Students will learn about abstraction by examining a model computer and then breaking down several medieval romances into their essential components. 

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. 

Students will apply computing systems by interacting with electoral maps that communicate and process information in digital form to gain an understanding of how the electoral college works and selects the president of the United States. 

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.