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CS Curriculum for High School
NM CS for All- a UNM/SFCC dual-credit program, includes a free graduate course for teachers and support during the semester of implementation, counts as a core requirement at UNM Code.org- AP CSP (Explora is now a Regional Partner with Code.org and will be organizing free PD for Code.org curriculum)
Project Lead The Way- CS Essentials, AP CS Principles, AP CS A
Exploring Computer Science (ECS)- curriculum from UCLA
Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC)- curriculum from UC Berkeley
Mobile CSP Other HS Curriculum Resources- not necessarily a full year but has progressions in skills and knowledge
Oracle Academy- Java with industry certification CodeHS (free and Pro Plan), Codecademy, Khan Academy
Platforms and Programming Environments- These are not curriculum but are resources that can be used to develop curriculum and experiences in computer science Beginner- Scratch, Sphero & Blockly, Alice, Micro:bit, Swift Jr., Minecraft.edu Intermediate & Advanced- NetLogo, AppInventor, Karel, Greenfoot, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Unity, Swift, Python.... the list goes on and on and on......
Standards- There are no New Mexico standards for CS, yet. We suggest using the CSTA Standards as well the K-12 CS Framework. https://www.csteachers.org/page/standards https://k12cs.org/
CS Curriculum in Middle School
Project GUTS (CS in Science) Bootstrap (CS in Algebra) Code.org’s CS Discoveries- full year curriculum of 6 discrete units