Version 1.2

Created January 7, 2016

( 60 Lessons, 102 Sessions + 33 Optional )

( 3 Lessons, 3 Sessions )

0. Introduction

0 - 1. How Does Technology Impact Your Life?
1 Session
0 - 2. Computing for the Next Generation
1 Session
0 - 3. Intelligent Paper
1 Session

( 8 Lessons, 15 Sessions )

1. Your Virtual World

1 - 1. Into the Darkness: A World Without Digital Communication
3 Sessions
1 - 2. Into the Light: How Computers and the Internet Enhance Innovation
3 Sessions
1 - 3. Exploring Innovations
2 Sessions
1 - 4. It's Just Bits
2 Sessions
1 - 5. How Innovation Affects Our Lives
1 Session
1 - 6. A Problem Solving Process that Scales
1 Session
1 - 7. Unit 1 Assessment
1 Session
1 - 8. Practice Performance Task
2 Sessions

( 17 Lessons, 23 Sessions )

2. Developing Programming Tools

2 - 1. Programming: Introduction and Motivation
1 Session
2 - 2. Using Python and PyCharm
1 Session
2 - 3. Algorithms: Basics
1 Session
2 - 4. Algorithms: Pseudocode
1 Session
2 - 5. Reading Python Code and Debugging
2 Sessions
2 - 6. Types and Evaluation
1 Session
2 - 7. Creating and Assigning Variables
1 Session
2 - 8. Comparison, Logical Operators, and Conditional Execution
1 Session
2 - 9. Nested and Chained Conditional Statements
1 Session
2 - 10. Iteration: For Loops
1 Session
2 - 11. Iteration: While Loops
1 Session
2 - 12. Functions: Parameters and Return Values
1 Session
2 - 13. Algorithms: Layers of Abstraction
1 Session
2 - 14. Functions: Scope and Abstraction
2 Sessions
2 - 15. Strings: Traversing, Slicing, and Parsing
2 Sessions
2 - 16. Lists: Creation, Traversal, Insertion, and Removal
2 Sessions
2 - 17. Unit Assessment
3 Sessions

( 14 Lessons, 13 Sessions + 8 Optional )

3. Information and the Internet

3 - 1. The Internet: Basics of Information Transmission
1 Session
3 - 2. The Internet: Present and Future
1 Session
3 - 3. How the Internet Works: Routing
1 Session
Optional: 3 - 4. How the Internet Works: Domain Name System
2 Sessions
Optional: 3 - 5. How the Internet Works: DNS Activity
2 Sessions
3 - 6. Search Engines: Finding Information
1 Session
3 - 7. Search Engines: Page Rank and Retrieval
2 Sessions
3 - 8. Basic Statistics with Excel
1 Session
3 - 9. Practice for Explore Performance Task
3 Sessions
3 - 10. Cybersecurity: Attacks, Protection, and Impact
1 Session
3 - 11. Cryptography: Symmetric Encryption
1 Session
Optional: 3 - 12. Cryptography: Public Key Encryption, Certificate Authorities, and Open Standards
2 Sessions
Optional: 3 - 13. Cybersecurity: Malicious Code, Identity Theft, and Remedies
2 Sessions
3 - 14. Unit 3 Assessment
1 Session

( 1 Lesson, 10 Sessions )

Explorations of Computing Innovations

E - 1. Explore - Impact of Computing Innovations
10 Sessions

( 7 Lessons, 9 Sessions + 3 Optional )

4. Data Acquisition

4 - 1. Data Acquisition and Analysis
2 Sessions
4 - 2. What are Models and Simulations?
1 Session
4 - 3. Using Data and Simulations
1 Session
4 - 4. File Input and Output using Python
2 Sessions
4 - 5. Data Collection, Analysis, and Simulation
2 Sessions
Optional: 4 - 6. Hypothesis Testing with Simulations in NetLogo
3 Sessions
4 - 7. Unit 4 Assessment
1 Session

( 6 Lessons, 14 Sessions )

5. Data Manipulation

5 - 1. Manipulating Large Data Sets
2 Sessions
5 - 2. Searching
2 Sessions
5 - 3. Sorting
3 Sessions
5 - 4. Comparing Algorithms
2 Sessions
5 - 5. Advanced Algorithms
2 Sessions
5 - 6. Create Performance Task Partial Practice
3 Sessions

( 3 Lessons, 0 Sessions + 22 Optional )

6. Data Visualization

Optional: 6 - 1. EarSketch
5 Sessions
Optional: 6 - 2. Data Visualization with Python and Bokeh
2 Sessions
Optional: 6 - 3. Dataquest
15 Sessions

( 1 Lesson, 15 Sessions )

Create Performance Task

C - 1. Create - Application from Ideas
15 Sessions