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Programming and PB&J

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Students use peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as a method for learning computer programming skills. In this computer programming lesson, students write a detailed, step-by-step program for how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Students input their instructions to the computer and the teacher makes the programs.

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Computer Programming, coding

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Computer Programming, peanut butter and jelly, programming, english language arts
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Grade
6th - 7th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
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Ed Software

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