CS Principles 2020-2021

For the Teachers

• CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation
• Code Studio Teacher Dashboard Video Tutorial
• How to Administer a Locked Assessment

For the Students

• Personal Innovations - Activity Guide
• Computer Science is Changing Everything - Video (download)
• Personal Innovations - Rubric

• Procure poster paper for sharing innovations
• Queue up CS is Changing Everything video
• Setup section in Code Studio for this course
• Have student sign-up link ready to share

For the Teachers

• CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation

• Reusable and consumable supplies for the classroom, such as markers, small flashlights, noisemakers, bells, whistles, cups and string, straws, slinkies, blocks, or colored paper.

For the Teachers

• CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation

For the Students

• Shape Cutouts - Resource
• Circle Square Patterns - Activity Guide

• Have scissors ready for groups to create Shape Cutouts - Resource or have these pre-cut and prepared before class

For the Teachers

• CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation
• U1 L4 How to Make a FlippyDo - Teacher Guide

For the Students

• U1 L4 Flippy Do Pt 1 - Activity Guide - Activity Guide
• U1 L4 Flippy Do - Template

• Scissors (many pairs)
• Printed copies of U1 L4 Flippy Do - Template
• KEY U1L4 Flippy Do Pt 1

For the Teachers

• CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation

For the Students

• Flippy Do Pro - Template

• Print copies of the Flippy Do Pro, 1 per group
• Scissors

For the Teachers

• CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation

For the Students

• ASCII Reference Sheet

• Decide how you will distribute challenge phrases to students
• Access to journals, paper, or other places that students can write down systems for the main activity.
• Optionally print copies of ASCII Reference Sheet or prepare to project it

For the Teachers

• CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation

For the Students

• U1L7 Black and White Images - Activity Guide
• B&W Pixelation Tutorial - Video (download)

• Practice using the pixelation widget
• Copies of U1L7 Black and White Images - Activity Guide for each pair of students
• KEY U1L7 Black and White Images

For the Teachers

• CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation

For the Students

• How Computers Work - Data and Binary - Video (download)

• Practice using the color pixelation widget
• Review slides from CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation

For the Teachers

• CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation

For the Students

• Text Compression widget (tutorial) - Video (download)

• Familiarize yourself with the Text Compression Widget
• Open Unit 1 Slideshow to current lesson
• Plan for how you will display the initial Pitter Patter Message & it's Compressed Message during the warm-up

For the Teachers

• CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation

• Explore each of the widgets for this lesson
• Decide how you will let students share their lossy compressions with each other or the whole class
• Have CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation ready for the discussion towards the end of the lesson

For the Teachers

• CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation

For the Students

• Article - Fortnite Stealing Dance Moves - Article

• Print out Article - Fortnite Stealing Dance Moves - Article with highlighters ready to mark the text. If you are unable to print copies, see the Teaching Tip below.

For the Teachers

• CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation

For the Students

• The Ethics of Computer-Generated Actors - Article
• DNA Testing Kits & The Security Risks in Digitized DNA - Article
• Athletes Don't Own Their Tattoos - Article

• Print copies of articles for students

For the Teachers

• CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation

For the Students

• CSP Unit 1 Project Rubric - Rubric

• Make sure students have access to the posters they began designing in the previous lesson

For the Teachers

• CSP Unit 1 - Digital Information - Presentation

• Preview the assessment questions