Elementary School Programs
CS4RI has established in all RI public school districts high-quality computer science education at the Elementary level that follows the RI State Computer Science Education Standards by providing CS curriculum that integrates into existing elementary school programs.
Ozobot robots are a simple way to introduce robots and coding and incorporate the RI CS standards into your instruction. All teachers attending the PD will receive two Ozobots for their school.
This program includes 24 interdisciplinary modules that empower students to adopt a design-thinking mindset through activities, projects, and problems that build upon each other and relate to the world around them.
Students use Scratch a drag and drop programming language to code, create and share interactive stories, animations, games, art, music, and more as they learn problem solving and other fundamental CS concepts.
Students use a drag and drop programming language called Scratch Jr. to code, create, and share interactive stories, animations, games, music, and more as they learning problem solving and other fundamental CS concepts.
Students create computer programs to help them collaborate with others, develop problem-solving skills, and persist through difficult tasks while learning programming concepts, computational thinking, and digital citizenship.