pxt-calliope/docs/courses/csintro.md

# CS Intro

### A 14 week Introduction to Computer Science course.

This course is targeted to middle school grades 6-8 (ages 11-14 years).  It is also written for teachers who may not have a Computer Science background, or may be teaching an "Intro to Computer Science" course for the first time.

This course takes approximately 14 weeks to complete, spending about 1 week on each of the first 11 lessons, and 3 weeks for students to complete the final project at the end.  Of course, teachers should feel free to customize the curriculum to meet individual school or district resources and timeframe.

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![Space race image](/static/courses/csintro.jpg)

## Contents

* [About](/courses/csintro/about)
* [Introduction](/courses/csintro/introduction)
* [References](/courses/csintro/references)

### Lessons


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1. [Making](/courses/csintro/making)
2. Algorithms 
3. Variables 
4. Conditionals 
5. Iteration 
6. Review/Mini-Project 
7. Coordinate Grid System
8. Booleans
9. Music and Arrays 
10. Bits, Bytes, and Binary 
11. Radio 
12. Arrays
13. Independent Final Project