Resources for CS, Coding, and Hour of Code®

interested in hour of code activities?

Participate in Hour of Code® at ESD 105!

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Computer Science Standards:

• Washington's K-12 Computer Science Learning Standards
• National Computer Science Standards
• National K-12 Computer Science Framework
• Progression of CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards

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Learn about GRACE HOPPER

• "Who is Grace Hopper" (Women's Stories)
• "Grace Hopper--She taught computers to talk" (60 Minutes news show)
• Grace Hopper Debugging Activity (lesson, provided as a PDF)
• Grace Hopper - Wikipedia (Wikipedia page)

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NASA Celebrates Hour of Code

• Watch NASA's introduction of Hour of Code from Space!
• Careers with Computer Science: Aerospace Engineer at NASA

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Hour of Code: The main resource for "Hour of Code"

• https://hourofcode.com/
• Informational video about Hour of Code
• How-to, including a video, activities, tutorials; how to plan, promote, celebrate Hour of Code
• Place your school on the map of the world to identify your participation!
• Hour of Code FAQs
• Informational video for teachers
• Beyond the Hour of Code

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Code.org: Bring computer science to your school!

• Activities and resources for students, parents, and teachers
• About Code.org

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Computer Educational Week  (CSEdWeek):

An annual call to action to inspire K-12 students to learn computer science, advocate for equity, and celebrate the contributions of students, teachers, and partners to the field

• Computer Science Week
• CS Heroes from CS Education Week
• CS Education Week teaching and learning materials
• Meet the Computer Science Changemakers meet some of the changemakers working to make computer science education more equitable

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Girls Who Code

• https://girlswhocode.com/

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Code with Google

Code with Google provides resources to enhance subject areas with CS skills, augment an existing CS course, and encourage self-directed learning. This page provides multiple resources. Find 1-hour activities and lesson plans for classroom activities.

While the above links provide quite a few resources, the links below may provide some focused ideas for Hour of Code activities:

• Hour of Code lessons from CS First (Design Your Name: animate your name by coding); Build a Superhero (use loops, events, sequencing); My Google Logo (design and animate a Google logo).
• Hands-on lessons with instructional videos
• Curriculum finder (select a subject area to view suggested activities for your selected subject area)
• Code.org and Google's Blockly millions of students learning computer science using Blockly

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Code Next (Google)

• Google's Code Next program works with high schoolers to cultivate the next generation of Black, Latinx, and Native tech leaders.

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Behind the Doodle: Gerald "Jerry" Lawson

• Learn about the person who led the team that developed the first home video gaming system with interchangeable game cartridges
• (Learn about other Google Doodles ("Doodles are the fun, surprising and sometimes spontaneous changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries and the lives of famous artists, pioneers and scientists!)

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Winter Holiday themed Coding Activities

• Code with the Grinch!
• Code with Anna and Elsa from FROZEN!
• Elf Dancing
• Holiday coding
• Ice Art coding
• Holiday Coding Activities: 15 Fun Winter STEM Ideas
• Holiday Coding Activities from Code to Discover

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning

• https://studio.code.org/s/aiml-2022

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CS Journeys: virtual field trips and Career chats

• https://code.org/csjourneys/csadventures#trips

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Kahoot: Amazon Fulfillment Center (Robotics)

• https://kahoot.com/blog/2022/09/08/amazon-future-engineer-kahoot-academy/

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Coding in Minecraft

• " 'Coding in Minecraft' is available at no cost to all Public Schools in Washington. Email wa@codingcredentials.com for further information"
• Find resources at https://codingcredentials.com/

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Industry Tour Info

• Amazon Future Engineer Tour (Live Virtual Tour)
  • https://www.amazonfutureengineer.com/fctours 
  • A Teacher Resource Kit is also available at the above website
• Amazon Fulfillment Centers Tour (On-site, Live Virtual, Recorded)
  • https://amazontours.com/na/onsite
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Skills Center
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIAoYjOcdmg
• Microsoft
  • https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/visitorcenter/default
• Living Computer Museum (Seattle)
  • https://www.livingcomputers.org/

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Careers in Computer Science and Tech Videos

Code.org provides resources about careers within Computer Science and Tech, along with viewing guides for teachers to use in the classroom. Find the videos and resources here.

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CS Organizations & Resources:

Code.org
CSforAll
CSEdWeek
Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA)