Exploring Technology 8 th Grade Prof Crudele

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1 Exploring Technology 8 th Grade Prof Crudele Exploring Technology is an introductory course covering many important topics and concepts in computer science. Students are evaluated as follows: 15% HW/CW, Participation 20% Projects 30% Quiz grades 35% Test Grades Unit 1: Introduction to Programming Lab 1: Click Alonzo Game A. Getting Started with Snap! B. Programming Your App C. Saving and Pair Programming D. Moving Randomly E. Greeting the Player F. Make It a Game G. Sharing Your App Lab 2: Gossip and Greet A. Making Programs Talk B. Customizing and Debugging C. Making Your Own Block D. Learning Player Names Lab 3: Modern Art with Polygons A. Exploring Motion B. Angles and Turning C. modern art with polygons D. Blocks with Inputs E. Modify Your Pinwheel F. Remix Your Pinwheel G. Looping with a Counter H. Graphics and Art Lab 4: Protecting Your Privacy A. Your Image in the Cloud B. Examining Privacy C. Tanya Rider's Story D. Innovations and Privacy Lab 5: Follow the Leader A. Game of Pong B. Sprite Following the Mouse C. Sprite Following a Sprite D. Optional Projects E. Sprite Line Art

2 F. Build Your Own Clock G. The Game of Pong H. Daisy Design I. Modeling Art Unit 2: Abstraction Lab 1: Improving Games by Using Variables A. Developing a Number Guessing Game with Script Variables B. Debugging and Extending Your Number Guessing Game C. Keeping Score with Global Variables D. Importing Greet Player into Another Program E. Mandala Ring Lab 2: Making Art by Using Data Structures A. Processing Each Item in a List B. Abstract Data Types C. Capturing Clicks to Draw D. Mandala Design Lab 3: Making Decisions by Using Predicates A. What's a Predicate? B. Keeping Items from a List C. Solving a Word Puzzle D. Self-Check: Lists E. Tic Tac Toe video Lab 4: Dealing with Complexity A. Robot in a Maze B. Fractal Art C. Brick Wall D. Building a Tic-Tac-Toe Board Lab 5: Copyrights A. Copyright B. Fair Use C. The Social Bargain D. Copyrights and Computers E. Software as Copyright Enforcement F. Optional Projects G. Automated Fortune Teller H. Egyptian Motif I. Mastermind J. Modeling Language: Plurals, Part 1 K. Modeling Language: Plurals, Part 2

3 Unit 3: Data Processing and Lists Lab 1: Contact List A. contact list watcher in list view B. Creating the Contact ADT C. Adding Contact Data D. Selecting Specific Data E. Transforming Every List Item Lab 2: Tic-Tac-Toe A. Remembering the Moves B. Detecting Wins and Ties Lab 3: Robots and Artificial Intelligence A. What is AI? B. Robots and Humans C. Implications of AI D. Recent Breakthroughs Lab 4: Building Data Visualization Tools A. Bar Graph CO2 Emissions per capita B. Creating Bar Graphs C. Building a Graphing App D. Improving Your Graphing App Lab 5: Big Data A. Analyzing U.S. Baby Names B. Analyzing Global Health Data C. Self-Check: Big Data D. Metadata E. Optional Projects F. Animation Studio G. Op Art H. Music Project Unit 4: How the Internet Works Lab 1: Reliable Communication A. Address Hierarchy B. What Is the Internet? C. Network Redundancy D. Address Hierarchy E. A Brief History of the Internet Lab 2: Communication Protocols A. Addresses in a Network of Networks: IP B. Reliable Transmission on Unreliable Networks: TCP C. A Hierarchy of Open Protocols

4 D. Who's In Charge of the Internet? Lab 3: Cybersecurity A. Network Redundancy B. Cryptography C. Symmetric Cryptography D. Caesar Cipher Project E. Public Key Encryption F. Cybersecurity G. Who Cares About Encryption? Lab 4: Community and Online Interactions A. Communication and Community B. Cyberbullying C. Censorship D. Search Engines E. Lab 5: Computers and Work F. Past and Future G. Working Conditions H. Working Remotely Unit 5: Algorithms and Simulations Lab 1: Search Algorithms A. Find Number In Unsorted List B. Searching a Sorted List C. Analyzing and Improving Searches D. List Processing Algorithms Lab 2: Models and Simulations A. Disease Spread B. Why Use Models and Simulations? C. Flipping a Coin Project D. Disease Spread Project Lab 3: Timing Experiments A. Comparing Algorithms B. Timing Reporters C. Classifying Algorithms Lab 4: Unsolvable and Undecidable Problems A. Logical Inconsistency B. An Undecidable Problem Lab 5: Computing in War A. War and Technology B. Computers and War C. Military Technology in Everyday Life

5 Unit 6: How Computers Work Lab 1: Computer Abstraction Hierarchy A. Abstraction Inside the Computer B. The Software Domain: Applications C. The Software Domain: Programming Languages D. The Software Domain: Libraries E. The Software Domain: Operating Systems F. The Digital Domain: Architecture G. The Digital Domain: Components H. The Digital Domain: Integrated Circuits I. The Digital Domain: Logic Gates J. The Analog Domain: Transistors Lab 2: Data Representation and Compression A. Bits B. Binary Sequences C. Representing Whole Numbers D. Floating Point E. Binary Representation F. Hexadecimal Representation G. More About Hexadecimal H. Data Compression Lab 3: History and Impact of Computers A. A Timeline of Computers B. Moore's Law C. Global Impact of Computing D. Optional Projects a. Binary Timer Project Unit 7: Fractals and Recursion Lab 1: Trees in a Forest A. Tree Fractal B. Recursive Tree C. The Base Case D. Self-Check: Tree Input E. Self-Check: Tree Variations F. Vary Your Tree Lab 2: Recursion Projects A. Triangle Fractal B. Koch Snowflake C. Lévy C-Curve Fractal D. Fractals in Nature E. Recursive Mondrian

6 Unit 8: Recursive and Higher-Order Functions Lab 1: Recursive Reporters A. Counting Trees B. Working with Recursive Reporters C. Writing Recursive Reporters Lab 2: Sorting A. Sorting a List B. Selection Sort C. Partition Sort Lab 3: Recursive Reporter Projects A. Pascal's Triangle B. Pascal's Triangle and Efficiency C. Binary Conversion D. Base Conversion E. Ice Cream Bowls F. Subsets G. Subsets and Efficiency Lab 4: Some Simple Ones A. Walking Down a List B. Generalizing the Map Pattern C. Even Numbers and Keep Pacing Guide: Week 1: U1L1 U1L2 Week 2: U1L3 U1L4 Week 3: U1L5 U2L1 Week 4: U2L2 U2L3 Week 5: U2L4 U2L5 Week 6: U3L1 U3L2 Unit 1 Lab 1: denoted by U1L1 Week 6: U3L3 U3L4 Week 7: U3L5 U4L1 Week 8: U4L2 U4L3 Week 9: U4L4 U5L1 Week 10: U5L2 U5L3 Week 11: U5L4 U5L5 Week 12: U6L1 U6L2 Week 13: U6L3 U7L1 Week 14: U7L2 Week 15: U8L1 Week 16: U8L2 Week 17: U8L3 Week 18: U8L4