Educator Resources for Computer History

Have you ever seen a punch card? Get the background on computers, how they were used in the 1890 census, and in the 20th century went from weighing 10,000 pounds to being the size of your fingernails.

Lesson Plans

Computer History Lesson Plan: Science, Technology, and Society

Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8

Vocabulary Development Lesson Plan: Using a Word Map

Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-3

Digital Citizenship Creative Coding Lesson Plan

Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Alan Turing Lesson Plan: Crack a Secret Code

Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

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Educator Resources for Computer History

Lesson Plans

Computer History Lesson Plan: Science, Technology, and Society

Vocabulary Development Lesson Plan: Using a Word Map

Digital Citizenship Creative Coding Lesson Plan

Alan Turing Lesson Plan: Crack a Secret Code

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