Grades 9-12 L1
Create prototypes that use algorithms to solve computational problems by leveraging prior student knowledge and personal interests.
Generate resourceJustify the selection of specific control structures when tradeoffs involve implementation, readability, and program performance, and explain the benefits and drawbacks of choices made.
Generate resourceDesign and iteratively develop computational artifacts for practical intent, personal expression, or to address a societal issue by using events to initiate instructions.
Generate resourceDecompose problems into smaller components through systematic analysis, using constructs such as procedures, modules, and/or objects.
Generate resourceSystematically design and develop programs for broad audiences by incorporating feedback from users.
Generate resourceCreate computational artifacts by systematically organizing, manipulating and/or processing data.
Generate resourceEvaluate licenses that limit or restrict use of computational artifacts when using resources such as libraries.
Generate resourceEvaluate and refine computational artifacts to make them more usable and accessible.
Generate resourceDesign and develop computational artifacts working in team roles using collaborative tools.
Generate resourceDocument design decisions using text, graphics, presentations, and/or demonstrations in the development of complex programs.
Generate resourceUse lists to simplify solutions, generalizing computational problems instead of repeatedly using simple variables.
Generate resourceExplain how abstractions hide the underlying implementation details of computing systems embedded in everyday objects.
Generate resourceCompare levels of abstraction and interactions between application software, system software, and hardware layers.
Generate resourceCompare computer systems and determine advantages and drawbacks of each system.
Generate resourceDevelop guidelines that convey systematic troubleshooting strategies that others can use to identify and fix errors.
Generate resourceCreate interactive data visualizations using software tools to help others better understand real-world phenomena.
Generate resourceCreate computational models that represent the relationships among different elements of data collected from a phenomenon or process.
Generate resourceEvaluate the tradeoffs in how data elements are organized and where data is stored.
Generate resourceEvaluate the ways computing impacts personal, ethical, social, economic, and cultural practices.
Generate resourceTest and refine computational artifacts to reduce bias and equity deficits.
Generate resourceDemonstrate how a given algorithm applies to problems across disciplines.
Generate resourceExplore computing, software, and data storage systems in local industries.
Generate resourceHypothesize the impact of the innovations of computing systems for the next decade.
Generate resourceExplain the beneficial and harmful effects that intellectual property laws can have on innovation.
Generate resourceExplain the privacy concerns related to the collection and generation of data through automated processes (e.g., how businesses, social media, and the government collects and uses data) that may not be evident to users.
Generate resourceEvaluate the social and economic implications of privacy in the context of safety, law, or ethics.
Generate resourceRecommend security measures to address various scenarios based on factors such as efficiency, feasibility, and ethical impacts.
Generate resourceExplain tradeoffs when selecting and implementing cybersecurity recommendations.
Generate resourceEvaluate the scalability and reliability of networks, by describing the relationship between routers, switches, servers, topology, and addressing.
Generate resourceCompare various security measures, considering tradeoffs between the usability and security of a computing system.
Generate resourceGrades 9-12 L2
Describe how artificial intelligence algorithms drive many software and physical systems (e.g., digital advertising, autonomous robots, computer vision, pattern recognition, text analysis).
Generate resourceDescribe how artificial intelligence drives many software and physical systems.
Generate resourceCritically examine and trace classic algorithms (e.g., selection sort, insertion sort, binary search, linear search).
Generate resourceImplement an artificial intelligence algorithm to play a game against a human opponent or solve a problem.
Generate resourceEvaluate algorithms in terms of their efficiency, correctness, and clarity.
Generate resourceTrace the execution of repetition (e.g., loops, recursion), illustrating output and changes in values of named variables.
Generate resourceConstruct solutions to problems using student-created components, such as procedures, modules and/or objects.
Generate resourceAnalyze a large-scale computational problem and identify generalizable patterns that can be applied to a solution.
Generate resourceDemonstrate code reuse by creating programming solutions using libraries and APIs.
Generate resourcePlan and develop programs for broad audiences using a software life cycle process.
Generate resourceExplain security issues that might lead to compromised computer programs.
Generate resourceUse version control systems, integrated development environments (IDEs), and collaborative tools and practices (code documentation) in a group software project.
Generate resourceDevelop and use a series of test cases to verify that a program performs according to its design specifications.
Generate resourceModify an existing program to add additional functionality and discuss intended and unintended implications (e.g., breaking other functionality).
Generate resourceEvaluate key qualities of a program through a process such as a code review.
Generate resourceCompare multiple programming languages and discuss how their features make them suitable for solving different types of problems.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast simple data structures and their uses to simplify solutions, generalizing computational problems instead of repeatedly using primitive variables.
Generate resourceDescribe how internal and external parts of computing devices function to form a system.
Generate resourceCompare options for building a computer systems and determine advantages and drawbacks of each piece and how it will affect the overall performance.
Generate resourceDemonstrate use of course specific advanced input and output devices related to field.
Generate resourceIllustrate ways computing systems implement logic, input, and output through hardware components.
Generate resourceUse data analysis tools and techniques to identify patterns in data representing complex systems.
Generate resourceEvaluate the ability of models and simulations to test and support the refinement of hypotheses. (e.g., flocking behaviors, life cycles, etc.)
Generate resourceTranslate and compare different bit representations of data types, such as characters, numbers, and images.
Generate resourceAnalyze file systems created for keeping track of files on the hard disk.
Generate resourceSelect data collection tools and techniques to generate data sets that support a claim or communicate information.
Generate resourceDesign and implement a study that evaluates or predicts how computing has revolutionized an aspect of our culture and how it might evolve (e.g., education, healthcare, art/entertainment, energy).
Generate resourceEvaluate the beneficial and harmful effects that computational artifacts and innovations have on society.
Generate resourceEvaluate the impact of equity, access, and influence on the distribution of computing resources in a global society.
Generate resourceCollaborate with local industry partners to design and implement a viable mentorship.
Generate resourceUse tools and methods for collaboration on a project to increase connectivity of people in different cultures and career fields.
Generate resourceDebate laws and regulations that impact the development and use of software.
Generate resourceEvaluate the social and economic consequences of how law and ethics interact with digital aspects of privacy, data, property, information, and identity.
Generate resourceCompare ways software developers protect devices and information from unauthorized access.
Generate resourceUse encryption and decryption algorithms to transmit/ receive an encrypted message.
Generate resourceDescribe the issues that impact network functionality (e.g., bandwidth, load, delay, topology).
Generate resourceGive examples to illustrate how sensitive data can be affected by malware and other attacks.
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