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MCCE, MSDE, and the MD ES CS Ambassadors have curated resources to help educators incorporate CS into their curricula. The lesson repository in ECSNet is one primary resource. The lesson repository and connections to other supporting websites combine to provide a "toolkit".

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Resources for Unit Planning

Engineering is Elementary - Computer Science		Engineering is Elementary has computer science units in addition to their traditional STEM units. To implement the instruction, you will need to purchase materials in the implementation kit. Shortly, the curriculum will be available online for free.
KIPP NYC Computational Thinking Units K-4		KIPP has authored high-quality units that integrate compuational thinking with Science.
Colorado's Computer Science Resource Bank		Colorado's Computer Science Resource Bank--which contains a variety of materials for computer science educators, including standards, curricula, and materials for professional educator development.
Model CS Unit Evaluation Rubric		The MD CS Unit Evaluation Rubric is meant to be a tool for school systems to self-evaluate their curriculum. Note: This previous version of the curricular rubric is filled out for a subset of existing curricula (Code.org, Computers as Another Language, and Tynker).
MD Local School System Units at a Glance		Specific school systems have created local curricula and used the MD unit rubric to evaluate their existing curricula. Use the Units at a Glance resource to see models from these school systems.
3rd Party Curricular Bundles (Draft)		ECSNet provides a database of individual lessons. We use the term Bundle to refer to curricula or unit of lessons grouped with a scope and sequence (Code.org, Scratch Encore, etc.). The Curricular Bundle resource is a report about available bundles. Some basic information about the curriculum is described, and where available, there is also a breakdown of how well the bundle addresses CS Standard Concepts (strands). The list of bundles is not comprehensive. It contains primarily free, open-source curricula, but some fee-based curricula are also included. Use this resource if you are selecting your base curriculum and/or looking to mash up your local curriculum with other curricula.

Resources for Lesson Planning

Ambassadors' Hot List		During the MD ES CS Ambassador's Onboarding PD, we shared links to various resources. These resources are summarized in this slide deck.
Robotics Lessons		The MCCE page on robots and physical computing provides information about devices you can use to teach CS.
You Already Do This!		You Already Do This! Explore ways your existing instruction has computer science in it.
Cornell CT Integrated Lessons for ELA and Math		Here you will find a google drive directory structure of computational thinking lessons for ELA and Math. These lessons are part of the PD provided by educators from Cornell.
Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom		Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom - Scroll to the bottom of the webpage to download guides created from a partnership between ISTE and General Motors to help teachers embed artificial intelligence into instruction.
Integrating School Library Media and Computer Science		These lessons, developed and refined by Maryland School Library Media Specialists, integrate computer science and school library media. The lessons are reported in a spreadsheet that you can search.
ECSNet Lesson Repository		ECSNet is a database with elementary computer science lessons. Some are curated from existing curricula, and MD teachers wrote others. You can search the database by CS or content (ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies) standard. Limit your search to vetted items to find the best examples. Use this resource once you have the bulk of your curriculum designed and you need particular lessons to fill gaps.
Computational Thinking and Reading Comprehension		The CT and Reading menu provides a progression of lessons to teach computational thinking that aligns with reading comprehension strategies that work.

Resources for understanding Standards

You Already Do This!		You Already Do This! Explore ways your existing instruction has computer science in it.
Skills Progressions (Draft)		The Skills Progression resource provices a scope and sequence of how CS Skills would be taught.
Maryland CS Standards		Maryland has computer science standards K-12 that are found here.
Annotated ES CS Standards		The Maryland Computer Science Standards annotations are a searchable web portal of the MD ES CS standards with clarifications about what they mean, skills required, and example lessons to address them. Use this resource to deepen your understanding of the standards.

Resources for learning about Pedagogy

Universal Design for Learning for CS		Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for computer science.
The Big Book of Computer Pedagogy		Brief articles by the Raspberry Pi organization regarding pedagogies the can be used to teach computer science.
CS Pedagogy Knowledge Base		The Pedagogy Knowledge Base is a series of hyperdocs that explain best practices in teaching computer science.

Resources for learning about CS Content

Ambassadors' Hot List		During the MD ES CS Ambassador's Onboarding PD, we shared links to various resources. These resources are summarized in this slide deck.
You Already Do This!		You Already Do This! Explore ways your existing instruction has computer science in it.
The Big Book of Computing Content		Brief articles by the Raspberry Pi organization to build teachers background knowledge about computer science concepts.

Other Resources

CSTA PD Guidance		CSTA Professional Development Guidance -A compilation of resources for professional development providers. This includes a rubric to evaluate professional development with respect to the CSTA Teacher Standards
MCCE Professional Development		MCCE professional development workshops available now for elementary school computer science.
CSTA Teacher Standards		The Computer Science Teacher Association (CSTA) is a national organization of computer science teachers. The standards provide a framework for developing professional development opportunities.
Ambassadors' Hot List		During the MD ES CS Ambassador's Onboarding PD, we shared links to various resources. These resources are summarized in this slide deck.

Unplugged Activities		CS Unplugged provides a number of activities to teach computer science without a computer.
Programming Tools		This page describes some programming tools.
Physical Computing and Robots		The MCCE page on robots and physical computing provides information about devices you can use to teach CS.

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