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Worksheet
Curated OER

Squiggly's Secret Code

For Students 4th - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, students use the key to unscramble the code for the fall theme sheet. The code is written in pictographs.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Squigly's Secret Code

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this literacy instructional activity, students work to unscramble the secret code. The code is written in symbols that are similar to pictographs.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

NWA Codes Word Search

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this social studies worksheet, students look for the words to create the context for the acquiring of vocabulary within the examining of NWA codes.
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Worksheet
Education World

Live Together Code

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this health instructional activity, learners focus upon the aspect of living in positive social relationships while deciphering a code to reveal a message.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Objects

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners are introduced to the concept of Objects in Programming and identifying the parts of an object. They view the radio objects movie and then brainstorm household objects that can be represented as a series of controls and displays.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Basic Crypto Systems

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students try to solve codes mathematically. The use of a code needs a key. Students try to decipher a code with a mathematical key. This requires focus and higher order thinking skills like analysis.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Secret Code

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students in an ESL classroom work together to gather information about one another. After eating a treat, they receive a secret message that they must solve on their own. They use the alphabet and each other eventually to solve the mystery.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Select a Sound: RCX Programming

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students program an RCX to play one sound if a touch sensor is pressed down and another if it is not pressed. They write the program to repeat twenty times and incorporate the use of both a fork and a loop.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Things that Go Bump, Bump, Bump

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students program previously constructed bumper cars to keep bumping and reversing indefinitely. They use touch sensors attached to separate ports and complete a worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Engineering: Lego Cars and Light Sensors

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students build Lego cars with attached light sensors. They program the car to enter a tunnel and reverse out when it records a darker light reading.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to HTML

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students listen to a brief history of HTML and its basic principles. They interact with command tags on computers and perform tasks that the web browser would understand.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Controlling Robots

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create practical robotic devices with a laptop computer. They explore how to program LED lights and DC motors. They examine a wide range of motors, switches and relays.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Code Breakers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students collect data and make a frequency table, change ratios into percents, and analyze data to make predictions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Keyboarding - Decoding the Keys

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students work in pairs to decipher encoded messages. They read off descriptions of each letter's location on the keyboard and type them into a document to form a message.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tynker Hour of Code Puzzle: Dragon Dash

For Students 5th - 8th
Students solve complex coding puzzles by applying computer programming concepts and enhance STEM learning outcomes as they play a fun coding adventure game. Learn skills such as patterning, sequencing, nested loops, conditionals, plus...
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Interactive
Other

Drum Roll: e.a.k. (Erase All Kittens)

For Students 3rd - 6th
Erase All Kittens is a free, open source game where students must change the code in order to rescue kittens. Arca is a tiny outcast creature whose only friends are the kittens. When all the kittens go missing, Arca sets out on a journey...
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Website
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Scratch: Imagine, Program, Share

For Students 9th - 10th
Scratch is a programming language developed for students ages 8 and up. Students can use this free download to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. This...
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Article
Other

Programming Simplified: Java Programs

For Students 9th - 10th
See some examples made for beginning programmers to understand how to use java to write simple Java programs. These codes demonstrate how to get input from user, working with loops, strings and arrays.
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Lesson Plan
Code.org

Code Studio: Computational Thinking

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Introduce the Computational Thinking model as a way of preparing real-world problems for digital representation. With nothing but paper and markers, students learn the four steps of computational thinking.
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Interactive
Other

Code Combat

For Students 9th - 10th
This computer programming game allows students to learn how to write code. Learners write code in real programming languages.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Java Programming of Ocr

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Student groups use the Java programming language to implement the algorithms for optical character recognition (OCR) that they developed in the associated lesson. The ultimate goal is to produce computer code that recognizes a digit on a...
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Website
Other

Directi: Code Chef

For Students 9th - 10th
CodeChef provides a platform for computer programmers to practice their skills through posted problems where users can submit their solutions in the language of their choice. They can also interact with a community of fellow programmers...
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Computer Programming: House Class Demo

For Students 9th - 10th
A class demo to help students visualize and learn how to program drawings using JavaScript.
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Article
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Mqed: Computer Music

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The downloadable monograph investigates computer music. Topics included are the MIDI system, waves, synthesizers, coding, and computer music applications.