9-12 Hour of Code Resources
Celebrate Computer Science Ed Week with an Hour of Code!
What is Hour of Code?
What will you create?
Creativity is the theme for the 2018 Hour of Code! Post to social media with this format:
Creativity is _______ What will you create? #HourOfCode #CSforGWAEA #CSforIA
How do I host an Hour of Code?
Or, you can follow the steps outlined in the video below:
Choose an Hour of Code Activity
We picked out a few unplugged (or offline) and online activities we really like for 9-12 grade students and shared them below. You can also use Spheros, MicroBit, or 3D printers if you already have them in your classroom or school.
Unplugged Activities
CodeHS Pixel Art
Unplugged Activity
After learning about how graphics work, students will create their own Color by Pixel programs. The lesson plan consists of four parts, each covering a specific topic. The entire five-part Color by Pixel lesson is designed to run approximately one hour.
Coding: Conditionals Lesson Plan
Unplugged Activity
This is a lesson plan in which students explore conditional statements, a concept used across coding languages. Students will watch an educational hip-hop video about conditionals and answer discussion questions. They'll then practice determining whether conditions are true and carrying out actions accordingly. Finally, they'll write their own conditional statements and evaluate statements to predict the outcome of programs.
Knight's Tour
Unplugged Activity
This activity involves trying to solve a puzzle using two different representations. To start with it is fairly hard, but when the representation of the board and moves is changed it becomes really easy. Create graphs to represent the problem. See the power of using abstraction and how the choice of representation can make a problem much easier. This activity follows from the Tour Guide activity.
Online Activities
The Processing Foundation - Hello Processing
Self-led Tutorial
What does it mean to write software to do the things that you often do with your hands, with paper, with pencil with paint? Could you use a computer to create drawings? To create animations? To create images?
Khan Academy: Databases
Self-led Tutorial
Khan Academy: Databases teaches you to manipulate data in a database and make your own custom store.
Wonder Woman
Self-led Tutorial
In this activity, you'll code three unique scenes from the film using Blockly, an introductory coding language, to help Wonder Woman navigate obstacles and reach her goal. You'll use the power of sequences, variables, loops and conditionals to help Diana train against her opponents.
Spread the Word Before and Celebrate After your Hour of Code
Beyond an Hour of Code - Save the Date!
Save the date for our Computer Science Workshop February 12, 2019 from 8:30 - 11:30a at our 6th Street building in Cedar Rapids. We'll learn more about Iowa's Computer Science standards, share strategies for incorporating computer science and coding into core subjects and plan for next steps in your classroom and building. Please sign up for course #168479 and bring a team including administrators, instructional coaches, and teachers.
Questions? Contact Us!
Hour of Code is a wonderful way to build excitement and provide students and educators opportunities to code! Please contact Corey Rogers if you're interested in incorporating Computer Science and coding into your learning community.
If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to Corey (crogers@gwaea.org) or your district's Digital Learning Consultant for more information.
Email: crogers@gwaea.org
Website: dlgwaea.org
Location: 4401 6th Street Southwest, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
Phone: 3193825902
Twitter: @dlgwaea