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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Hour of Code Is Designed to Inspire Kids From 4 to 104!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
From December 5-11, millions of kids in over 180 countries will take the Hour of Code challenge. The annual initiative, which coincides with Computer Science week, is organized by Seattle-based non-profit Code.org to demystify the world...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Cracking the Code: Explore a Stretch of Code

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the makeup and function of genes and genetic code by exploring an actual stretch of human DNA in this activity.
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Pearson Education: Athletic Code of Conduct: Snowboarding

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this instructional activity, students will analyze the rules of snowboarding as established by the US Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) in order to help them develop an athletic code of conduct for elementary school students. This...
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Medium: 4 Ways to Make Your Code More Reusable

For Students 9th - 10th
Reusable code saves time, energy and cost making it vital in software development. Consider four essential attributes to make code more reusable.
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Code.org

Code.org: Cs Fundamentals: Lesson 4: Debugging With Laurel

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students will practice debugging in the "collector" environment. Students will get to practice reading and editing code to fix puzzles with simple algorithms, loops and nested loops.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tynker Hour of Code: Trail Blazer

For Students K - 1st
Students apply geometry concepts to create patterns and shapes while they learn computer programming.
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NASA

Nasa: Spitzer Science Center: Code of Faraway Worlds

For Students 9th - 10th
Under the heading, "Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds" this site explores the uses of spectrum (and spectrograph, spectra) in planetary study. In addition to an image, a description of spectrum and its uses in space science is provided.
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Teaching Data Science: Teaching Refactoring to Improve Code

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to use refactoring to improve computer code.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Early Experiments on the Genetic Code

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a passage about early experiments on the genetic code and answer the follow-up questions.
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Education.com

Education.com: Morse Code Messaging

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] One of the most important code systems invented is the internationally-recognized Morse code, which matches dots and dashes to letters of the alphabet. This revolutionized communication by sending...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The 1890s: Black Codes

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a brief description of Black Codes, which were set in place in Texas in 1866 and "outlined a status for African Americans not too much removed from their earlier condition as slaves."
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Ww2 Navajo Code Talkers

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the role of Navajo Code Talkers in WW2 through a summary and 27 detailed facts.
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Concord Consortium

The Molecular Logic Database: Mutations: Changing the Genetic Code

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will learn about the different types of mutations and how they work. They will compare the effect of these different types of mutations in DNA, including nucleotide substitution, nucleotide insertion, and nucleotide deletion....
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Code Switch: The Racial History of the "Grandfather Clause"

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the origin of the term "grandfathering in" and how it affected African-American voting rights from the 1870s until 1939.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Ancient Mesopotamia for Kids: Code of Hammurabi

For Students 9th - 10th
On this site, students can learn about the history of the Code of Hammurabi. One of the first written records of a code of law by the Babylonians.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Not According to the Code" by Robert Barr

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Not According to the Code" by Robert Barr, a Scottish author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Other

Directi: Code Chef

For Students 9th - 10th
CodeChef provides a platform for computer programmers to practice their skills through posted problems where users can submit their solutions in the language of their choice. They can also interact with a community of fellow programmers...
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Other

Code.org: Unplugged: Digital Citizenship

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson helps students learn to think critically about the user information that some websites request or require. Students learn the difference between private information and personal information and distinguishing what is safe and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Spy Techniques of the Revolutionary War: Culper Code Book

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a primary source and transcript students decipher and create historically-accurate spy communications like those used by George Washington and the Culper Spy ring in the American Revolutionary War.
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Code.org

Code.org: Cs Fundamentals: My Loopy Robotic Friends

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A reintroduction to loops, using the set of "robot" programming instructions. Students will develop critical thinking skills by looking for patterns of repetition in the movements of classmates and determining how to simplify those...
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Code.org

Code.org: Cs Fundamentals: Input and Output

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students consider a number of computing devices to determine what types of inputs and outputs they use.
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University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Pixel Flow Code Cracking

For Students 9th - 10th
This article reveals some techniques and vulnerabilities in Unix-based computer networks.
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Other

Learn to Code With Me: The 4 Data Structures Every New Developer Should Know

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the four data structures evident inbn computer programming.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Connecting With Digital Audiences

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Code-switching is the action of changing your language, behavior, or appearance based on who you're with or where you are. In this lesson, learners will apply the idea of code-switching to how they use phones and other devices in and...

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