player. Code musical notes using simple commands. Listen to your program using …
Microbial Computer
Students will play Conways Game of Life after studying microbial behavior. Students will use The game of life to …
Microbit Music: Debugging
This lesson will provide students with the opportunity to debug computer code. Students will be provided with the …
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. …
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 …
Paint Your Name in Binary Code (100 Easy STEAM Activities by Andrea Scalzo Yi)
Using the binary conversion chart, students will create a binary code for each letter of their name on a piece of paper. …
Pixel Art
In this unplugged activity students will learn different ways to write out programs/codes to create large scale pixel …
Scranimal Island (This lesson will span across the 3 lessons in the library.)
Students will listen to the poetry from the book Scranimals by Jack Prelutsky. Students will choose an animal and a …
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 …
Sensory Classroom
Students, in small groups, collaborate to design one thing that would turn the classroom into a sensory classroom. …
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 …
Sonic Pi: Midi Synthesizer
Most commercial music produced today involves the use of synthesized and sampled sounds. MIDI (musical instrument …
Stormy Skies: Why are some places always hot?
In this lesson, students are introduced to the concept of “climate” and explore the world’s five major climates. In the …
Surprise! We get to have new Pets!
This is an opportunity for students to learn more about coding through creating a micro:pet with a partner, It will …
Virtual Pet
Students will create a virtual pet using micro:bits and then collect data for their pet as it interacts with its …
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 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 …