New ReviewLaissez les bons temps rouler! Create your own festive Mardi Gras masks with a lesson that provides background information on the celebration and instructions about constructing the masks.

New ReviewIt's hard to imagine that life on Alcatraz could be dull. A series of intriguing lessons take readers through the novel Al Capone Does my Shirts. Pre-reading questions introduce the text and a range of suggestions, from comic strips to...

New ReviewYour students may be more familiar with Disney's Frozen than its source material, "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen, but after a theater lesson on the story's characters, author, and adaptation to the stage, they'll understand...

New ReviewChances are, you've got some precocious Matilda fans in your class! Use a thorough set of lesson plans to address Roald Dahl's classic novel about a bright girl who just wants to be understood. Vocabulary exercises, comprehension...

New ReviewAnd the award for the best project goes to the future computer scientists who write a program to simulate a fashion awards show using block-based coding. Designers apply the broadcast code block as part of their program.

New ReviewWhat do computer science and fashion have in common? Answer: Patterns. Pupils learn about procedures in computer science. They then use the Scratch block-based coding language to create a program that permits users to design their own...

New ReviewMake a window shopper's dream come true. A fun computer science activity tasks learners with creating a program where users click on a window display to make it change. They see how random operators work when writing computer codes.

New ReviewSurvey says: Coding is great fun. A computer programming activity challenges scholars to develop a short poll where respondents vote on their favorite fashion items. By completing the activity, they learn to apply variables in computer...

New ReviewInnovate, and accentuate your fashion. The fourth of eight parts in the CS First Fashion and Design unit has scholars brainstorm a technology innovation involving fashion. They then write a computer program involving conditionals that...

New ReviewAccessories really make the outfit. Young computer scientists learn about events in computer coding. They apply their knowledge to develop a program that lets users add accessories to a character. 

New ReviewStrut your stuff, just on a computer and not on a fashion runway. Scholars program a fashion show animation using block-based computer coding. They learn how to apply different code blocks in writing their programs.

New ReviewLearn computer coding by design. The first of eight parts in the CS First Fashion and Design unit introduces the series. Participants become familiar with Scratch block-based coding and with the club procedures. They then begin a project...

New ReviewLogos just make a club seem more fun. Scholars incorporate knowledge from previous lessons in the unit to write a computer program in the Scratch block-based language. Their program should help design a logo for the CS First studio. A...

New ReviewWhat's in a name? Future computer scientists create a program that animates their names with colors, sounds, movements, etc. They learn about string manipulation in computer science as they work on their projects.

New ReviewCome hang out and talk about coding. Scholars use Scratch block-based coding to create an animation with dialogues as the main focus. They learn to use different code blocks to have two sprites (characters) carry on a conversation.

New ReviewScroll through the resource, and you'll likely want to use it. Young computer game enthusiasts create a side scroller game using Scratch block-based coding. They must apply the concept of nested conditionals in their computer codes to...

New ReviewPrepare to ponder parallax. The fourth of eight parts in the CS First Animations unit teaches scholars about local and global variables in computer coding. Using this knowledge, they develop a program where background objects move to...

New ReviewWalk straight ahead in your path to computer science knowledge. After learning about straight-ahead animations, scholars program their own animations. They apply the concepts of functions and parameters in their computer codes.

New ReviewLet me tell you a story about the time I made an animation. Scholars learn about storyboards in animations by watching video tutorials. They then use the Scratch block-based coding language to create four-panel animation storyboards.

New ReviewLearning about computer science sure makes me happy. The first of eight parts in the CS First Animation series introduces pupils to the unit. It then provides an activity where participants create animations to show a monster's feelings....

New ReviewThe Yukon provides plenty of opportunity for adventure. A study guide for The Call of the Wild by Jack London, also the author of White Fang, helps readers navigate the novel which is set in Yukon, Canada. Chapter summaries give a quick...

New ReviewWhich is more likely: 130 children followed a magical piper out of Hamelin and disappeared forever, or that they died of the plague? Or could they have escaped from Hamelin via a secret tunnel to Transylvania? Learners investigate...

New ReviewIt's important to be grateful. Budding techies apply conditionals and loops in the Scratch coding language to build thank you projects for the computer science gurus and others who have helped them throughout the unit.

New ReviewNow that's music to my ears. Learners choose one of two activities to complete: continue the music video from the previous lesson, or design a new program that composes music. They learn how to apply several new code blocks while...