Introduce the mnemonic “Burger King Makes Great Toast” for memorizing the order of data sizes “Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, and Terabyte” to aid students remembering this information.
Have students make a multiplication table to practice working with 2D arrays, nested loops, and abstraction using a data construct they’re already familiar with.
Use physical footprints and fingerprints as a metaphor to different types of imprints students make online because understanding their online presence is important.
Use a number-guessing game that pushes students to use binary search in a fun and interactive activity that allows you to introduce binary sort in a grounded manner.
Match grammar constructs of nouns and verbs to classes and methods to help students understand what goes into a class because this helps make this difficult object-oriented programming construct easier to understand.
Emphasize that computer science teaches a way of thinking that can be used in careers in the tech industry and beyond.