Creative Computing (MS)
- Level Middle School
- Contact Hours 80
- Timeframe Semester
The Creative Computing course is a beginner computer science course introducing the basics of programming. Students learn JavaScript with Karel and Python with Tracy the Turtle. Students also create a personal portfolio website in HTML and CSS showcasing projects they build throughout the course.
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MODULES - 3
Students learn the basics of HTML, CSS, and the processes involved in viewing web pages on the internet.
Students learn about JavaScript syntax, functions, control structures, and proper programming formatting by giving commands to Karel the dog. Students can use either text or blocks to code.
Students learn Python commands, functions, and control structures by drawing shapes and solving puzzles with Turtle Graphics.
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| Standards Framework | Alignment |
|---|---|
| Georgia Foundations of Computer Programming | 79% View |
| Alaska 6-8 | 69% View |
| Nevada Tech 6-8 | 67% View |
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Four, at an introductory level: JavaScript through Karel the Dog, Python through Tracy the Turtle, and HTML and CSS for the portfolio website. The point is breadth rather than depth in one language.
No. It is described as a beginner computer science course introducing the basics of programming, and each language starts from the beginning.
A personal portfolio website in HTML and CSS showcasing the projects they build across the course.
It covers more ground at a slower pace. This course runs 80 hours and teaches four languages; Creative Computing (HS) runs 65 hours and concentrates on HTML, CSS and JavaScript, adding a JavaScript graphics unit and a networks and security unit that this one does not have.
CodeHS lists it in the Middle School Pathway for grades 6 through 8.
About 80 contact hours, built to run as a semester course.
