K-12 Computer Science Curriculum Guide - EDC

MASSACHUSETTS

K-12 Computer Science

Curriculum Guide

MassCAN

Massachusetts Computing

Attainment Network

MASSACHUSETTS K-12 COMPUTER SCIENCE

CURRICULUM GUIDE

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Education, under James

Peyser, Secretary of Education, funded the development of this guide. Anne DeMallie,

Computer Science and STEM Integration Specialist at Massachusetts Department

of Elementary and Secondary Education, provided help as a partner, writer, and

coordinator of crosswalks to the Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer

Science Standards. Steve Vinter, Tech Leadership Advisor and Coach, Google, wrote

the section titled ¡°What Are Computer Science and Digital Literacy?¡± Padmaja

Bandaru and David Petty, Co-Presidents of the Greater Boston Computer Science

Teachers Association (CSTA), supported the engagement of CSTA members as

writers and reviewers of this guide.

Jim Stanton and Farzeen Harunani

EDC and MassCAN

Editors

Editing and design services provided by Digital Design Group, EDC.

An electronic version of this guide is available on the EDC website ().

This version includes hyperlinks to many resources.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS GUIDE.................................................... VII

INTRODUCTION................................................................................................ 1

WHAT ARE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND DIGITAL LITERACY?................... 2

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRICULA AND TOOLS..................................... 5

Computer Science Fundamentals ............................................................................................................................... 6

KIBO Robot Kits................................................................................................................................................................... 8

LEGO WeDo Construction Kit.......................................................................................................................................10

Elementary School Computer Science...................................................................................................................... 12

PLTW Launch.......................................................................................................................................................................14

ScratchJr................................................................................................................................................................................ 18

STEM+C Integrated Modules........................................................................................................................................20

MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULA AND TOOLS ............................................ 23

Bootstrap..............................................................................................................................................................................24

Codecademy....................................................................................................................................................................... 28

Creative Computing Curriculum..................................................................................................................................30

Computer Science Discoveries.................................................................................................................................... 32

Edison Robots....................................................................................................................................................................34

Finch Robot ........................................................................................................................................................................36

Khan Academy Computing...........................................................................................................................................38

LEGO Mindstorms EV3 ................................................................................................................................................. 40

Micro:bit¡¯s Intro to CS .....................................................................................................................................................44

Middle School Pathways in Computer Science......................................................................................................46

Middle Years Computer Science..................................................................................................................................48

STEM: Explore, Discover, Apply...................................................................................................................................50

PLTW Gateway...................................................................................................................................................................54

Project Growing Up Thinking Scientifically (GUTS).............................................................................................58

Zulama Game Design Fundamentals........................................................................................................................ 60

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