CS+Earth is a 7-week, flexible, project-based curriculum designed as part of a US Department of Education grant to San Diego Unified School District. All materials are freely available and modifiable under a CC BY-NC-SA license.
Can MY students do this? Yes! This curriculum is designed both for students with no prior programming experience. Additionally, we designed the curriculum to be accessible to TEACHERS with no prior programming experience - in part using our "UCSD Does, We Do, You Do" model where UC San Diego experts model expert teacher moves.
How much time does it take? CS+Earth is a flexible curriculum. We provide 4 hours of curriculum per week, but it's designed so you can do as much or as little as fits your situation. We recommend doing Lessons 1 and 2 from each week before going to the next week, but if you can't do that, do Lesson 1 from as many weeks as you want!
How do I get started? Go to Teacher Unit Resources to find out what to print and how to use the key resources. Then, start with the Introductory Week lessons!
More questions? Check out the Curriculum FAQ.
Check out all our upper elementary curriculum.
the team
Curriculum Designers
Dr. Emily Thomforde
Dr. Beth Simon
Bryan Flaig
Development Team
Mirelle Castañeda
Kaitlin Kogami
Renelle Gadon
Veeva Gathani
Jose Guaro
Christian Demesa
Zoe Li
Amy Park
Project Manager
Art Lopez