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Iste: Computational Thinking for All

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Advances in computing have expanded our capacity to solve problems at a scale never before imagined, using strategies that have not been available to us before. This professional article introduces educators to the idea of teaching...
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Google

Google for Education: Exploring Computational Thinking Lessons and Examples

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Incorporate computational thinking into a curriculum with these classroom-ready lessons, examples, and programs. Lessons include complete teacher editions, student worksheets, and any applicable Python programs.
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Code.org

Code Studio: Computational Thinking

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Introduce the Computational Thinking model as a way of preparing real-world problems for digital representation. With nothing but paper and markers, students learn the four steps of computational thinking.
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Google

Google for Education: Modeling Projectile Motion Using Computational Thinking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this demonstration, students see how they can model the phenomenon of projectiile motion with computational thinking in order to make predictions and better understand the concepts.
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Google

Google for Education: Model Electron Configuration Using Computational Thinking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
With this demonstration, students will learn to use computational thinking to better understand how the atomic number of an element affects how its electrons are configured.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Computing

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a comprehensive list of computing dictionaries in just about any language imaginable.
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Google

Google for Education: Exploring Computational Thinking: What Is Ct?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn about computational thinking which involves a set of problem-solving skills and techniques that software engineers use to write programs that underlie the computer applications you use such as search, email, and maps.
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Harvard University

Scratch Ed: Computational Thinking With Scratch: What Is Computational Thinking?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A Computational Thinking curriculum guide which develops fluency with computational concepts, practices and perspectives.
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University of Washington

University of Washington: Cs: Six Computational Thinking Practices

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Underpinning the study of computer science are these six computational thinking practices. These practices are the kinds of activities computer scientists use.
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Computer Science for Fun: What Is Computational Thinking?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Find out about teaching computational in the classroom, and then link to some classroom resources and student activities to teach these skills.
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Csta: Computational Thinking: A Digital Age Skill for Everyone [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The National Science Foundation asked a group of thought leaders to bring the concepts of computational thinking to the K-12 classroom.
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Exploring Computer Science: Computational Thinking for Everyone

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, Jeannette M. Wing, presents her vision that computational thinking will be a fundamental skill used by everyone in the world by the middle of the 21st Century.
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BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: Introduction to Computational Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the four cornerstones of computational thinking, and how these contribute to task completion and learning.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Cloud Computing

For Students 9th - 10th
Wouldn't it be great if all of our documents could be stored on the internet rather than eating up our hard drive space? The concept is 'cloud computing' and this issue provides some concern over this new type of computing.
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Acm: Association for Computing Machinery

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the site of the first society of computing and features a digital library, workshops, conferences, publications and special interest groups (SIGs).
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The Association for Computational Linguistics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is devoted to the computational linguistics community and contains membership information, publications and journals, and special interest groups.
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Npa: Advocate for the International Network Computing Professional

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is devoted to network computing professionals and contains publication and event and career information.
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Queen's Printer for Ontario

E workshop.on.ca: Effective Instr'n in Math, K 6: Multidigit Computation [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Volume 5 in an eworkshop Guide to Effective Instruction in Math outlines and illustrates instructional strategies for teach basic facts and multidigit computation to students in kindergarten through grade 6.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Introduction to Evolutionary Computation

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students are introduced to the concepts of evolution by natural selection and digital evolution software. They learn about the field of evolutionary computation, which applies the principles of natural selection to solve engineering...
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Google

Google for Education: Modeling the Genome Using Computational Thinking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Some example problems where students model biological phenomena with computational thinking in order to make predictions and better understand their world.
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Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Online Safety in the Computing Curriculum

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A key aspect of a computing curriculum is being digitally literate. Online technologies play a huge role and so providing a broad and balanced online safety education at each key stage is vital to ensuring that pupils can navigate the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Computing Powers of a Number

For Students 9th - 10th
Although JavaScript has a built in pow function that computes powers of a number, learn how to write a similar function recursively.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Computing Basic Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Computing data statistics by examining data patterns.
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The History of Computing Project

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a the history of computing devices, software, computer companies and biographies.

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