The purpose of this lesson is to compel students to think carefully about the work they are doing in creating and performing experiments. The artifact for this standard would be a lab report. In computer science, proper documentation helps keep track of all aspects of an application or program and improves the quality of the program. Documentation allows programmers and reviewers to understand the intention behind a particular portion of code. Lab reports are similar to programs in that they reference the required materials and contain the procedures and any specific methods for performing the experiment. They should also include a rationale for the methodological decisions that are made, which would be analogous to programming documentation. A well-written lab report would be a familiar analog to a computer program with documentation. While science and engineering practices are incorporated into science standards generally, an activity like this is useful to give the students a practical, familiar template for implementing science and engineering practices

Time to demonstrate how the watershed works with this message in a bottle lesson. Students will have the opportunity to send a message in a bottle and observe how it travels down the watershed to the ocean!

This resource has a YouTube video link and a website link on how the German Enigma Machine worked to encrypt messages during World War II.

Test how well plants grow with different liquids! Time to test the pH and see how it affects the growth of microgreens! Students will learn about input and output by adding liquids with different pH’s to the soil and measuring the effect of the output of plants.

Students will be introduced to the term algorithm while reading the story of Humpty Dumpty. Students will develop an algorithm or step by step sequence of instructions for putting Humpty Dumpty back together again.

Students will work in pairs/teams to complete jobs in order to program a Bee-Bot through a grid.

The students will learn what a digital citizen is and how to stay safe on the internet.

Students will love programming their "robot teacher" to maneuver around the classroom in this introductory coding lesson. Basic computer science concepts are defined and applied as students work together to plan, create, and test algorithms. Students will recognize that programmers are the brains behind machines and technologies. 

Students will watch a teacher selected Apple advertisement/video and then identify the various Apple products mentioned in the ad. Students will then discuss how technology has changed the US marketplace and how the advertisement reflects the values of American culture. After discussing the current use of technology in the workplace, students will collaborate and hypothesize what the future of technology and American culture is based on current trends. Essential vocabulary: culture, technology, automation.

Students will watch a teacher selected Apple advertisement/video and then identify the various Apple products mentioned in the ad. Students will then discuss how technology has changed the US marketplace and how the advertisement reflects the values of American culture. After discussing the current use of technology in the workplace, students will collaborate and hypothesize what the future of technology and American culture is based on current trends. Essential vocabulary: culture, technology, automation.

Students will complete a research paper on using technology. The teacher will go over the instructions and requirements for the research paper. Before the students are allowed to research technology, the teacher will do a brainstorming session of social and ethical issues students might come across when using their computer or are on the internet.

This lesson is intended to be an introduction to identifying ideas, texts, images, and products as one's own or borrowed from another source.

The student will learn how to troubleshoot problems that arise on a daily basis. They will start with a “human knot” then move to problems that are caused by humans and nature.

Data visualization is a general term that describes any effort to help people understand the significance of data by placid in a visual context. It can allow for insight that would be more difficult than by looking at the raw data. Patterns, trends, and corrEnglishtions that might go undetected in text-based data can be exposed and recognized easier with data visualization models. Visual models include circle graphs, bar graphs, line plots and pictographs. In Grade 6, students will evaluate visual representations of data to draw conclusions and determine the best visualization for various types of data.

This is a lesson for first grade to talk about how technology has changed our lives over the years. I have it related to the first settlers and the experience they may have had if they had today's technology.  We also will discuss the technology we use today in our rooms vs what used to be used and how our behavior online can affect us even when people can't see us. 

Students will learn about the different aspects of computing technology and how it has changed the world.

This is a short description intended to catch the reader and make them want to open your lesson.Bring a rural-cultural atmosphere to your classroom by hatching chicken eggs. Students will be able to compare basic to high tech incubators and compare how technology has influenced and advanced in order to meet cultural needs.  

The students will identify how computing technologies have changed the world and how they are influenced by cultures by group activities, critical activities, problem solving skills and researching.

This lesson is part of the Virginia K-12 Computer Science Pipeline which is partly funded through a GO Virginia grant in partnership with Chesapeake Public Schools, Loudoun County Public Schools, and the Loudoun Education Foundation.    During this lesson, students will use a computing device to write a letter. 

In this lesson, students will learn what a pattern loop is and will learn the importance of repeating patterns. They will focus on the vocabulary words pattern, loop, and program. They will then get the opportunity to practice making pattern loops with shape cards, blocks, and creating their own loops with writing utensils and paper. They will also have the opportunity to see the importance of pattern loops in programming either using