Connecticut Computer Science: 6th Grade
- Level Middle School
- Contact Hours 60
- Timeframe Quarter
This Connecticut course is an introductory course for 6th grade. Students learn the basics of programming with Karel the dog and Tracy the turtle, computing, and digital citizenship.
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MODULES - 6
Students learn the basics of JavaScript as they follow Karel the Dog on two fun-filled adventures. Recommended for early middle school.
Students learn the basics of JavaScript as they follow Karel the Dog on two fun-filled adventures.
Students explore different technologies and the impact they have on our world.
Students will learn how to use basic commands, variables, and functions in their programs using the Python programming language. Recommended for early middle school.
Students learn about Internet etiquette and how to stay safe on the world wide web.
Students synthesize all they've learned in this course to complete a project where they use a device to collect and analyze data to find an answer to a question they have.
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An introduction to programming with Karel the Dog and Tracy the Turtle, plus computing and digital citizenship.
No. It is described as an introductory course for 6th grade and starts with Karel and Tracy, which each reduce a real language to a handful of commands.
6th grade. CodeHS places it at 6th in the Connecticut Middle School Computer Science pathway.
About 60 contact hours, built to run as a quarter-long course.
Connecticut Computer Science: 7th Grade, which continues with Karel and adds art, game design, how the internet works, and web pages in HTML and CSS.
