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This course is included with our Coding/STEAM Curriculum - K-8 Plan

A starter course that introduces beginner students in middle school to programming concepts using Tynker Blocks, JavaScript and Python.

  • Grades 6-8
  • Beginner
  • Web

Lesson 4 : Intro to JavaScript
Programming 300

Time: 45+ minutes

Introduction

Vocabulary

Objectives

Materials

Warm-Up (5 minutes)

Activities (35 minutes)

Facilitate as students complete all Intro to JavaScript modules on their own:

1. Start the Hack (Puzzle)
2. Step Up (Puzzle)
3. Turn The Corner (Puzzle)
4. Staircase (Puzzle)
5. Zig-Zag (Puzzle)
6. Deja Vu (Puzzle)
7. Up and Down (Puzzle)
8. Onwards, Forward! (Puzzle)
9. Jump, Forward (Puzzle)
10. Forward, Jump (Puzzle)

Extended Activities (5 minutes)

U.S. Standards

  • CCSS-ELA: RI.6.4, RI.6.7, SL.6.1, SL.7.1, SL.8.1
  • CCSS-Math: MP.1, MP.2, MP.4
  • CSTA: 2-AP-12, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-15, 2-AP-17, 2-AP-19
  • CS CA: 6-8.AP.12, 6-8.AP.13, 6-8.AP.15, 6-8.AP.17, 6-8.AP.19
  • ISTE: 1.c, 1.d, 4.d, 5.c, 5.d, 7.c

U.K. Standards

Key stage 2
Pupils should be taught to:
  • design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts
  • use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs
  • understand computer networks, including the internet; how they can provide multiple services, such as the World Wide Web, and the opportunities they offer for communication and collaboration
  • use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; recognise acceptable/unacceptable behaviour; identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact
    • Key stage 3
    Pupils should be taught to:
  • design, use and evaluate computational abstractions that model the state and behaviour of real-world problems and physical systems
  • create, reuse, revise and repurpose digital artefacts for a given audience, with attention to trustworthiness, design and usability
  • understand a range of ways to use technology safely, respectfully, responsibly and securely, including protecting their online identity and privacy; recognise inappropriate content, contact and conduct, and know how to report concerns
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    Class Presentations

    These student-facing slide presentations help educators seamlessly run Tynker lessons in a virtual or physical classroom setting. Each lesson has its own set of slides that introduce the big ideas, suggest unplugged activities, and include a section for each activity module. While running lesson slides, you can switch back and forth between the activity, the slides, answer keys and other lesson materials.
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    Lesson 1
    Intro to Tynker
    37 Slides
    PREVIEW
    Lesson 2
    Intro to Game Design
    20 Slides
    Lesson 3
    STEM
    24 Slides
    Lesson 4
    Intro to JavaScript
    25 Slides
    Lesson 5
    Intro to Python
    23 Slides