Virginia Computer Science: 5th Grade
- Level Elementary School
- Number of Lessons 32
- Grade 5th
This course is designed to provide computer science and technology instruction for Virginia 5th 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 - 7 (32 lessons)
Reviews core CS vocabulary, coordinate-plane animation, and drawing tools for custom sprites and backdrops.
Introduces computing systems, data storage, and computational thinking through designing a neighborhood.
Builds sequencing, event, and loop skills using drawing tools and turtle graphics, while comparing algorithms, debugging, and researching a CS innovator.
Teaches conditionals and complex if/then/else logic through maze and chase-the-star games, and planning a quest program.
Introduces variables, operators, and lists through a dance program, a coin-flip simulator, and a shopping simulator.
Applies clones, classes/objects, and design thinking to capstone projects including an app design and a line-graph inquiry investigation.
Covers research and attribution, data analysis, digital identity, cyberbullying, cybersecurity laws and policies, networks and protocols, the impact of computing, and an introduction to machine learning.
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5th grade students build advanced programs using events, algorithms, loops, conditionals, operators, variables, lists, clones, classes, and objects, with projects like turtle graphics, a quest program, a shopping simulator, and a throwing acorns game. They research computer science innovators, design an app, and analyze data in a line graph. Students also explore digital identity, cyberbullying, cybersecurity laws, networks and protocols, and innovation, complete a cybersecurity mission, and learn how machines learn.
The course includes 36 lessons, each about 45 minutes long, providing a full year of instruction when taught once a week. Every lesson is built in a ready-to-teach format, with step-by-step videos that walk students through the lesson. Lessons are designed to be teacher-led using an "I do, we do, you do" format, and a self-paced option is also available. Optional review lessons at the start of the course are not counted in the 36 lessons.
No. There are no prerequisites, and the course is designed to support all learners regardless of prior computer science experience. Optional review lessons at the start of the course help students who are new to CodeHop learn the basics before moving into grade-level content.
Virginia Computer Science: 5th Grade is aligned to the Virginia Computer Science Standards of Learning. Lessons required to fully meet the standards are labeled in the course syllabus with the standards they address, and all Digital Literacy lessons are required because they cover essential non-programming computer science concepts.
