Brain DeCoded with CodeX - Mission 1, Objective 1: Boot Up
Boot Up
Students get oriented to the CodeSpace learning environment, meet their guide Dr. Neuron Sparks, and create their first program file.
Overview
Objective 1 is the first lesson in Brain DeCoded with CodeX. Students get oriented to CodeSpace, the environment they will work in for every objective in the pack, and meet their guide, Dr. Neuron Sparks. They learn how objectives, goals, and the text editor fit together, and they create their first program file with a comment in it.
No hardware is needed for this objective. Students connect the CodeX in Objective 3.
🎯 Project Goal: Students will learn about the CodeSpace learning environment.
Learning Targets
- I understand how to navigate CodeSpace.
- I can create a new file in CodeSpace.
Key Concepts
- CodeSpace has objectives, a text editor and goals for each objective.
- Goals must be completed before the next objective is unlocked.
- Files are saved automatically in the cloud. Use your account to access your program files.
Assessment Opportunities
- Create a new file in CodeSpace.
- Exit ticket on file names and PEP8 (in hints).
Success Criteria
- Identify the Objectives and Objectives Panel
- Identify and use the Text Editor
- Create a new file in CodeSpace
Digital Resources
Classroom Materials
- ▸Laptop or computer with Chrome browser
- ▸Student account in CodeSpace
- ▸Brain DeCoded with CodeX join code
Extensions & Cross-Curricular
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New Python Code
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#. Python ignores everything after it on that line.
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Standards
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Computer Science - Grades 9-12
See Getting Started with CodeSpace for help with the steps below.
- Claim your license for Brain DeCoded with CodeX.
- Create a class on the teacher dashboard.
- Generate a join code for the class section to give students.
- Extensions and cross-curricular projects are included to enhance the concepts in the objective. You can use the extensions to extend students' programming experience.
- The hints discuss saving files in CodeSpace. You can review program files with the students. It is especially important that students understand File - Save As. They will use this feature extensively.
- The hints discuss filenames and PEP8, which is a style guide for Python. You can have students look up the PEP8 style guide and go into more detail if you want.
- Another hint shows how to run the code. Students do not need to do this to meet the goal.
Lesson Outline
Open with a short discussion to set up the pack.
- Ask: "What do you already know about how your brain sends signals?"
- Ask: "What would you need in order to write and save your own program?"
Walk students through logging into CodeSpace and joining the class with the join code. Point out the parts of the interface before they start working on their own.
- The Objectives Panel, and how objectives are the steps through a mission
- Goals, and the fact that a goal must be completed before the next objective unlocks
- The text editor, where every program in this pack gets written
- Dr. Neuron Sparks, the guide students will see throughout the pack
Students work through Objective 1 in CodeSpace.
- Students log in and join the class using the provided join code.
- Students read through the objective and locate the Objectives Panel and text editor.
- Students create a new file in CodeSpace.
- Students add a comment to the file, then complete the goal.
Close with the exit ticket on file names and PEP8, drawn from the hints in this objective.