Oklahoma Computer Science: 4th Grade

What Students Will Learn

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UNITS - 8 (33 lessons)

• Optional Review

  This module reviews foundational computer science vocabulary and programming skills, including using the coordinate plane to create animations.

• Getting Started

  This module covers spreading positivity online through a code of conduct, computing system components and troubleshooting, and computational thinking through designing a school.

• Sequences & Events

  This module builds programming skills with events, algorithm design, and pair programming and broadcast messages, while exploring the cultural impact of technology through an interactive timeline and choose-your-own-path game.

• Loops

  This module teaches loop types through a ball-catching game, maze debugging, and animating a poem reading.

• Conditionals & Variables

  This module builds conditional logic, variables, and lists by modifying game effects based on feedback, creating a drawing app, and building a spelling bee game.

• Clones & Functions

  This module introduces clones and functions with boolean and number inputs, applying them to build password-checking programs, drawings, and a flower garden project.

• Culmination Projects

  This module combines conditionals, variables, booleans, and events to build a Whack-a-Mole game, and applies design thinking to improve game accessibility.

• Digital Literacy

  This module covers digital citizenship and networking topics including online etiquette, safety, technology's cultural impact, data inquiry, attribution, file management, and how networks and packets transfer information.