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CSS 1

CSS 1 teaches students the basics of styling web pages with modern, responsive design.

Semester course · 31 lessons · 2 units

  • CSS
  • Voyage
  • Semester
  • 6th grade
  • 7th grade
  • 8th grade
  • 9th grade
  • 10th grade
  • 11th grade
  • 12th grade

Recommended prerequisite: HTML 1

Course Summary

CSS 1 introduces students to the fundamentals of styling websites. The course covers key concepts such as text and box styling, positioning, gradients, and responsive design through media queries. By the end of the lessons, students will be able to create visually appealing web pages with modern design elements.

Course Outline

    1. Introduction to CSS Learn how to get started with the CSS language!
    2. Connecting Your CSS File to an HTML File Learn how to connect your CSS file to an HTML file.
    3. Text Shadow Learn how to give HTML text a shadow with CSS!
    4. Rounded Corners Why have sharp corners when you can make them round? This lesson will cover the basics of using border-radius to add some smoothness to your site.
    5. Box Shadow Box Shadow is a great way to add some depth to your site. Let's learn how this is accomplished.
    6. Color Gradient Color gradients are a great way to blend two colors together and add some more flair to your page. Let's see how they are implemented.
    7. Comments in HTML/CSS Comments are a great way to make your code more readable for yourself and others. Let's see how we can implement them in HTML and CSS.
    8. Classes As your page grows, classes make it easy to assign CSS to certain elements in your site. This lesson tackles how to use classes and their importance.
    9. Color Picker Millions of colors exist and sometimes it's hard to choose which one you want to use, or how to even find it. Let's learn how we can more easily find colors and use them in our website.
    10. Theme Checkpoint This checkpoint uses the first few CSS lessons and some HTML knowledge together to test your skills.
    11. Margin and Padding Space is just as important as content on a website! This lesson covers the different ways to add space to your page.
    12. Pseudo Selectors This lesson covers pseudo selectors, which is a great way to add in some interaction to your site.
    13. Opacity Sometimes, you want your images to be partially transparent. Let's learn how to utilize opacity to accomplish this.
    14. Div Tags One of the most common ways to group together elements is using div tags. Let's check out how we can implement them.
    15. Button Design Learn the CSS styles and best practices for styling a professional looking button.
    16. List Styles HTML Lists don't have to be boring! Let's spruce them up a bit.
    17. CSS Icons Add CSS Icons to your website using Material Icons.
    18. Borders Learn to add a stylized border to an HTML element! Including images, shapes, and buttons. Customize the border color, width or style.
    19. Positioning This lesson discusses CSS Positioning and how it can be used to adjust the location of elements.
    20. Media Queries Intro Cellphones and tablets are more popular now than ever before! Let's look at how we can adjust our site depending on the width of the screen it is viewed on.
    21. Background Image Style Similar to the background image lesson that was covered in the HTML 1 Unit, we will learn how to use background images in CSS to style your page.

    1. Culture Cutlure website
    2. Let it Grow! Let it Grow!
    3. Awesome Pets CSS Project #3
    4. Space Exploration CSS Project #4
    5. Dream Car Create a website to show off your dream car. Make it as professional as you can.
    6. All Time Best Brand Choose a brand that you enjoy and create a website to advertise this brand.
    7. School Mascot Create a website to highlight and explain your school mascot.
    8. Restaurant Create a beautiful website all about your favorite place to go eat. Use the CSS and HTML concepts you've learned to create as appetizing of a website as you can.
    9. Game On Decide on the best game of all time and create a website to show it off.
    10. Professional Color Scheme Using a color scheme of your choice and the HTML/CSS skills you've learned, create the most professional, stunning website you can about your topic of choice.

