Valley Elementary / Middle School

  

Hazleton Area's Computer Science Vision Statement: The vision of the Hazleton Area School District Computer Science Initiative is promoting 21st century skills like creativity, collaboration and communication to help close the digital divide and participation gap for all student learners.  Students will engage in computational thinking projects, develop data literacy skills, and be exposed to basic computer programming languages.

 

 

 

COMPUTER SCIENCE UNIT PLANS
8th Grade Computer Science [Code.org]	45 Day Unit
Unplugged Activities Week	unplugged
Computer Basics Unit
Extra CS Computer Resources
Code.org Unit [Block Coding]	<Code> Resources
Microbit Unit [Block Coding]	Microbit Resources
Scratch Unit [Block Coding]	Scratch  Resources
Sphero Unit [Block Coding]	Sphero Challenges
Lego Mindstorm Unit [Block Coding]	Lego Resources
Coding, HTML  [Script]	HTML Resources
CSMU Academy  [Script]	CSMU Resources
Bonus Computational Thinking Activities
PA COMPUTER SCIENCE STANDARDS
Computer Science Framework
Computer Basics  Yellow Pack Part One	PROBLEM SOLVING UNIT PDF FILE

Why We Teach Computer Science

CS Promotes 21st Century Skills like creativity, coll.aboration, and communication.
CS skills will help level the playing field and help close the "digital divide" and "participation gap" around tech for all students
CS is often project based approaches that can enhance school pedagogy and move away from sage on the stage approaches