SC.68.CS-CP.3.1 (Discontinued after 2024-2025)

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General Information
Subject Area: Science
Grade: 68
Body of Knowledge: Computer Science - Computer Practices and Programming
Standard: Programming applications
Date Adopted or Revised: 05/16
Status: State Board Approved

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
0200000: M/J Computer Science Discoveries (Specifically in versions: 2018 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
0200010: M/J Computer Science Discoveries 1 (Specifically in versions: 2018 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
0200020: M/J Computer Science Discoveries 2 (Specifically in versions: 2018 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))

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Lesson Plans

Copyright Laws and Citizenship Part 1:

In this lesson 1 of 3 on copyright laws and citizenship, students will research the laws that govern the protection of intellectual property and relate it to plagiarism and good citizenship.

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Copyright Laws and Citizenship Part 3:

Students will create a Scratch project to educate their peers on how to identify if an intellectual work is protected under copyright laws and therefore must be cited if used in research or if it is public domain. Students will also need to connect copyright compliance with being responsible and copyright infringement with plagiarism. This is lesson 3 of a 3-part unit.

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Just Right Goldilocks’ Café: Temperature & Turbidity:

This is lesson 3 of 3 in the Goldilocks’ Café Just Right unit. This lesson focuses on systematic investigation on getting a cup of coffee to be the “just right” temperature and turbidity level. Students will use both the temperature probe and turbidity sensor and code using ScratchX during their investigation.

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Just Right Goldilocks’ Café: Turbidity:

This is lesson 2 of 3 in the Just Right Goldilocks’ Café unit. This lesson focuses on systematic investigation on getting a cup of coffee to be the “just right” level of turbidity. Students will use turbidity sensors and code using ScratchX during their investigation.

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Just Right Goldilocks’ Café: Temperature:

This is lesson 1 of 3 in the Just Right Goldilocks’ Café unit. This lesson focuses on systematic investigation on getting a cup of coffee to be the “just right” temperature. Students will use temperature probes and code using ScratchX during their investigation.

 

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Perspectives Video: Expert

Library of Scientific Plant Samples: Step inside an Herbarium:

Listen as Dr. Austin Mast describes how and why an herbarium collects, maintains, and distributes plant samples for scientific research.

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Crowd-sourced Herbarium Data Transcription:

Listen closely as Dr. Austin Mast explains how students can help scientists by transcribing data from real herbarium plant samples. 

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Type: Perspectives Video: Teaching Idea

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