Google for Education: Exploring Computational Thinking: What Is Ct?

Advances in computing have expanded our capacity to solve problems at a scale never before imagined, using strategies that have not been available to us before. This professional article introduces educators to the idea of teaching...

This teacher tutorial provides educators an overview of a lesson in computational thinking without any use of computers. Clicking on the link leads to the full lesson plan. [1:35]

A Computational Thinking curriculum guide which develops fluency with computational concepts, practices and perspectives.

Teach young children the basics of computer science and computational thinking skills through this collection of ready to use presentations aimed to engage young learners.

Students experience what is it like to be computer programmers through the children's computer coding game, Scratch, developed by MIT engineers.

What is computer coding? This simple animation explains and illustrates this concept to young learners. [1:08]

Genius Hour is inquiry-based, student-directed learning. It gives students an opportunity to look at the big wide world around them and explore their own unique interests in a loosely structured, but supported way. This article gives...

Exploring our world is fun! Abby Brown, KIDS Clubhouse Adventures co-host, loves to help kids have fun while learning! In this segment, kids learn about a variety of verbal and nonverbal ways to send and receive messages, including...

Have your learners look at what memory is, in particular how a linked list can be used to represent a list of numbers. Explore linked lists in a game setting.

Take a a look at examples of functions, and then explore functions representing arithmetic operations followed by boolean and string types. Throughout the workshop children do various assignments calculating function result or drawing a...