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Computer Science Curriculum for Middle School

Inspire curiosity and develop problem-solving skills in your middle school students with our dynamic, hands-on computer science curriculum.

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Skills for the future, fun for today.

Empower your middle school students to master essential coding skills with our easy-to-implement computer science curriculum. Featuring standards-aligned lessons, interactive activities, and VR integration, this curriculum brings technology to life while fostering creativity and collaboration. Here’s why both you and your students will love it!

Foundational Computer Science and Digital Citizenship Skills

Students learn coding basics like variables, loops, and conditionals while developing digital citizenship skills to navigate technology safely and responsibly.

Real-World Coding Projects

Through hands-on projects such as virtual dream houses and team adventures, students apply coding concepts and develop problem-solving, critical thinking, and teamwork skills.

Immersive VR learning experiences

With VR integration, students bring their coding projects to life in fully immersive digital worlds, sparking curiosity and encouraging creative exploration in a new way.

Scaffolded lessons; no previous experience required for teachers

Our curriculum adapts to all teachers. Concepts build on one another, supporting beginners with standards-aligned lessons while offering advanced challenges for experienced educators.

A flexible computer science curriculum for all middle school teachers

Our curriculum is both spiraled and linear, allowing students to master key concepts while progressing through the course. As they advance, they'll complete both team and independent projects with confidence. Have students who have already mastered certain topics? The curriculum is flexible enough to meet them where they are! Explore the scope and sequence for our middle school curriculum below.

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Create Your Own Virtual Dream House

Objective: Students will learn coding basics and game design by building and programming their own virtual dream house!

Introduction to Programming: Students will use CoBlocks to create and program various elements of their dream house, such as interactive doors, lights, and furniture that react to user input.

Immersive VR Experience: Students step into their dream house in a fully immersive virtual environment, seeing their code come to life in a 3D space.

Teamwork Challenge: In pairs or small groups, students will collaborate to design different rooms and features for their dream house, solving coding challenges together to build a cohesive, interactive experience.

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