Science 2: Computer Science

Teachers can use the online bee-bot emulator with students to teach the concept of giving commands in a sequence

Ocado's new warehouse has thousands of robots zooming around a grid system to pack groceries. This is a great video to use with students to show them how robots can help humans save time.

This free app, available on a variety of platforms, has young children (ages 5-7) programming their own interactive stories and games.

Learn about the fun activities you can do in Scratch Jr.

Using Ozobots, students will create paths to help animals collect food, avoid predators and reach their habitats. Maze; Chart; Sample Maze

Using a binary code alphabet data set, students will decode vocabulary in order to discover the water cycle. Worksheets: Collection; Condensation; Evaporation; Precipitation. Coding Sheets: Collection; Condensation; Evaporation; Precipatation; Water Cycle; Answers

Using Lego, Duplo or other building blocks, students will be challenged to practice coding without the use of a computer. Pieces; Example

Students design and construct a sound shield while applying their knowledge of sound properties Slides; Handout; Rubric

Students use code blocks to design a thought experiment to identify if an imaginary sample is solid or liquid.

Students program Ozobots to act like particles inside of different states of matter.

Using the game, “Two Truths and a Lie”, students will learn the difference truth and lies Handout; Images

Students explore water usage by assessing personal and home consumption. They will create a water use timer for water conservation. Slideshow; Assessment

Students use coding devices to do plugged sequential coding to create number sentences while using a 100's chart.

Students will read a story and help the squirrel to find, share and store acorns in the forest, and to problem solve using coding skills.

In this lesson students will have to write unplugged codes using a sequence of actions on a 100's carpet or 10 x 10 grid to pick up enough coins that equal 75¢ to buy a marker.

Students will create and perform a set of dances in a chosen sequence containing precise unplugged instructions for performing the dances.

Each of these activities gives you a quick way to learn how to do new things with ScratchJr. They are listed here in order of simplest to hardest

This playlist of 15 videos from the makers of Scratch Jr will get kids (ages 5-8) started in coding short programs in Scratch Jr.