Module · Grades 3-5 · Computer Science

New Tech: Yes or No?

Benefits, risks, data and the planet when a family weighs a new gadget.

Grade: Grades 3-5
Subject: Computer Science
Course: Computer Science
Strand: Computing and Society
Standards: E3-SOC-ET-17 E4-DAT-IM-11 E4-SYS-IM-15 E5-SOC-ET-17 E5-DAT-IM-11
CSTA-2026

Tools

1 on the bench, not built yet.

A family votes on a new gadget (a smart speaker, a fitness watch, a doorbell camera); students take each...

5 words in English and Spanish: benefit, risk, privacy, e-waste, decide. Print them as wall cards, mini cards or a student glossary.