This activity will allow students to compare Brute Force and Divide and Conquer sorting algorithms.This activity will show the sorting process of a Brute Force algorithm and a Divide and Conquer algorithm that is used by a computer when sorting data.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Computers use sorting to direct information across a network. This activity is a simulated representation of how a computer might sort information through a network. Students will compare decimals and place them in boxes along the guiding arrows. Each box will contain 2 decimals. Students are to compare the two decimals in each box, then move the greater decimal forward to the next box on the right, The lesser decimal will be moved to the next box on the left. Each time the decimals are moved forward, the decimals in the boxes are compared and then moved to the appropriate box according to the rule (lesser: left, greater: right).Once each number has been moved to the circles at the top of end of the sort, the decimals should be in order from least to greatest. This is a variation of the activity foud here: https://www.csunplugged.org/en/resources/sorting-network/
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment
This Social Studes lessons incorporates the use of emoljis as a way of informal communication. Students will create emojis in the spaces provided that communicate each statement. This is an opportunity for students to be creative while reviewing the material in Virginia Studies.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Students will complete math problems on the Mathematical Color Picking handout to create corls by using the answers as values for Red, Green, and Blue,The handout also integrates number sense concepts that use the RGB values.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson
Communication has changed over time. The methods we use to connect with family and friends have moved from letter writing and postcards to social media posts and text messages. the way we acquire news has gotten faster and more widely available. News channels on television, news apps, and social media have allowed news to be shared instantly and to a broader audience.Our modern methods of communication have reached new heights. In an instant news is shared around the world. We are able to respond to emergenices faster, and share ideas with more people.Technology has opened up more outlets for communication.
Material Type: Lecture
The attached poster can be printed for display in your classroom.
Material Type: Visual Media
This lesson allows students to create a slideshow presentation about digital citizenship. The slideshow will focus on interacting with others online.This lesson involves the design process witht the creation of a slideshow. Students will choose from a list of Digital Citizen rules to focus on in their slideshow.Focus on concepts such as :Being Polite, Following Website Rules, Staying Positive, Being Respectful are to be included in the slideshow.Each slideshow should include a title slde and at least 4 additional slides.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Students will learn about the importance of strong passwords and how to create a password that is harder to guess.Students will use existing passwords for superheroes from the chart on the Super Passwords sheet to enter into the the Passwoer Monster website to determine how strong the password is. Then, create a new pasword to make it stronger and enter it into the Password Monster website. Students will then compare the passwords to see which is stronger. Password Monster
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Students will use map skills to compare using online maps and GPS to traditional maps. Then, they wll be led in a discussion about the adcantages and disadvantages of each,
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Play a technology enhanced version of the classic telephone game. Use a discussion board to post the the message, then compare it to the original.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This site is a tool for creating educational games. There 20 different game types to create. Once you've creative ta game, you will download it as a zip file. Upload the zip file to your LMS, then you can assign it to your students.
Material Type: Interactive
This slideshow is intended for Pre K and Kindergarten teachers for introducing students to technology vocabulary.The slides include a bried definition and images to support learning.
Material Type: Student Guide
This slideshow can be used as a lesson starter about how computers have influenced changes at home. It could be utilized as a whole class activity or as an individual assignment.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This Quizlet Study Set contains Elementary (K-5) vocabulary from the "Networking and the Internet" strand of the Virginia Standards of Learning for Computer Science. Students can study the flashcards and play games to test themselves on the terms.
Material Type: Game, Interactive
This Quizlet Study Set contains Elementary (K-5) vocabulary from the "Computing Systems" strand of the Virginia Standards of Learning for Computer Science. Students can study the terms with flashcards or try the games to test their knowledge.
Material Type: Game, Interactive
Printable pdf of Computer Safety Rules for elementary school students
Material Type: Visual Media
This matching activity reinforces students' recognition of how computing has changed our lives.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Students use the school internet policy to answer questions about the school's rules and guidelines for internet and device use.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Students Compare Theoretical and Experimental Probability by gathering date, experimenting, and creating a graph.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Students identify components of computing systems and sort different computing tasks into categories.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
