Lesson Overview
This lesson plan provides a general outline and tips to
teach the Hour of Code.
Lesson
Summary
DURATION: 45-60 mins
Getting Started: (2-5 mins)
Activity: (20-40 mins)
Wrap-up: (5-10 mins)
Assessment/Extended Learning: (2-5 mins)
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Audience
This lesson plan is intended for use with learners of any
age who are interested in computer science.
Learning Objectives
By participating in this lesson, participants will:
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[Insert learning objectives based on chosen tutorial.]
Facilitation Guide
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Materials, Resources
and Preparation
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Review the Hour
of Code Educator Guide and Best Practices from Successful Educators
to plan your Hour of Code event.
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Review the unplugged lessons and online tutorials
available on code.org/learn, and choose one to
run with your students.
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If you’re running an online tutorial, be sure to test
it first before asking your students to complete it. Check your technology and
decide if you need to troubleshoot anything in advance.
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Student engagement: 15-25 per facilitator, elementary or middle school,
no prior skill necessary.
Getting Started (2-5
mins)
Introduce the
activity (2-5 minutes)
Kick off your Hour of Code by
inspiring students and discussing how computer science impacts every part of
our lives.
Show one of our
inspirational videos to frame the discussion:
It’s okay if both you and your
students are brand new to computer science. Here are some ideas to introduce
your Hour of Code activity:
● Explain ways technology impacts
our lives, with examples both boys and girls will care about (Talk about saving
lives, helping people, connecting people, etc.).
○ 3D printing is being used to
create limbs for amputees; microchips to find lost pets; Skyping relatives who
are far away to keep in touch.
● Explain
that learning computer science is more than learning to code in a computer
language, it's about learning how computers and software are changing
everything in our world.
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Digital animation in movies like Inside Out, Shaun the
Sheep, Star Wars or Hunger Games; recording music with GarageBand on your
computer, mobile banking.
● Let
students know that it's important to learn more about how technology works
regardless of what career they want to go into.
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Farming (using data for watering and fertilizing),
fashion (programmable LED dresses at NYFW 2015), medicine (using robots for
surgery)
● As a class, list things that use
code in everyday life, or a list of careers the require knowledge of coding or
computers.
● See tips for getting girls
interested in computer science here.
Direct students to
the activity (1 minute)
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Write the tutorial link(s) you’ve chosen on a
whiteboard. Find the link listed on the information for your
selected tutorial under the number of participants.
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Tell students to visit the URL and start the
tutorial.
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Tip:
For younger students, load the tutorial page ahead of time or save it as a
bookmark.
Activity (20-40
mins)
Facilitate and
support students to complete the tutorial, alone or in groups
When your
students come across difficulties
What to do
if a student finishes early?
Wrap-Up (5-10 mins)
Debrief & Close
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Debrief the activity.
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Share photos and videos of your Hour of Code event on
social media. Use #HourOfCode and @codeorg so we can highlight your success,
too!
Other ideas
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Do a gallery walk so students can see each other’s
work.
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Do a “Think-Pair-Share” to allow students to reflect
individually, discuss with a partner and share out as a group.
Assessment/Extended
Learning (2-5 mins)
Optional
Time permitting, challenge your students to reflect on the
day’s activities and continue their learning. Consider:
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Flip your
classroom. Challenge students to pick one of the tutorials they didn’t
complete today, but that one of their friends did, and try to do it on their
own at home.
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Writing prompt.
Have students journal at home about what they learned and how it made them
feel.
Beyond one hour
There are many ways to go Beyond an Hour of Code:
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Teach the Code Studio
Computer Science Fundamentals courses. Code.org offers free professional development for
these courses, online or in-person.
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