# Arrays

This lesson covers storing and retrieving data in an ordered fashion using Arrays.  Introduces JavaScript as an alternate way of creating and modifying code. Uses a melody as a list/array of notes.
 
## Lesson objectives
Students will...
* Explain the steps they would take to sort a series of numbers
* Recognize three common sorting algorithms
* Learn
* Apply
 
## Lesson structure
* Introduction: Arrays
* Unplugged Activity: Different Sorts of People
* Micro:bit Activity: Headband Charades, Starry Starry Night
* Project: Make a Musical Instrument
* Assessment: Rubric 
* Standards: Listed
 
## Lesson plan

1. [**Overview**: Arrays](/courses/csintro/arrays/overview)
2. [**Unplugged**: Different sorts of people](/courses/csintro/arrays/unplugged)
3. [**Activity**: Headband charades](/courses/csintro/arrays/activity)
4. [**Project**: Musical instrument ](/courses/csintro/arrays/project)

## Related standards

[Targeted CSTA standards](/courses/csintro/arrays/standards)