southwest.washk12.orgWCSD CS Celebration

K-5 Intermediate Middle & High School Meet The Team Computer Science Celebration Kindergarten, Elementary, Intermediate, Middle, High School Art Science Math Lang. Arts Music Recent Utah State law has put forth HB 227 which will require C.S. be taught in every grade-band, discipline, and at every K-12 school. The WCSD K-12 Computer Science Initiative Team is working to provide our teachers with fun, interactive demonstrations that will show you what C.S. looks like in each teaching discipline at each grade level. Check out some of the examples below. CS Kindergarten - Elementary By showing you these computer science resources we hope we can help you integrate computer science into the subject you teach. We don’t expect you to replace your entire curriculum with robots. We hope we can provide computer-oriented assistance for your subject and give new ways for your students to learn. We don’t want to reinvent the wheel, we want to help it spin! A large amount of these resources are from Hour of Code , a great place to find beginner coding activities. If you need any help integrating comptuer science with your subject, please contact your assigned teacher specialist. Contact our Elementary Teacher Specialists Sherri Lords Red Mountain Elementary sherri.lords@washk12.org Stephanie Wilber Three Falls Elementary shephanie.wilber@washk12.org Meet The Team × Linda Brown WCSD K-12 CS Initiative Lead linda.brown@washk12.org Sherri Lords Elementary Teacher Lead sherri.lords@washk12.org Stephanie Wilber Elementary Teacher Lead stephanie.wilber@washk12.org Helene Morse Intermediate Teacher Lead helene.morse@washk12.org Heath Edner Middle School Teacher Lead heath.edner@washk12.org Anthony Vick High School Teacher Lead anthony.vick@washk12.org Bee Bots Bee-Bot is an exciting robot designed specifically for use by young children. This colorful, easy-to-operate, and friendly little robot is a perfect tool for teaching sequencing, estimation, problem-solving, and just having fun! Find Out More! Bee-Bots × By showing you these computer science resources we hope we can help you integrate computer science into the subject you teach. We don’t expect you to replace your entire curriculum with robots. We hope we can provide computer-oriented assistance for your subject and give new ways for your students to learn. We don’t want to reinvent the wheel, we want to help it spin! A large amount of these resources are from Hour of Code , a great place to find beginner coding activities. If you need any help integrating comptuer science with your subject, please contact your assigned teacher specialist. Recharge via computer or wall socket Memory up to 40 steps Robust and small design No confusing programming Clear and bright buttons Fantistic cross-curricular resources (not suitable in sand or water) Worried about the price? Our district may have a plan for that, ask us first! Contact Sherri.Lords@washk12.org for more information Makey Makey First set up takes seconds. Start out easy with a banana piano. Then create game controllers, invent musical instruments, make voting machines, and light up paper circuits. Connect Makey Makey to the world and the possibilities are endless! Find Out More! Makey Makey × Makey Makey started out as a project that was initiated by two students at MIT Media Lab under the advisorship of Mitch Resnick and is an academic and artistic project. Now it’s both a business and a project with thousands of community collaborators, with more joining the ranks of inventors everyday. Check out more ways to use Makey Makey Worried about the price? Our district may have a plan for that, ask us first! Contact sherri.lords@washk12.org for more information Contact stephanie.wilber@washk12.org for more information Micro:bits The BBC micro:bit is a handheld, programmable micro-computer that can be used for all sorts of cool creations, from robots to musical instruments – the possibilities are endless. Find Out More! Micro:bits × It can be coded from any web browser in Blocks, Javascript, Python, Scratch and more; no software required. Micro:bit is widely used in schools around the world, from Finland and Iceland to Singapore and Sri Lanka. We have dozens of fantastic activities and lesson plans geared towards primary and secondary school teachers. There are over 200 different activities and resources to try from easy experiments to creative coding challenges. Check out the Micro:bit Curriculum! Worried about the price? Our district may have a plan for that, ask us first! Contact sherri.lords@washk12.org for more information Contact stephanie.wilber@washk12.org for more information Ozobots Ozobot is an award-winning robot for the next generation of creators. It can be coded two ways: online with OzoBlockly and screen-free with Color Codes. The Ozobot mission is to inspire young minds to go from consuming technology to creating it. Find Out More! Ozobots × Color Codes Made with markers and paper, Color Codes teach basic coding concepts like cause/effect and debugging. Find a Color Code chart and inspiration. Check out Color Codes OzoBlockly Powered by Google’s Blockly, the OzoBlockly Editor has five skill levels from Pre-Reader to Master. Use it to design games or hack your Ozobot’s behavior. Check out OzoBlockly Games Learn OzoBlockly basics with ShapeTracer, check out OzoLaunch and other exciting Evo App games, and get printables and web challenges compatible with both Evo and Bit. Check out Games Check out the Ozobot Curriculum! Worried about the price? Our district may have a plan for that, ask us first! Contact sherri.lords@washk12.org for more information Contact stephanie.wilber@washk12.org for more information Lego League Junior It’s never too early to discover STEM. FIRST LEGO League Jr. is designed to introduce STEM concepts to kids ages 6 to 10 while exciting them through a brand they know and love − LEGO®. Find Out More! Lego League Junior × Guided by adult coaches and FIRST® Core Values, students build models using LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0 and create Show Me posters to present what they learned. The program focuses on building interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through a real-world challenge – to be solved by research, critical thinking, and imagination. Check out more Lego League Here! Questions? Our district may have answers, ask us! Contact sherri.lords@washk12.org for more information Contact stephanie.wilber@washk12.org for more information Intermediate School By showing you these computer science resources we hope we can help you integrate computer science into the subject you teach. We don’t expect you to replace your entire curriculum with robots. We hope we can provide computer-oriented assistance for your subject and give new ways for your students to learn. We don’t want to reinvent the wheel, we want to help it spin! A large amount of these resources are from Hour of Code , a great place to find beginner coding activities. If you need any help integrating comptuer science with your subject, please contact your assigned teacher specialist. Contact our Intermediate Specialist Helene Morse Lava Ridge Intermediate helene.morse@washk12.org Karel the Dog Giving commands to a computer, which is what programming is all about, is just like giving commands to a dog. Learn how to code with Karel the Dog—a fun, accessible, and visual introduction to text or block-based programming that teaches fundamental concepts like commands and functions to beginners. Find Out More! Programming with Karel × Giving commands to a computer, which is what programming is all about, is just like giving commands to a dog. Learn how to code with Karel the Dog—a fun, accessible, and visual introduction to text or block-based programming that teaches fundamental concepts like commands and functions to beginners. Check out more Here! Questions? Our district may have answers, ask us! Contact helene.morse@washk12.org for more information Karel the...