I&#x27;m building a K-12 comp sci curriculum for a network of schools and we&#x27;re pulling a LOT from this.  Why? I previously taught an intro CS course to 8th graders with the &quot;jump straight to the code&quot; method, and found that many, if not most students struggled with conceptualizing and articulating algorithms, even in Scratch which is very visual.<p>Moving forward, our curriculum is going to build those skills up front and off-screen, then move to code.  How we build those is a continuing work in progress, but CS Unplugged is a big part of that.