Tag: Computer Science

  • Loops with Control Variables

    Loops with Control Variables

    Understanding how to limit the amount of times a loop repeats is conceptually challenging. Especially if you only learned what a loop is the day before. Successfully declaring a variable, then using it that variable iterate a loop takes practice – and an infinite loop or two. Originally, I created this worksheet as part of…

  • Loops in the Real World

    Loops in the Real World

    Loops are confusing. Especially if you are encountering them for the first. In this lesson, I use real world examples to make loops more approachable – more tangible. Originally, I created this worksheet as part of a middle school computer science lesson. It is handy for students or adults who are beginning to learn how…

  • HTML as Easy as Tic Tac Toe

    HTML as Easy as Tic Tac Toe

    HTML is frustrating. Diving in and experimenting with the language is the fastest way to learn in. Once students had mastered a few basics, heading, paragraphs and image tags, I gave them this assignment. Students are given a printed copy of the site’s HTML. They are instructed to change all h tags to h6, to…