CS First and Scratch

Getting Started with CS First and Scratch

CS First is Google's Computer Science resource. It is totally self-contained and has videos, lessons, and activities to get your students coding in an easy that doesn't require YOU to be an expert. It also allows you to see what your students are doing in Scratch, even if you don't follow the lessons in lockstep.

1. Teachers Creating CS First Classes.MP4

Teachers: How to Create Classes. Hint: It's super easy and links to Classroom,

2. Students Signing in to CS First through Google Classroom and Google Workspace Accounts.MP4

How students sign-in.

CS First Teacher Instructions

Teacher step-by-step instructions

Screenshots of how to get your class going with CS First

Student View CS First

Student Step-by-step instructions


Scratch on its own

Coding Shapes in Scratch

Coding Shapes with Scratch

We will code a Spirograph with triangles


A "clear screen" button

A "triangle" code

Adapt it into a Spirograph code by turning the triangle each time by a small amount