Resources for Teaching BJC

For Any/All Units:

• Computing in the News Resources

• Blown to Bits

• Presentation (with activities) on Computational Thinking Practices

• Teacher Created Lab Explanation Youtube Videos (Credit: Mr. G, created for a previous version of the curriculum.)

Unit 1: Introduction to Programming

• Teacher Overview

• Guided Notes

• Programming Journal

• Vocabulary Sheets

• Debugging Strategies

Unit 2:

• Teaching Copyrights

Unit 3:

• Image to help with Map/Keep/Combine

• Videos to help with Map/Keep/Combine

• AI and Bias Lesson (Credit: Sarah)

Unit 4:

• Teaching Global Impact

• Encryption Videos

• The Internet

  • How the Internet Works Videos (Credit: code.org)

• Binary

  • Binary/Hex Guide

  • Binary to Decimal “paper calculator”

  • Digital Base 2 calculator - shows how it works