IuM
Comprehensive practical guides for the new compulsory subject of computer science and media education available for free download.
We support IuM teachers
Computer science and media education is a new compulsory subject at secondary schools, which poses organisational and didactic challenges for many schools. For teachers, IuM usually means teaching subjects outside their area of expertise, little guidance and high demands. SPARKS provides support with tried-and-tested, ready-to-use materials and innovative teaching concepts that we are constantly developing. Our content is technically sound and works even without prior IT knowledge. We want to get students excited about this new subject!
We work closely with strong partners such as klicksafe, SAP Young Thinkers and the Hopp Foundation.
“I am delighted with the SPARKS material, which offers up-to-date and student-friendly content for computer science and media education in grades 5 and 6. The work materials motivate my students to actively engage with digital devices and develop a responsible approach to topics such as research, social media, and AI.”
Nadine Wolf, Elisabeth-von-Thadden-Schule, Heidelberg
Free teaching materials and programming platform for Baden-Württemberg
SPARKS provides comprehensive practical guides and the snap.schule programming platform free of charge.
Practical Guides
SPARKS provides free comprehensive practical guides for Years 5 and 6 – tailored to the official reading aid and TaskCard from the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs on IuM. Our recommendation: use the SPARKS practical guides as the central working basis for your IuM lessons.
The practical guides contain
- structured lesson plans,
- a curriculum distribution plan,
- working materials,
- checklists and teaching tips.
snap.schule is the first educational platform to specifically align the visual block-based programming language with German curriculum standards. Snap! is used all the way up to university-level teaching; it has been tested for subject-specific didactics and is academically rigorous. Teachers and students work consistently with a single language, from elementary school through high school. snap.schule runs entirely in the browser, requires no installation, and offers ready-made puzzles, accompanying materials, and data-protection-compliant storage on German servers.
All content is practical, ready to use and also suitable for teachers who are not specialists in the subject.
The materials are free of charge, CC-licensed and available in German as PDF or DOCX files in our I&M download area.
The platform snap.schule ist free of charge, open-source and hosted in Germany.