Computer science every elementary teacher can teach.
A teacher’s guide and student workbook for every grade, thirty ready-to-teach lessons a year, and a platform on the web, iOS and Android that assigns, grades and keeps families in the loop. No coding background needed.
Published by Minestem Inc., San Jose, California.
PK–K to Grade 3
per grade
per grade
every lesson
Same seven parts, every time.
Teachers always know what comes next; students always know what to expect. Teacher pages in orange, student pages in teal — each one assignable on its own from the platform.
- 1OverviewObjectives, timeline, materials
- 2Concept DevelopmentThe warm-up that introduces the idea
- 3Core ActivitiesTwo hands-on activities, fully scripted
- 4Family NewsletterWhat we learned, what to try at home
- 5Problem SetStudent practice pages
- 6Exit TicketA quick check for understanding
- 7HomeworkCut, sort, make and play
Characters that walk through every lesson.
The same friendly cast appears in the books, on the platform and in the animated lesson videos — so a five-year-old always knows who is talking, and new characters join as the grades go up.
A teacher’s guide and a student workbook for every grade.
Four grade levels, PK–K through Grade 3, each a full year of computer science aligned to the CSTA K–12 standards. Print-ready, answer keys included.
Four grades, six units each
- PK–KAlgorithms · Decisions & Patterns · Patterns & Early AI Thinking · Systems & Tools · Data & Decisions · Safety & Society
- Grade 1Decompose & Author · Loops & Repetition · Symbols, Events & Paper Programs · Computers Inside & Out · Data Detectives · Safe & Kind Technology
- Grade 2From Pieces to Algorithms · Counted Loops & Events · Conditionals & Logic · How Computers Talk · Data Questions & Codes · Technology & Change
- Grade 3Decompose & Design · Variables & Memory · Building Real Programs · Machines, Networks & Security · Junior Data Science · Computing & Our World
One place for teachers, students and families.
For teachers
- Assign whole lessons or single components, to the class or to specific students
- Plan the year on a teaching calendar
- Learning-target gradebook and report cards
- Student portfolios and family messaging
- Rosters, class codes and sign-in cards for the youngest learners
For students
- Picture-and-code login for K–1, Google or Clever for older students
- Workbook pages, exit tickets and homework in one list
- Upload work, reflect on it, build a portfolio
- The same pages as the printed book
For families
- A family newsletter with every lesson
- Messages from the teacher
- A view of their child’s portfolio and progress
The same classroom, on any tablet.
The MineSTEM apps for iPad, iPhone and Android give students the same lessons, assignments and portfolio as the website, designed for shared classroom devices: quick card login for K–1, large touch targets, and work that syncs with the teacher’s gradebook the moment it’s turned in.
- Family NewsletterDone
- Problem SetDone
- Exit TicketTo do
- HomeworkTo do
Made in San Jose by teachers and engineers.
Minestem Inc. exists to give elementary schools a computer science program that works in a real classroom: lessons a generalist teacher can pick up and teach, books that print cleanly, and software that stays out of the way. We write the curriculum, publish the books, build the platform and the mobile apps, and support the teachers who use them.
- Company
- Minestem Inc.
- Address
- 3762 Deedham Dr, San Jose, CA 95148
- Phone
- (408) 406-3728
- support@minestem.com