SC.35.CS-CS.1.3 (Discontinued after 2024-2025)

Students will explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and use computational thinking and Machine Learning (ML) to pretrain a model to recognize and identify objects, including geometric shapes and aircraft. They will used unplugged activities to mimic sorting and classification of the objects using their prior knowledge and then make connections to human learning and Machine Learning. Students will then problem solve and propose solutions using computational thinking to improve the ML model to better recognize the objects. This lesson is an integrated Computer Science, Science and Math lesson designed for students in grades 3-5 to apply math and science content knowledge while exploring and using computational thinking as they think like Computer Engineers and reflect on potential career paths.

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Students will learn about the Washington Monument and its importance as an American symbol. They will interact with a Scratch program to learn basic facts about the monument and then complete a graphic organizer based on online research. This is lesson one of a 4-part integrated computer science and civics mini-unit.

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Students will learn about the figure of Uncle Sam and its importance as an American symbol. They will interact with a Scratch program to learn basic facts about the icon and then complete a comic strip based on online research. This is lesson two of a 4-part integrated computer science and civics mini-unit.

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Students will learn about Mount Rushmore and its importance as an American symbol. They will interact with a Scratch program to learn basic facts about Mount Rushmore and then complete online research on the topic and fill out a graphic organizer. This is lesson three of a 4-part integrated computer science and civics mini-unit.

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This is lesson 3 of 3 in the Goldilocks’ Café Just Right unit. This lesson focuses on systematic investigation on getting a cup of coffee to be the “just right” temperature and turbidity level. Students will use both the temperature probe and turbidity sensor and code using ScratchX during their investigation.

Type: Lesson Plan

This is lesson 2 of 3 in the Just Right Goldilocks’ Café unit. This lesson focuses on systematic investigation on getting a cup of coffee to be the “just right” level of turbidity. Students will use turbidity sensors and code using ScratchX during their investigation.

Type: Lesson Plan

This is lesson 1 of 3 in the Just Right Goldilocks’ Café unit. This lesson focuses on systematic investigation on getting a cup of coffee to be the “just right” temperature. Students will use temperature probes and code using ScratchX during their investigation.

Type: Lesson Plan