💻 Computers & Making
Typing and using a computer, coding and making (games, robots, circuits), and how AI and the internet work and how to stay safe on them, ordered by the CSTA K–12 computer science standards.
⌨️ Typing & Using a Computer
Mouse and keys first, then touch typing by the Common Core keyboarding lines (a page in 4th grade, two in 5th, three in 6th).
🤖 Coding & Games
Algorithms and programming: steps, loops, conditionals, variables, functions, then algorithms and data structures; plus making games, robots and circuits.
- Walk the robotPre-K
- One step at a timeK to 2nd
- Loops3rd to 5th
- If there's a wall3rd to 5th
- A box that remembers3rd to 5th
- Design your own game3rd to 5th
- Light it up3rd to 5th
- Is it a robot?3rd to 5th
- Search smart6th to 8th
- Functions6th to 8th
- Ones and zeros6th to 8th
- How games are made6th to 8th
- How robots work6th to 8th
- Sort a jumbled listHigh school
- Will it still be fast?High school
- A function that calls itselfHigh school
- How undo worksHigh school
- Switches that do sumsHigh school
- Bugs through historyHigh school
🌐 AI & the Internet
Online safety and privacy, telling true from false, how the internet moves data, and how AI learns and writes.
- Ask a grown-upPre-K
- Keep it privateK to 2nd
- What is AI?K to 2nd
- Tricks and passwords3rd to 5th
- Real or fake?3rd to 5th
- How AI learns3rd to 5th
- Spot a trick message6th to 8th
- Secret codes6th to 8th
- Your digital footprint6th to 8th
- How a picture travels online6th to 8th
- Why you see what you see6th to 8th
- How the internet moves dataHigh school
- What the little lock meansHigh school
- Cookies and trackingHigh school
- Can you trust this website?High school
- How chatbots writeHigh school