Learning Outcomes:

Students learn about the internal and external hardware and software that work together to form a computer system.

Topics covered:

Computer Hardware

Computer Software

Standard alignment:

1B-CS-01, 1B-CS-02

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn various ways to troubleshoot basic computer issues that may arise.

Topics covered:

Troubleshooting strategies

Standard alignment:

1B-CS-03

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn how the hardware and software of a computer works together as a system and how computers transport information across devices.

Topics covered:

Accessing technology

How hardware and software work together to form a computer system

How the internet breaks down information

Standard alignment:

1B-CS-01, 1B-CS-02, 1B-NI-04

Learning Outcomes:

Teach students what they can do to make things more accessible in app development.

Topics covered:

Improving accessibility and usability for users

Drafting apps with accessibility in mind

Improving computational artifacts based on feedback

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-13, 1B-IC-19, 1B-IC-20

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn how to manage files on the computer in this lesson.

Topics covered:

Finding files

Saving files

File extensions and each of their purposes

Version control

Standard alignment:

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn how to effectively research in this lesson.

Topics covered:

Research

Essential questions

Conducting Keyword Searches

Reliable v. Unreliable Resources

Standard alignment:

Learning Outcomes:

Students will learn new terms - decoding and encryption - as they explore how to decode messages using critical thinking skills.

Topics covered:

Decoding

Encryptions

Standard alignment:

1B-NI-05, 1B-AP-11

Learning Outcomes:

Guide a discussion about how computers affect culture and how culture can have an effect on technology.

Topics covered:

Technology's impact on our culture

Standard alignment:

1B-IC-18

Learning Outcomes:

Kindness is a valuable trait that all students can benefit from revisiting. This lesson will stand as a foundation for future lessons on digital citizenship.

Topics covered:

Showing kindness

Standard alignment:

Learning Outcomes:

Discuss cyberbullying, its effects, and how student action(s) affect their digital footprint.

Topics covered:

Personal values

Cyberbullying

Contributors to digital footprints

Being positive, private, and protective online

Standard alignment:

Learning Outcomes:

Teach students cybersecurity and internet safety strategies to keep them and their information safe when using the computer.

Topics covered:

Keeping personal information private

Strangers online

Strong passwords

Spam

Clickbait

Standard alignment:

1B-NI-05

Learning Outcomes:

Teach students how they can respect and honor property rights through giving appropriate attribution and using the public domain to avoid copying others' works and ideas.

Topics covered:

Plagiarism

Giving proper attribution

Copyright

Public domain

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-14, 1B-IC-21

Learning Outcomes:

Discuss with students the importance of balancing their computing and non-computing lives and how computing can have both positive and negative impacts.

Topics covered:

Positive effects of computing

Negative effects of computing

Finding a balance in life

Standard alignment:

Learning Outcomes:

Challenge students to collect and analyze data for the purpose of forming predictions, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, and presenting ideas based on data.

Topics covered:

Forming predictions

Collecting, sorting, and presenting data

Analyzing bar graphs

Identifying patterns

Standard alignment:

1B-DA-06, 1B-DA-07

Learning Outcomes:

Challenge students to collect and analyze data for the purpose of forming predictions, identifying cause-and-effect relationships in a bar graph, and presenting ideas based on data.

Topics covered:

Forming predictions

Collecting, sorting, and presenting data

Analyzing graphs

Identifying patterns

Standard alignment:

1B-DA-06, 1B-DA-07

Learning Outcomes:

Invite students to track weather data using line graphs so they can identify patterns and relationships.

Topics covered:

Research

Collecting, sorting, and presenting data

Analyzing line graphs

Identifying patterns

Standard alignment:

1B-DA-06, 1B-DA-07

Learning Outcomes:

Discuss data's role in programming, how computers store data locally and/or remotely, and common databases used.

Topics covered:

Local data storage

Remote data storage

Standard alignment:

1B-DA-06, 1B-DA-07

Learning Outcomes:

Students will learn about sequencing and algorithms in this activity.

Topics covered:

Algorithms

Sequences

Debugging algorithms

Decomposing steps

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-08, 1B-AP-10, 1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-15

Learning Outcomes:

Teach students how to debug effectively in this activity.

Topics covered:

Debugging algorithms

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-08

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn about events in computer science in this puzzle coding activity.

Topics covered:

Algorithms

Sequences

Events

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-08, 1B-AP-10, 1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-15

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn about variables in computer science in this puzzle coding activity.

Topics covered:

Algorithms

Sequences

Events

Variables

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-08, 1B-AP-09, 1B-AP-10, 1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-15

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn about conditionals in computer science in this puzzle coding activity.

Topics covered:

Algorithms

Sequences

Events

Variables

Conditionals

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-08, 1B-AP-09, 1B-AP-10, 1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-15

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn about loops in computer science in this puzzle coding activity.

Topics covered:

Algorithms

Sequences

Events

Variables

Conditionals

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-08, 1B-AP-09, 1B-AP-10, 1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-15

Learning Outcomes:

Students discuss and practice the design process as they plan and execute programming projects.

Topics covered:

Generate ideas

Test theories

Create artifacts

Solve problems

Creating a model

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-13, 1B-AP-17

Learning Outcomes:

Teach students what HTML tags are in this activity.

Topics covered:

What HTML is

HTML Tags

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-15

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn and practice coding heading tags in this lesson's activities.

Topics covered:

Heading Tags

Heading Hierarchy

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-15

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn and practice coding paragraph tags in this lesson's activities.

Topics covered:

Paragraph tags

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-15

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn and practice styling tags with text color in this lesson's activities.

Topics covered:

Attributes

Properties and values

Styling tags with text color

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-15

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn and practice styling tags with font in this lesson's activities.

Topics covered:

Attributes

Properties and values

Styling tags with font

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-15

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn and practice coding image tags in this lesson's activities.

Topics covered:

Attributes

Properties and values

Finding free images to use within copyright

Linking images and creating image tags

Changing Image Size

Standard alignment:

Learning Outcomes:

Students apply the HTML coding skills they have learned thus far in this project.

Topics covered:

Program planning

Heading Tags

Paragraph tags

Text Color

Images

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-13, 1B-AP-14, 1B-AP-15, 1B-AP-17, 1B-IC-20, 1B-IC-21

Learning Outcomes:

Students collaborate with peers to build a website using the HTML skills they have learned and practiced in previous lessons.

Topics covered:

Program planning

Partner collaboration

Heading Tags

Paragraph tags

Text Color

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-13, 1B-AP-14, 1B-AP-15, 1B-AP-16, 1B-AP-17, 1B-IC-20, 1B-IC-21

Learning Outcomes:

Students apply the HTML coding skills they have learned in this extra practice project.

Topics covered:

Program planning

Heading Tags

Paragraph tags

Text Color

Images

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-14, 1B-AP-15, 1B-AP-17, 1B-IC-21

Learning Outcomes:

Students apply the HTML coding skills they have learned in this extra practice project.

Topics covered:

Program planning

Heading Tags

Paragraph tags

Text Color

Images

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-14, 1B-AP-15, 1B-AP-17, 1B-IC-21