This two-semester course provides instruction in the basics of computer construction and repair; emphasizes troubleshooting and diagnosis of hardware and software failures; provides the skills necessary to gain entry-level employment in the field of computer servicing. Students have the opportunity to service and repair a wide range of personal computers while learning theory of operation and gaining programming skills. Students will use a variety of service tools. The operation of each component of a computer is studied and tested while assembling test computers. Designed to provide a solid foundation as a basis for a student's continuing education in the computer sciences.

Students will come to understand how their own brains can be similar to computers. People tend to be left-brain or right brain dominant; however, with tools and training, non-dominant characteristics can be enhanced much to that of computers that are outfitted with hardware and software for gaming versus designing. This lesson will focus on input and output devices to graph equations written in the form y = mx+b.

This is a reference resource on the timeline of computers from the 1800's to the present. It contains two graphic images from the g2.com website showing the history of computers from 1890 to the 1970's and from 1980 to 2015 as well as a link to the website that provides more details of the items from the charts. Weblink to article

For this lesson it is important that students have seen and/or used a computer to be able to discuss the differences and similarities of computers from the past and present. While looking at computers and their systems students will be discussing the things that computers do to make their lives easier and the ways that they use computers everyday in their daily lives.

At the start of this lesson, the students will meet with the teacher as a whole group on the carpet. The teacher will display a Google Slide presentation about computing systems. The lesson will start with a small discussion about the purpose of computers. After activating their prior knowledge, the students will watch a short video about the different types of computers and the parts that make up a computer. Afterwards, the students will review what they learned by identifying the different types of computers using pictures and naming the different parts of a computer by listening to clues about their function. Once the students understand the information, the teacher will have the students return to their desks and complete a worksheet where they will identify the items that rEnglishte to a computer.

The teacher will help students identify, compare, and contrast different computing systems such as a desktop computer, laptop computer, tablet, and mobile device; identify and describe the purpose of the keyboard, mouse/trackpad, and printer. This lesson would go well before students use their devices for the first time!

This resource an inforgraphic that talks about includes Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing, Grace Hopper, and Tim Berners-Lee. These are the significant historical figures listed in the Middle School Elective Curriculum Framework, MSCSE.6, context of the standard.

This worksheet reviews some of the significant events in computing history. Students will draw lines to connect the person/event to the time it occured.

Teachers read aloud an eBook about computer systems. Teacher guide includes questioning activities and suggested follow-ups for after reading.

Students will be challenged with researching various problems that may occur with hardware and software for computer usage and then turn their research into posters for the class to use later if they have a problem occur past our lesson.

How can we use technology in Algebra? How can we change technology to fit our needs?

In fourth grade, students begin to think about the impacts of computing and computing devices. The accurate use of terminology as well as the responsible use of technology will continue to be built upon. The foundational understanding of computing and the use of technology will be an integral component of successful acquisition of skills across content areas. This lesson will focus on looking at how computer and computer technologies impact our world and daily lives. It will guide students through key vocabulary, examples and discussions.

Students are surrounded by technology throughout their daily lives, but do they ever really stop and think about the impact that technology has on life? How has technology changed the way we live our lives? Computers and technology play a large part in our lives. This lesson will focus on the effects that computing has on daily lives, the aspects of the technology in positive and negative ways, the impacts it may have locally, nationally and at the global levels. The lesson looks at behaviors and cultural interactions and how they rEnglishte to cultural practices rEnglishted to technology. The students will learn to be informed and responsible to make decisions and understand the social implications of the digital world.

This is a Google Slides that is to be used with the book Everything You Need to Ace Computer Science and Coding in One Big Fat Notebook, Unit 5, Chapter 15.

Energy is continuously transferred from one place to another and transformed among various forms. In this lesson students will learn and demonstrate how energy is transferred from one form to another through various sequences. Additionally, they will explore binary code and how it can be converted from one form into another and transferred from one object to another.

Students will program a Sphero robot to travel around the exterior of a convex polygon. Students will then use the information in their code to determine the sum of the interior angles in a convex polygon.

Students will program a Sphero robot to travel around the exterior of a convex polygon. Students will then use the information in their code to determine the sum of the interior angles in a convex polygon.

TSW learn how to argue a position and introduce a counterclaim. As most of our writing for Grade 8 is persuasive or expository, this is a good assignment for any week within the first semester (Q1 or Q2). This will follow the same outline of writing as their 42 SOL prompts. The question is “should information be restricted in all areas by the government or in only certain areas?”

In this lesson, students will practice orally counting to 100 and gain number sense to be able to sequence numbers correctly.

An integrated Mathematics and computer science lesson to rEnglishte multistep practical problem rEnglishtionships to algorithms & programming.