In this project, students create a program that performs calculations on input values to produce formatted output. Students will choose a project to create from a list of three options, or generate their own option that meets the activity requirements. This lesson is part of CodeVA's ECS+Python lesson set, providing alternative units for the Exploring Computer Science curriculum covering basic Python coding concepts.

A Quizlet study set of 15 Computer Network terms and definitions. This is a study set with terms and definitions done on quizlet. It covers basic terms, as well as topogolies, and Ethernet cable types.This set can be used as reinforcement of these topics or as a short quiz to test understanding.

A Quizlet study set of 15 Computer Network terms and definitions. This is a study set with terms and definitions done on quizlet. It covers wireless, remote and VPN.This set can be used as reinforcement of these topics or as a short quiz to test understanding.

Students will explore how computers are embedded in the activities of their ‘every day’ through keeping a technology journal and sharing their timeline with a group of students or the class. Through this activity, students learn to find examples of their own definition of computing before engaging in the class discussion about how we might choose to classify computers by their characteristics. Students end the activity by designing a technology that solves a common/current problem in their own routine (“I wish there was a computer that could help me…..”). Through this examination, students will learn that computers can do many things to help humans solve problems on micro and macro levels.A supplementary lesson plan for ECS Unit 1, days 1-2 by Perry Shank

In this activity, students will create a model of a computer designed to accomplish important tasks that align with their personal interests or the needs of a friend/family member they interviewed in a previous lesson. Then, students will discuss tradeoffs in design: the value judgements computer designers make when they build computers for consumers to purchase.

Students will learn about abstraction by looking at a built model computer and then breaking solving a system of equations down into simple components.

Students will learn about abstraction by building a model computer and then breaking a classic story down into simple components. 

Incorporate some computer science ideas into a scientific abstraction of the four spheres of Earth!  This lesson has opportunities for visible learning include sketching in their notes, quick writes, and a jigsaw.  The students will apply the idea of classifying items into the four spheres in the real world by taking a short walk outside.