Google CS First: Friends
CS First is a free program that offers computer science projects for students aged 9-14 who sign up to be part of the club. In the friends project, students move through eight activities that focus on an creating programs with a friend and developing computer science skills. Activities include creating a truth and lie game, designing an imaginary future, making a collaborative game, creating advertising for a joint company and a reflective scrapbook. Each activity is supported by a video and project starters which students use to remix and create their own stories. Lesson plans accompany the student activities.
Additional details
Year band(s) | 5-6 |
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Content type | Course or tutorial |
Format | Web page |
Core and overarching concepts | Implementation (programming), Algorithms, Computational thinking |
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI6P02
Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration
AC9TDI6P05
Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input |
Technologies & Programming Languages | Scratch |
Keywords | Algorithms, Programming, Computational Thinking, Loops, Conditional statements, Variables, Computer games, Collaborative learning |
Organisation | |
Copyright | Google Inc. Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0. |
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