For grade 6 teachers: Understanding Computer Science and Computational Thinking is a review of Computational thinking.
Ideas for computational thinking lessons
Grade 6 focuses especially on abtraction
Abstraction: Coding Shapes with Scratch
This can be done in Scratch through CS First OR through.
Understanding the design thinking propcess is one of the main outcomes.
This is a GREAT example of a design thinking challenge you can do!
This is similar to the Coding Shapes Scratch activity above, but instead Finch bots.
Vincibots
Video: Getting Started with Microbit
Lesson 1 continued
Cross-curricular science projects with coding for sensory stimuli outcomes for grade 4 science: Virtual pet.
Magnetism, compass, Gforce
See slide 17 of the Getting Started with Microbits for more projects or do Micto Chat or any of the projects on Make Code for more practice.
Here's a full design progression that uses Tinkercad covers MANY of your computer science outcomes! You CAN 3D print the designs, but that's not essential.
Cross-curricular science projects with coding and these kits. Learning Outcome: Students investigate and analyze various energy resources. Contact Darren!