This course supports the following txt下载 Digital Literacy and Computer Science standards:  

6-8.CT.a Abstraction  

6-8.CT.a.1- Describe how data is abstracted by listing attributes of everyday items to represent, order and compare those items (e.g., street address as an abstraction for locations; car make, model, and license plate number as an abstraction for cars).  

6-8.CT.a.2 – Define a simple function that represents a more complex task/problem and can be reused to solve similar tasks/problems. 

6-8.CT.a.3 – Use decomposition to define and apply a hierarchical classification scheme to a complex system, such as the human body, animal classification, or in computing.  

 6-8.CT.b Algorithms 

6-8.CT.b.1- Design solutions that use repetition and conditionals.  

6-8.CT.b.2 – Use logical reasoning to predict outputs given varying inputs.  

6-8.CT.b.3 – Individually and collaboratively decompose a problem and create a sub-solution for each of its parts (e.g., video game, robot obstacle course, making dinner).  

6-8.CT.b.4 – Recognize that more than one algorithm can solve a given problem.  

6-8.CT.b.5 – Recognize that boundaries need to be taken into account for an algorithm to produce correct results.  

6-8.CT.c Data  

6-8.CT.c.1- Demonstrate that numbers can be represented in different base systems (e.g., binary, octal, and hexadecimal) and text can be represented in different ways (e.g., American Standard Code for Information Interchange [ASCII]).  

6-8.CT.c.2 – Describe how computers store, manipulate, and transfer data types and files (e.g., integers, real numbers, Boolean Operators) in a binary system.  

6-8.CT.c.3 – Create, modify, and use a database (e.g., define field formats, add new records, manipulate data), individually and collaboratively, to analyze data and propose solutions for a task/problem.  

6-8.CT.c.4 – Perform a variety of operations such as sorting, filtering, and searching in a database to organize and display information in a variety of ways such as number formats (scientific notation and percentages), charts, tables, and graphs.  

6-8.CT.c.5 – Select and use data-collection technology (e.g., probes, handheld devices, geographic mapping systems) to individually and collaboratively gather, view, organize, analyze, and report results for content-related problems.  

6-8.CT.d Programming and Development  

6-8.CT.d.1- Individually and collaboratively compare algorithms to solve a problem, based on a given criteria (e.g., time, resource, accessibility).   

6-8.CT.d.2 – Use functions to hide the detail in a program.  

6-8.CT.d.3 – Create a program, individually and collaboratively, that implements an algorithm to achieve a given goal.  

6-8.CT.d.4 – Implement problem solutions using a programming language, including all of the following: looping behavior, conditional statements, expressions, variables, and functions.  

6-8.CT.d.5 – Trace programs step-by-step in order to predict their behavior.  

6-8.CT.d.6 – Use an iterative approach to development and debugging to understand the dimensions of a problem clearly.  

6-8.CT.e Modeling and Simulation  

6-8.CT.e.1- Create a model of a real-world system and explain why some details, features and behaviors were required in the model and why some could be ignored. 

6-8.CT.e.2 – Use and modify simulations to analyze and illustrate a concept in depth (e.g., light rays/mechanical waves interaction with materials, genetic variation).  

6-8.CT.e.3 – Select and use computer simulations, individually and collaboratively, to gather, view, analyze, and report results for content-related problems (e.g., migration, trade, cellular function).