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Classroom Resource

Computer Science Discoveries Unit 2 Chapter 2 Lesson 10: Styling Text with CSS

Subject Area

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Grade(s)

6, 7, 8

Overview

This lesson introduces CSS as a way to style elements on the page. The class learns the basic syntax for CSS rule-sets and then explores properties that impact HTML text elements. Finally, everyone applies text styles to their personal websites.

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Content Standards

Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 6

DLCS18.6.R6
Produce, review, and revise authentic artifacts that include multimedia using appropriate digital tools.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

feedback is important in a design process.

Skills

Students are able to:

create a multimedia artifact.
critique the work of others.
revise their work based on feedback received.

Understanding

Students understand that:

much like the writing process, design of a multimedia artifact nets the best results when creators have the opportunity to be given feedback and revise as needed.

Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 7

DLCS18.7.8
Formulate a narrative for each step of a process and its intended result, given pseudocode or code.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

narrative
pseudocode

Knowledge

Students know:

that a narrative is a spoken or written account of events.

Skills

Students are able to:

identify the intended process in a given code or pseudocode.
convert given code or pseudocode to a narrative of expected behavior.

Understanding

Students understand that:

every line of code has an intended behavior.

Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 7

DLCS18.7.R6
Produce, review, and revise authentic artifacts that include multimedia using appropriate digital tools.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

feedback is important in a design process.

Skills

Students are able to:

create a multimedia artifact.
critique the work of others.
revise their work based on feedback received.

Understanding

Students understand that:

much like the writing process, design of a multimedia artifact nets the best results when creators have the opportunity to be given feedback and revise as needed.

Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 8

DLCS18.8.R6
Produce, review, and revise authentic artifacts that include multimedia using appropriate digital tools.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

feedback is important in a design process.

Skills

Students are able to:

create a multimedia artifact.
critique the work of others.
revise their work based on feedback received.

Understanding

Students understand that:

much like the writing process, design of a multimedia artifact nets the best results when creators have the opportunity to be given feedback and revise as needed.

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

Link to Resource

https://studio.code.org/s/csd2-2018/stage/10/puzzle/1

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

Code.org

Accessibility

License

License Type

Custom

Custom License Type (URL)

https://code.org/tos

Approved Date

2019-01-31

Curated by

aimeebates

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