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Table 9 Collection descriptions

From: Finding time for computer science in the elementary school day: a quasi-experimental study of a transdisciplinary problem-based learning approach

Collection

Lesson

Lesson name and CS lessons in bold

Collection 1: Everglades and its ecosystems

1

Introduction to the problem

2

Crowdsourcing ( Code.org )

3

Everglades habitats

4

Reviewing Scratch projects (Scratch)

Collection 2: Food chains in the Everglades

1

Food chains

2

Conditionals ( Code.org )

3

Alligator holes

4

Conditionals in Scratch (Scratch)

Collection 3: Living in the Everglades

1

Invasive Species

2

Events ( Code.org )

3

I am in big trouble

4

Events in Scratch (Scratch)

Collection 4: Invasive impacts on the Everglades

1

Fishy business—how are non-native species impacting organisms that live in the Everglades

2

Broadcast a message

3

Pythons impacting native populations

4

Broadcast a message

Collection 5: Citizens affect change in the Everglades

1

Python problem—current solutions

2

Functions (songwriting Code.org lesson)

3

Debate

4

Functions