SciGirls: Code Creators

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Grade(s)

5, 6, 7

Overview

Are you ready to code a computer program, but not sure where to start? Write pseudocode! Computer programmers often start projects by using everyday language to write out what they want to happen in their code--this is called pseudocode. Students will write their own pseudocode in this activity.

Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 5

DLCS18.5.4

Create a simple pseudocode.

UP:DLCS18.5.4

Vocabulary

  • pseudocode

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to write an algorithm in pseudocode.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • create simple pseudocode.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • pseudocode is simple phrases of instruction that mimics the logic of a programming language.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 6

DLCS18.6.3

Create pseudocode that uses conditionals.

UP:DLCS18.6.3

Vocabulary

  • pseudocode
  • conditionals

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that conditional statements provide options for how a process is completed.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • communicate a process and its available yes/no or true/false options.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • conditionals are limited to options that are either true or false.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 7

DLCS18.7.2

Create complex pseudocode using conditionals and Boolean statements.

UP:DLCS18.7.2

Vocabulary

  • pseudocode
  • conditional
  • Boolean statement

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that Boolean logic combined with conditional statements make for complex and powerful programs.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • use Boolean logic combined with conditional statements to create complex pseudocode or a program.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • questions in conditionals are what makes programs more complex.

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Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

PBS

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