Session 11: Conclusions and Connections
30 minutes
facilitator presentation
Purpose
This session is intended to provide a high level overview of the Unit 5 curriculum. An emphasis is placed on highlighting the progression within the unit as concepts build toward cumulative projects. Participants should recognize the primary focus (Chapter 1 - Representing Information; Chapter 2 - Solving Data Problems) of each chapter along with the unifying concepts present throughout the entire unit.
- Unifying Concept: The importance of data in solving problems
- Chapter 1 Focus: Representing information
- Chapter 2 Focus: Solving data problems
Objectives
- Participants have been exposed to the essential content knowledge necessary to plan and implement Unit 5
- Participants are able to access and use supporting project resources
- Participants understand how Unit 5 is structured to support the development of the student practice of using a structured problem solving process to help address new problems
- Participants understand how Unit 5 is structured to support the development of the student practice of drawing conclusions based on data and evidence
Supplies & Prep
Room Setup:
- Participants seated in pods
Facilitator Supplies:
Teacher Supplies
- Computers
- CS Discoveries Curriculum Guide 2021
Agenda
Chapter 1 Progression (15 minutes)
Chapter 2 Progression (15 minutes)
Facilitation Guide
Chapter 1 Progression (15 minutes)
Remarks
Today we have seen four lessons in Unit 5: Data and Society. Now we are going to look at the unit as a whole with a focus on how concepts build throughout the unit.
Facilitator Tip
This is a high level overview of Unit 5. It is not expected that teachers will walk away with a full understanding of the entire curriculum for Unit 5. The goal is for teachers to know what they are working towards in the unit and feel comfortable with the overall unit goals.
(1 minute) Chapter 1 Overview
- Display the “Chapter 1 Progression” slides from the slide deck
- Share with participants a high level overview of Chapter 1 is provided on page 21 of the curriculum guide. Participants should walk away understanding that each lesson builds towards the chapter project and that the main focus of the chapter is representing data.
(3 minutes) Chapter 1 Project - Create a Representation
- Display the “Lesson 8 Slide”
- Briefly go over the project overview and items submitted by students
- Overview: Representing complex objects or ideas that you care about to a computer is a challenging task. It requires you to understand how computers represent information and will always involve trade offs. For this project you will design a binary system for representing your perfect day. The challenge will be finding a class-wide system to capture all the different elements you care about.
- You Will:
- Write a short description of your perfect day
- Identify key elements that could be represented by a computer
- Collaborate with classmates to design a class-wide representation system
- Represent your perfect day in that system on a punch card
- Decode a classmate’s perfect day punch card
- Students will Submit:
- The completed Project Guide
- Your filled-in punch card
- Your classmates’ decoded punch card and feedback
- Navigate to Code Studio (link is located in the slide deck) and show participants how to find the resources available for this project (rubric, CS practices reflection, project guide, sample marked rubrics, project exemplar)
Facilitator Tip
Participants will likely have questions related to the project. The facilitator should be familiar enough with the project to answer questions and offer support as needed.
(7 minutes) Explore Project Resources
Allow participants time to explore the project resources.
(4 minutes) Share Out
Participants briefly share questions, suggestions, or key takeaways with the whole group after exploring Chapter 1 project resources.
Chapter 2 Progression (15 minutes)
(1 minute) Chapter 2 Overview
Facilitator Instructions:
- Display the “Chapter 2 Progression” slide from the slide deck
- Share with participants a high level overview of Chapter 1 is provided on page 22 of the curriculum guide. Participants should walk away understanding that each lesson builds towards the chapter project and that the main focus of the unit is using data to solve problems.
(3 minutes) Chapter 2 Project - Make a Recommendation
- Display the “Lesson 16 Slide”
- Briefly go over the project overview and items submitted by students
- Overview: In this unit you’ve seen how data can be used to solve all kinds of problems. Now it’s your turn to use data to help someone. In this project, you will use data to make a recommendation to a classmate.
- You will:
- Work with a partner
- Define a problem that could be addressed by a recommendation
- Identify the data you need and create a survey to collect it
- Interpret the data to find relationships between survey answers
- Create an algorithm to make a prediction based on data
- Test your algorithm
- Present your work to your classmates
- Students will submit:
- Completed Project Guide (this document)
- Completed Peer Review
- Any materials used to present your work
- Navigate to U5L16 (link is located in the slide deck) and show participants how to find the resources available for this project (peer review doc, rubric, CS practices reflection, project guide, sample marked rubrics, project exemplar)
(7 minutes) Explore Project Resources
Allow participants time to explore the project resources. As they explore, remind them to think about how the Problem Solving Process for Data might be used to support student learning in this Chapter.
(4 minutes) Share Out
Participants briefly share questions, suggestions, or key takeaways with the whole group after exploring Chapter 1 project resources.