FIRST DAY / AP CSP
Polar Bear Sorting
Use the puzzle to establish collaboration and introduce precise rules, pattern recognition, and algorithmic thinking.
Open Polar Bear ↗Teacher pathway
Choose a tool with a purpose.
These classroom notes explain when each Dr. Teach Tech tool can be useful and what kind of thinking it helps make visible.
OPENING EXPERIENCES
Begin with curiosity.
Low-floor activities for building classroom culture while introducing important computer science habits.
FIRST DAY / AP CSA
LEGO Blueprint
Use familiar objects to introduce classes, objects, attributes, methods, and the value of a shared specification.
Open LEGO Blueprint ↗SEMESTER TWO / AP CSA
Teaching Cards
Use collaborative sorting and discussion to reactivate prior knowledge before students move into new second-semester work.
Open Teaching Cards ↗DURING A UNIT
Make ideas concrete.
Tools that help students manipulate representations, organize investigations, and connect activities to standards.
DATA UNIT / AP CSP
Bit Harbor
Use during the AP CSP Data unit to connect binary place value, bits, numbers, and computer representations.
Open Bit Harbor ↗BETA / SCIENCE
Investigate
Help students organize questions, variables, procedures, observations, evidence, and conclusions for science labs.
Open Investigate ↗BETA / AP CSP
AI History
Teach major developments in artificial intelligence through historical evidence, competing approaches, and current questions.
Open AI History ↗PLANNING / ALIGNMENT
Standards Studio
Explore standards and connect them with activities and resources while designing a lesson or unit.
Open Standards Studio ↗WRITING + STUDY
Capture thinking over time.
Support students as they collect evidence, develop claims, retrieve knowledge, and prepare for assessments.
RESEARCH / WRITING
Thought Console
Give students one place to capture evidence, questions, connections, and emerging ideas as their work develops.
Open Thought Console ↗RETRIEVAL / TEST PREP
Recall
Help students organize active retrieval practice and concentrate effort on material they are closest to forgetting.
Open Recall ↗INTEGRATION PLANNED
Thesis Creator
Guide students from a prompt to a qualified argumentative claim supported by a clear reason. Local app files still need to be added.
Coming soon
Study App
An app based on how learning works: students list topics, break them into manageable chunks, practice retrieval, identify weak areas, and schedule what should return.
A 20-minute focus period followed by a 5-minute break can be offered as one optional rhythm, but the app’s larger purpose is to help students decide what to study next and why.
List and chunk topics
Turn a broad test or unit into specific ideas and skills that can be practiced.
Retrieve before reviewing
Ask students to recall, solve, or explain before revealing notes or answers.
Find weak areas
Track confidence and performance so the next session focuses on the work that matters.
Schedule the return
Space practice over time and eventually connect the study plan with Recall.