Resources for teachers and high school students
Here we are, kids! The approach to computational thinking is fundamental in the information society
here is the link to the classic labyrinth done by millions of people.
https://code.org/hourofcode/hourofcode
Start from here to understand the world of logical computer science and problem solving.
Computer science is not the study of the computer, just like biology is not the study of the microscope... or astronomy is not the study of the telescope or chemistry is not the study of test tubes!
What does computer science deal with? My kids can trivially answer this question by absolutely dissociating computer science from the study of the computer.
Mathematics deals with studying rules, principles, methodologies and the object of study are numbers, points and lines etc…
Computer science deals with studying how information of any nature can be treated, elaborated and studied.
Information is the object of study of computer science. Another thing is the technological subjects that approach the study of the computer. Distinguishing technology from computer science is the first necessary step to understand that computer science is an absolutely indispensable subject in the modern world. Logic, computational thinking, the study of classical paradigms of managing any information absolutely transcends technicism and the study of the computer, just like astronomy is not associated with the study of the telescope but with the study of the visible and invisible universe.
The computer is absolutely only a means necessary to better elaborate with abstract methodologies the information.
Here are other resources for teachers that are essential for approaching computational thinking
https://curriculum.code.org/hoc/plugged/1/
Computational thinking and logic should be taught from the early years to develop a basic logic in children that is indispensable to scientific and constructive thinking.