Learning Outcomes:

Students learn about the internal and external hardware and software that work together to form a computer system. They also learn various troubleshooting methods.

Topics covered:

Computer Hardware

Computer Software

Troubleshooting strategies

Standard alignment:

1B-CS-01, 1B-CS-03

Learning Outcomes:

Students brainstorm ways to enhance the accessibility and usability of various products through taking user preferences into account.

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 the internet works in this lesson's activities.

Topics covered:

How hardware and software work together to form a computer system

How the internet breaks down information

Networks and their devices

Standard alignment:

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

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn the various file extensions, each of their purposes, and how to manage files on the computer.

Topics covered:

Finding files

Saving files

File extensions and each of their purposes

Version control

Standard alignment:

Learning Outcomes:

Students discuss how technology has influenced our lives and culture as they explore a timeline outlining the evolution of some computing technologies.

Topics covered:

Technology's evolution

Technology's impact on our culture

Standard alignment:

1B-IC-18

Learning Outcomes:

Students discuss what contributes to a digital footprint and what they can currently be doing to form a good digital footprint.

Topics covered:

Contributors to digital footprints

Being positive, private, and protective online

Standard alignment:

Learning Outcomes:

Students discuss cyberbullying and its effects and consequences.

Topics covered:

Forms of cyberbullying

Consequences of cyberbullying

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

Scams

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:

Giving proper attribution

Copyright

Public Domain

Creative Commons

Plagiarism

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:

Students collect and analyze data to form predictions, identify cause-and-effect relationships, and present ideas via bar graph.

Topics covered:

Forming predictions

Collecting, sorting, and presenting data

Analyzing graphs

Drawing conclusions based on identified patterns

Commonly used databases

Standard alignment:

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

Learning Outcomes:

Students collect and analyze data to form predictions, identify and highlight cause-and-effect relationships, and present ideas via pie chart.

Topics covered:

Forming predictions

Collecting, sorting, and presenting data

Analyzing pie graphs

Drawing conclusions based on identified patterns

Standard alignment:

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

Learning Outcomes:

Students collect and analyze data to form predictions, identify cause-and-effect relationships, and present ideas via line plot.

Topics covered:

Forming predictions

Collecting, sorting, and presenting data

Analyzing line plots

Drawing conclusions based on identified patterns

Standard alignment:

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

Learning Outcomes:

Students create bitmaps as they learn what binary data is and how computers use binary to store data.

Topics covered:

Binary

Bitmaps

Standard alignment:

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

Learning Outcomes:

Students will learn about and practice coding sequences 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:

Students will learn about and practice coding events in this activity.

Topics covered:

Algorithms

Sequences

Events

Standard alignment:

Learning Outcomes:

Students will learn about and practice coding variables in this 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 will learn about and practice coding conditionals in this activity.

Topics covered:

Algorithms

Sequences

Events

Variables

Loops

Standard alignment:

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

Learning Outcomes:

Students will learn about and practice coding loops in this activity.

Topics covered:

Algorithms

Sequences

Events

Variables

Loops

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:

Create artifacts

Solve problems

Creating a model

Generate ideas

Test theories

Standard alignment:

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

Learning Outcomes:

Students are introduced to HTML and learn what HTML tags are in this activity.

Topics covered:

HTML tags

What HTML is

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 styling HTML tags with text color in this lesson's activities.

Topics covered:

Properties and values

Attributes

Styling tags with text color

Standard alignment:

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

Learning Outcomes:

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

Topics covered:

Properties and values

Attributes

Styling tags with font

Standard alignment:

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

Learning Outcomes:

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

Topics covered:

Properties and values

Styling tags with background color

Attributes

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 HTML tags with text alignment in this lesson's activities.

Topics covered:

Properties and values

Styling tags with text alignment

Attributes

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:

Properties and values

Linking images and creating image tags

Attributes

Finding free images to use within copyright

Changing image size

Standard alignment:

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

Learning Outcomes:

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

Topics covered:

Properties and values

Embedding YouTube videos on a webpage

Changing video size

Attributes

Standard alignment:

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

Learning Outcomes:

Students apply the HTML coding skills they have learned thus far to code a webpage in this project.

Topics covered:

Program planning

Heading Tags

Paragraph tags

Text Color

Font

Standard alignment:

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

Font

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

Font

Standard alignment:

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