K-5th

Hour of Code K-5 Lesson

Students learn how to navigate the Hour of Code website and work on activities available on the website. 

The Most Magnificent Thing: Invention research/application_K-5 

After reading The Most Magnificent Thing, students will work in collaborative groups to design and build a doghouse. They will also read a nonfiction text on debugging and work to debug and improve their design before building. 

Whoosh: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions: Technology Applications_K-5 

Students will work as a team to demonstrate their understanding of how technology inventions impact everyday life. In their demonstration, students will create a comic, either online or on paper, to show their understanding. 

This Bridge Will Not Be Gray: Algorithms and Debugging_1st-5th 

After reading This Bridge Will Not Be Gray, students will work in teams to design a bridge out of paper. After designing, testing and debugging their bridge, students will write an algorithm to teach others how to build their design.