Standard Alignment

State standards documents

Document Standards Grades
National
2022 Skill Struck Standards Alignment + Correlation Guide CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards · 2022 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Alabama
Alabama Course of Study Digital Literacy and CS Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Alabama Course of Study Digital Literacy and CS Standards K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Arizona
Arizona Computer Science Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Arizona Computer Science Standards K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Arkansas
Arkansas Computer Science and Computing Standards High School Programming + Skill Struck Alignment Arkansas Computer Science and Computing Standards High School Programming · 2023 9-12
Arkansas Computer Science and Computing Standards Middle School Introduction to Coding Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Arkansas Computer Science and Computing Standards Middle School Introduction to Coding Standards · 2023 6-8
California
California K-12 CS Standards + Skill Struck Alignment California K-12 CS Standards K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Georgia
Georgia Standards of Excellence for K-8 Computer Science + Skill Struck Alignment Georgia Standards of Excellence for K-8 Computer Science K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Idaho
Idaho Content Standards Computer Science + Skill Struck Alignment Idaho Content Standards Computer Science · 2023 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Illinois
Illinois Computer Science Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Illinois Computer Science Standards · 2022 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Indiana
Indiana K-12 Computer Science Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Indiana K-12 Computer Science Standards · 2023 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Iowa
Iowa Computer Science Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Iowa Computer Science Standards K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Kansas
Kansas CS Standards P-12 + Skill Struck Alignment Kansas CS Standards P-12 · 2023 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Kentucky
Kentucky Academic Standards for Computer Science + Skill Struck Alignment Kentucky Academic Standards for Computer Science · 2023 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Maryland
Maryland K-12 CS Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Maryland K-12 CS Standards · 2023 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science Standards · 2023 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Michigan
Michigan K-12 Standards Computer Science + Skill Struck Alignment Michigan K-12 Standards Computer Science · 2023 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Mississippi
Mississippi College and Career Readiness standards for Computer Science + Skill Struck Alignment Mississippi College and Career Readiness standards for Computer Science · 2022 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Missouri
Missouri K-12 Computer Science Performance Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Missouri K-12 Computer Science Performance Standards · 2023 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Nebraska
Nebraska K-12 Technology Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Nebraska K-12 Technology Standards · 2023 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Nevada
Nevada Academic Content Standards for CS + Skill Struck Alignment Nevada Academic Content Standards for CS K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Nevada Academic Content Standards for Integrated Technology + Skill Struck Alignment Nevada Academic Content Standards for Integrated Technology K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Nevada Computer Science Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Nevada Computer Science Standards 9-12
New Jersey
New Jersey Computer Science and Design Thinking Standards + Skill Struck Alignment New Jersey Computer Science and Design Thinking Standards · 2020 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
New York
New York Computer Science and Digital Fluency Learning Standards K-12 + Skill Struck Alignment New York Computer Science and Digital Fluency Learning Standards K-12 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
North Carolina
North Carolina K-12 CS Standards + Skill Struck Alignment North Carolina K-12 CS Standards K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Ohio
Ohio's Learning Standards Computer Science + Skill Struck Alignment Ohio's Learning Standards Computer Science · 2023 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Computer Science + Skill Struck Alignment Oklahoma Academic Standards for Computer Science K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Rhode Island
Rhode Island's K-12 CS Education Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Rhode Island's K-12 CS Education Standards K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
South Carolina
South Carolina Computer Science and Digital Literacy Standards + Skill Struck Alignment South Carolina Computer Science and Digital Literacy Standards · 2023 K-2, 3-5, 6-8
South Carolina's Computer Science Standards for High School + Skill Struck Alignment South Carolina's Computer Science Standards for High School · 2023 9-12
Tennessee
Tennessee K-12 Computer Science State Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Tennessee K-12 Computer Science State Standards · 2023 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Texas
TEKs Skills for CTE + Skill Struck Alignment TEKs Skills for CTE 9-12
TEKs Technology Applications K-8 Standards + Skill Struck Alignment TEKs Technology Applications K-8 Standards K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Utah
Utah 6-12 CS Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Utah 6-12 CS Standards · 2019 6-8, 9-12
Virginia
Virginia K-12 CS Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Virginia K-12 CS Standards · 2023 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Washington
Washington K-12 CS State Learning Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Washington K-12 CS State Learning Standards K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Standards for Computer Science + Skill Struck Alignment Wisconsin Standards for Computer Science · 2023 K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Wyoming
Wyoming Computer Science Content Standards + Skill Struck Alignment Wyoming Computer Science Content Standards · 2020 K-2, 3-5, 6-8

Course Project

In this course, students will complete challenges that help solidify concepts as they use skills in a variety of ways. In order to complete tasks, students will creatively apply what they've learned by using different approaches to reach a goal. This experience closely follows challenges they would face in a technical interview, allowing them to practice.