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This is an unplugged version of how a man in the middle attack can happen and how data can be altered using rope, binder clips, envelopes and index cards.
In this lesson, students will use the iterative design process to construct a story map for a fictional short story.
Students will learn about Mask Letters and their use in the Revolutionary War, then they will make masks and messages of their own and discuss the pros and cons of this method of sending and receiving secret messages.
Students will be able to explore matter, by getting hands-on experience experimenting with salt, sugar, sand, color changing beads, and hot and cold water.! Using the materials, the students will be able to use various materials to practice how objects interact with water.. Dive into matters and allow your students access to expand their knowledge using information that is transmitted using computing devices, because the students will record themselves discussing their results from their experiment to share with their classmates.
Using the available commands, students will design a sequence of events that will efficiently move the student to the restroom through the obstacles on the grid. Use repeated patterns when appropriate. The students will work with a partner or small group to design a program to move a “student” through a classroom with obstacles. The student will be a paper avatar. The classroom will be a 8 by 8 grid with pictures of obstacles the student must move through to get to different destinations. The students will try to move through with the least number of steps. As an extension, they can rename a loop of multiple steps, and it will become one st
This activity will show the sorting process using the Merge Sort Divide and Conquer algorithm that is used by a computer when sorting data without using a computer.
In this lesson sequence, students will work in teams to learn the MakeCode and Micro:Bit Development platform. They’ll develop basic programming skills, implementing input, output, variables, and conditional control structures. At the end of the sequence, students will compete in a “puzzle box” challenge, attempting to create a puzzle using their Micro:Bit, code, and craft supplies and earning points based on how challenging their puzzle is to solve.
This choiceboard provides students the opportunity to earn points by demonstrating their coding skills.
See how the computer science standards progress from the 6th-8th grades, so that teachers and coaches can get a better understanding of the skill progression.
Vocabulary posters for the Computing Systems strand for Middle School Elective. Words included are from the 2017 Computer Science Curriculum Framework.
Vocabulary posters for the Cybersecurity strand for the Middle School Elective. Words included are from the 2017 Computer Science Curriculum Framework.
Overview of the activity: Introduce students to the Brainpop videos to open the discussion of what magnets are and how they can be used.
After completing background research on what it was like to live during the colonial times students will be placed in a Minecraft world where they will have to collaborate with a group of classmates to build a colony that provides food and protection since the game will be played in survival mode.
Students will draw a computer system using the main 5 parts as included in the PDF download3.8 The student will model how a computing system works including input and output.
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 create a storyboard and pseudocode which will be used while creating a simulation using Scratch.
This lesson reviews citizenship expectations as students effectively communicate in small groups and the whole-class setting to prepare for a trip to the Science Museum! Students analyze and sort behaviors into categories, based on the attributes or actions described while reviewing vocabulary critical to a museum visit. Special thanks to the Science Museum of Western Virginia and the Center for Educational Networks and Impacts at Virginia Tech for their advisement and resource contribution to this lesson.
In this lesson, students will create a ‘Museum of Westward Expansion Inventions’ using the platform twinery.org. This tour will include multiple types of links that will be written in code two different ways and citations to photos to prove the veracity of the images students provide. In the end, students will have their own little piece of history with artifacts (images) that are properly cited and linked.
Video Description: How does NASA test ideas, like the Mars Helicopter, before they are even built? Find out more about this revolutionary helicopter and how NASA uses mathematical modeling to turn complex ideas into solvable equations that help shape future missions. Video Length: 3:20.NASA eClipsTM is a suite of online student-centered, standards-based resources that support instruction by increasing STEM literacy in formal and nonformal settings. These free digital and downloadable resources inform and engage students through NASA-inspired, real-world connections.NASA eClips Real World segments (grades 6-8) connect classroom mathematics to 21st Century careers and innovations. They are designed for students to develop an appreciation for mathematics through real-world problem solving.
Video Description: At NASA everything begins with an idea. Physical models help NASA engineers and technicians test those ideas before building full-scale versions. Learn more about the important role physical modeling, building prototypes and mathematics play in engineering solutions. Video Length: 3:11.NASA eClipsTM is a suite of online student-centered, standards-based resources that support instruction by increasing STEM literacy in formal and nonformal settings. These free digital and downloadable resources inform and engage students through NASA-inspired, real-world connections.NASA eClips Real World segments (grades 6-8) connect classroom mathematics to 21st Century careers and innovations. They are designed for students to develop an appreciation for mathematics through real-world problem solving.