Computer Science Week 2020
December 7-13
This week marks the 5th celebration of Computer Science Education Week. Computer Science Education Week was founded as a call to action to raises awareness about the need to highlight computer science education at all levels and to illustrate the critical role of computing in all careers.
FHSA celebrates this week by providing the students with opportunities to explore and experience computer science in engaging ways. Below you will find a list of resources and activities for students to explore during this week:
Notable Computer Scientists
Grace Hopper-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper
Ismail Al-Jazari-https://www.robotshop.com/community/blog/show/fathers-of-robotics-ismail-al-jazari
Katie Bouman-http://users.cms.caltech.edu/~klbouman/
Alan Turing-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
Raye Montague-https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/raye-jean-jordan-montague-5565/
Activities for K-3
Coding with Roly-https://www.education.com/game/cody-2/
Santa Tracker-https://santatracker.google.com/
CS First Unplugged-https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/c/cs-first/en/cs-first-unplugged/cs-first-unplugged/introduction-to-cs-first-unplugged.html
My Online Neighborhood-https://www.commonsense.org/education/videos/my-online-neighborhood
From Hero to Superhero in Scratch- https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/c/cs-first/en/code-your-hero/code-your-hero/introduction-from-hero-to-superhero.html
Activities for 4th Grade and Up
Santa Tracker-https://santatracker.google.com/
SciQuest CodeQuest-https://pbskids.org/scigirls/games/code-quest
Nova Cybersecurity Lab- https://myarkansaspbs.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/nvcy-sci-cyberlab/nova-cybersecurity-lab/
Break Time with Cybersecurity Games- https://www.helpsystems.com/blog/break-time-6-cybersecurity-games-youll-love
Ozaria-https://www.ozaria.com/play/chapter-1-sky-mountain?hour_of_code=true
EarSketch-https://earsketch.gatech.edu/landing/#/
Threat Model House- https://teachingsecurity.org/lesson-1-the-security-mindset/
Nova: What is hacking?- https://myarkansaspbs.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/nvcy-sci-slhackers/the-secret-lives-of-hackers/
Evolution of Trust- https://ncase.me/trust/