Adding coding to the curriculum offers a new way to engage students in learning. Here are some ideas for connecting coding to the elementary curriculum from Kim Quapp, coding specialist at in Park City, Utah.
Says Quapp: The possibilities are endless.
- Kindergarten: Sequence events from stories using Beebot robots.
- First grade: Use character traits from stories to code Scratch Jr. projects. Tie together science and language arts to study the life cycle of spiders.
- Second grade: Make water-cycle simulations in Scratch to blend science and language arts.
- Third grade: Create fraction stories in Scratch to explain the parts of a whole and fractions of a set.
- Fourth grade: Create weathering and erosion projects using Scratch. Use the language arts curriculum, maps and cultural studies to create Japanese tours in Scratch.
Main story: Code to consistency in K12 schools
