Название: Computer Science for Kids: A Storytelling Approach
Автор: Jen Looper
Издательство: Wiley
Год: 2023
Страниц: 353
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 13.6 MB

A kid-friendly and rigorous new way to teach young readers the fundamentals of Computer Science.

In Computer Science for Kids: A Storytelling Approach , AWS Head of Academic Advocacy and Google Developer Expert Dr. Jen Looper delivers a colorful, fun, and exciting demonstration for young readers who want to learn the basics of Computer Science. Using a variety of technologies, the book covers the elements of Computer Science in concise detail and illustrates how to build projects to learn foundational concepts behind the technology powering the internet.

In the book, you’ll find projects to build using both basic and emerging technologies―like SQL, game development, storytelling software, and 3D augmented reality―as well as:

Chapter projects aligned to K-12 curriculum standards for grades 6-8 and a GitHub repo featuring open-source projects
Lesson plans for teachers
An online space for classrooms to showcase and discuss their work

This book is structured using the Computer Science Teachers Association standards for Grades 6–8, covering ages 11–14. These standards are available at site. In general, they are arranged around five concepts:

- Algorithms & Programming
- Computing Systems
- Data & Analysis
- Impacts of Computing
- Networks & the Internet

The standards help shape the projects that are used to drive home general concepts of computer science. This is not a book about programming languages, however. Rather than diving deep into jаvascript and Python, we focus on the standards that teach general concepts of computer science. The projects in each chapter are designed to be part of an evolving story line, rather than teaching a language in depth. A good computer scientist will eventually become skilled in many programming languages, however, so it’s a good idea to pair this book with study of Python or jаvascript.

An easy-to-follow and kid-friendly new resource for technology-curious middle school students, Computer Science for Kids is the fun and interesting web development resource that classroom teachers, parents, and homeschooling families have been waiting for.