Florida Foundations of Computer Science: Kindergarten

What Students Will Learn

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UNITS - 10 (51 lessons)

• Unplugged Exploration

  Builds foundational understanding of sequences and events without computers, using dance instructions, card-game mazes, and acting out event-triggered actions.

• Getting Started

  Introduces the CodeHopJr platform, basic keyboard skills, computer components, responsible technology use, and computational thinking through morning routines.

• Progamming Exploration

  Walks students through the story-driven Scout Adventures series to explore the programming interface, adding and modifying characters, backgrounds, pages, and motion sequences.

• Sequences and Events

  Teaches events and sequences through a snowball fight animation, a CS careers project on community problem-solving, grow/shrink effects, and math word problems involving place value.

• Pages

  Introduces multi-page programs and page navigation, applying the skill to math activities involving number decomposition, story problems, and number comparisons.

• Block Exploration

  Explores various programming blocks including speed and sound blocks, debugging sequences, and combining shapes to build more complex figures.

• Loops

  Introduces loops and forever loops, applying them to create a fireworks animation and musical patterns.

• Culmination Project

  Culminates the module sequence with an "All About Me" program where students share their favorites using the skills they've learned.

• Digital Literacy

  Covers digital literacy foundations including keyboarding, protecting personal information, an introduction to data and AI, how networks connect devices, and basic research skills.

• Interdisciplinary Connections (Supplemental)

  Offers supplemental cross-curricular projects linking coding to science (living things, weather, survival, motion, plants) and to ELA/social studies (sentence building, storytelling, safety, directions) topics.