Oklahoma Computer Science: 5th Grade
- Level Elementary School
- Number of Lessons 30
- Grade 5th
This course is designed to provide computer science instruction for Oklahoma 5th grade students. Students learn programming and principles of computer science, including: computing systems, networks and the Internet, data analysis, algorithms and programming, and impacts of computing.
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UNITS - 8 (30 lessons)
This module reviews core programming vocabulary, coordinate plane animation, and drawing tools for creating custom sprites and backdrops.
This module covers balancing screen time and responsible technology use, computing system troubleshooting, and computational thinking applied to designing a neighborhood.
This module builds event programming skills, teaches comparing and refining algorithms for efficiency, and practices debugging through a pizza-making program.
This module teaches looping through pen-based turtle graphics and multi-scene loop animations.
This module builds conditional logic, planning and decomposition, variables, and lists through maze programs, quest planning, dance control, and a shopping simulator, while emphasizing proper attribution.
This module introduces clones, classes and objects with randomization, and functions with input to build interactive games and personalized paint-by-number programs.
This culminating module applies design thinking to create an app addressing a user's need.
This module covers advanced digital citizenship and networking topics including cybersecurity laws, technology's cultural impact, digital etiquette, data inquiry, research communication, file management, global collaboration, and network fundamentals.
Explore a sample lesson from this course!
5th grade students build advanced programs using algorithms, loops, conditionals, variables, clones, classes, objects, and functions, with projects like turtle graphics, a throwing acorns game, and a paint-by-numbers program, ending with designing an app. They also research cybersecurity laws, explore how emerging technology affects communities, analyze data in a line graph, create a PSA on healthy sleep habits, and collaborate with another community on a digital tourism ad.
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. Some units end with a short quiz that can be assigned digitally, played as a QuizBuzz activity, or printed. 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 5th grade content.
Oklahoma Computer Science: 5th Grade is aligned to the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Computer Science. 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.
