All students need to have foundational computer science skills to contribute to our technology-centered society. This project supported the Bio-CS Bridge Project in promoting broader computer science interest among high school students by integrating scientific practices with computer science approaches to address real-world problems. Through backward curriculum design and incorporation of computational thinking practices, a new unit of computational problem-solving was created, and existing units were enhanced. The bridge between biology and computer science was strengthened throughout all computer science units in the Bio-CS Bridge curriculum by making connections to pollinator decline and loss of biodiversity.

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Creator

• Hart, Kirsten L.

Subject

• Inclusion
• Project-Based Learning
• Learning
• Computing

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050421-135627
• 21921

Palabra Clave

• Curriculum Design
• Computational Thinking
• Education

Advisor

• Ryder, Elizabeth F.
• Ruiz, Carolina

Year

• 2021

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education
• 10 - Reducing Inequality

Date created

• 2021-05-04

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Computer Science

Rights statement

• In Copyright