Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Introduction to C++

For Students 9th - 10th
This MIT course presents the C++ programming language to students that have little or no programming experience.
Lesson Plan
Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Storytelling Theme

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A set of eight activities that teach students basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class. This...
Lesson Plan
Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Art Theme

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A set of eight activities that teach students basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class. This...
Lesson Plan
Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Music & Sound Theme

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A set of eight activities that teach students basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class. This...
Lesson Plan
Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Social Media Theme

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A set of eight activities that teach students basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class. This...
Lesson Plan
Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Game Design Theme

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A set of eight activities that teach students basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class. This...
Unit Plan
Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Adventure on the High Seas

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Teaches basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. In this activity, students learn how to create animated waves in an ocean setting and then compose a high seas story.
Lesson Plan
Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Sports Theme

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A set of eight activities that teach young scholars basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class....
Article
Other

Horstmann: Moving From Java to C++

For Students 9th - 10th
Written for students who take their first programming course in Java and the second course in C++, this article explains how to transfer Java programming skills to a substantial subset of C++.
Article
Other

Dick Baldwin: Similarities and Differences Between Java and C++

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial explaining the similarities and differences between the two computer programming languages Java and C++.
Article
Microsoft

Microsoft Developer Network: Coding Techniques and Programming Practices

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides coding techniques and programming practices for improving the quality of source code.
Lesson Plan
Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Animate a Name

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Teaches basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. In this activity, students using coding to animate the letters in a name.
Lesson Plan
Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Create Your Own Google Logo

For Teachers 4th - 9th
A set of three activities where students learn how to use the programming language Scratch to create Google logos, including ones for Valentine's Day and one for Earth Day.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Our First Program

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to write your first program.
Unit Plan
Other

Learn Cpp

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of step-by-step tutorials devoted to teaching how to program in C++. No prior programming experience required.
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Procedures With Parameters

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice using procedures with parameters for computer programming.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Procedures With Return Values

For Students 9th - 10th
Procedures can compute values for the rest of the program to use by sending back return values.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Procedures With Parameters

For Students 9th - 10th
When programming, we use procedures to make our code more reusable and to better organize our code. Often-times, we pass parameters to a procedure so that we can change the output of the code.
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Procedures With Return Values

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice programming problems using procedures with return values.