Virginia Computer Science: 4th Grade
- Level Elementary School
- Number of Lessons 32
- Grade 4th
This course is designed to provide computer science and technology instruction for Virginia 4th Grade students. Students learn programming and technology concepts, including: computing systems, networks and the Internet, data analysis, algorithms and programming, and impacts of computing.
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UNITS - 8 (32 lessons)
Reviews core CS vocabulary and coordinate-plane animation basics.
Introduces computing systems, file management and data storage, and computational thinking through designing a school.
Builds skills in events, algorithms, and loops through games like catching a ball and maze debugging, plus a sports careers connection.
Teaches conditionals and game-effect operators through a maze-navigation program and the Scout's Quest conditionals lesson.
Introduces variables and lists to track scores and model forces, using projects like a pong game and a spelling bee.
Introduces clones and functions with boolean inputs through animation and a snake game.
Applies design thinking to build capstone projects including an accessibility redesign, a culture-based choose-your-own-path game, a custom music player, and a data bar graph investigation.
Covers attribution, data analysis, cybersecurity, how networks and packets move information, the impact of computing, and comparing human vs. computer performance.
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