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Intro to Coding

Description: 

Students will learn basic coding skills using ipads, osmos and ozbots and following up on code.org.  

Learning Targets: 
Students will be able to complete basic coding tasks
Link: 
Intro to Coding
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gPrfVU_PxzJOEH0hOKkhMgfsO3jpoXHvnwB422CA5-8/edit
Author: 
wickmanl
Content Area: 
Technology
Computer Science
Language: 
English
Resource Type: 
Lesson
Grade: 
K-5
Tags: 
coding
Ozobots
Osmos
Ipads
Kahoot
STEAM

What concepts or procedures are being explained or demonstrated in this lesson object?

Benchmarks/Common Core:

  • METS.3_5.CI.3 participate in discussions about technologies (past, present, and future) to understand these developments are the result of human creativity

  • METS.3_5.RI.2  use digital tools to find, organize, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information

  • METS.3_5.TC.1  use basic input and output devices (e.g., printers, scanners, digital cameras, video recorders, projectors)

Objective(s)/Essential Question: What is coding?

Materials/Resources: Ozobots, Osmos, 5 iPads

Introduction/Warm-Up: How does a computer know what to do? Explain to students that a computer doesn’t have a brain like a human. (A computer is really kinda dumb :-) Computers are all around us and the way computers do what we want them to do is by CODING.

Procedure/Activities:

Lesson slides:

  1. Introduction

  2. Explain how we will use the technology with video overviews of the technology tools

  3. Ozobot: Osmo Coding Osmo: Coding Jam

  4. There is a TEAM in STEAM!.

    1. What will our groups look and sound like as we explore today?

    2. Thinking like a scientist… what questions will we ask?

  5. Show students where they will start in the rotations (on smartboard)

  6. Begin rotations. Circulate and remind students about science inquiry.

  7. Have students change groups….take a minute to “debrief” incoming groups

Lesson Conclusion/Summary: What did we learn? How do these learning tools help us learn the language of coding?

Assessment: Formative /Summative: In the last few minutes of class, have students respond to this Kahoot! In teams of 5.

Follow-Up Lesson(s):

Use the hourofcode lessons on code.org to help student get more hands on experience with coding.

What was your experience, both successes and challenges, using this lesson object with your students?

Notes/Reflection:

Students need lots of help to ask questions of one another when highly engaged. How can I get them to ask questions of one another? Some possible ways to dig deeper with this lesson include: use sticky notes so kids can leave a “challenge” for the next group as they move to the next rotation. Assign roles to people in the group so that the person not “driving” is charged with “thinking like a scientist”.