Resources
All the latest updates, podcasts, tools, and online guides to help facilitate your computer science classroom experience, in-person or online.
Taking Equitable Coding to Mongolia!
BootUp PD and Codercub hosted a weeklong Young Coders Camp in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from the 5th of July until the 9th, where 27 students attended the camp–two-thirds ranging from six to eight. The camp was held at the Hub Innovation Center under the Capital City Business Innovation and Development Agency.
Amazon Funding Computer Science Education for 33 Elementary Schools in Oklahoma City Public Schools, Impacting Over 10,000 Students
Oklahoma City Public Schools is now part of Amazon Future Engineer’s expansion to more than 500,000 elementary students nationwide
Amazon Funding Computer Science Education for 28 Elementary Schools in Clayton County Public Schools, Impacting Over 10,500 Students
Clayton County Public Schools is now part of Amazon Future Engineer’s expansion to more than 500,000 elementary students nationwide
Hamilton County Schools to Reach ALL Elementary Learners with Computer Science through BootUp’s Equity-driven Professional Development, Coaching, and Pedagogy Resources
Since receiving the Amazon Future Engineer Sponsorship in 2020, Hamilton County Schools has impacted over 7,000 elementary students through computer science initiatives
Supercharge Your Middle School CS Classroom with Bob Irving
In this interview with Bob Irving, we discuss Bob’s book (Hard Fun: Supercharge your middle school computer science classroom with project-based, hands-on, just-in-time learning!), learning CS through Minecraft, the impact of COVID on Bob’s teaching, the importance of interest-driven learning, the future of CS education, and much more.
Other Resources
Integration Studios
In addition to the integration suggestions in our lesson plans and our discussion forum, our Scratch account has several studios that demonstrate the potential for integrating projects with Scratch.
Complete List of Lesson Plans
Use this document to quickly access all of our ScratchJr and Scratch lesson plans and coder resources.
Unplugged Resources
This spreadsheet is a curated list of more than 100 unplugged lesson plans and resources for elementary coders.
Remote Learning Resources
We’ve compiled some resources to help districts, teachers, and families cope with the rise of school closures around the nation.
