CSP Materials

Unit 4: Algorithms and Procedural Abstraction
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22 Feb 2014 - 19:23
Minimum Minutes  Type Big Idea  Topic  Lesson Plan  External Lesson Resources     Unit 4: Algorithms and Procedural Abstraction   70  CSP Algorithms  What is an...
Tags: Abstraction CSP Curriculum In progress Lesson plan Model Algorithms App Inventor Teaching strategy Concept explanation Creativity Student activity Impact Internet Student projects Programming Code sample Student reading External links
Unit 8: The Internet- Part 2
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22 Feb 2014 - 19:36
Minimum Minutes  Type Big Idea  Topic  Lesson Plan  External Lesson Resources     Unit 8: The Internet Part 2   40  CSP Internet  Structure of the Internet  ...
Tags: CSP Curriculum In progress Lecture Video Lesson plan Algorithms App Inventor Teaching strategy Student activity Impact Internet Student projects Code sample Student reading External links
Your Facebook Life in 62 Seconds
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7 Feb 2014 - 23:07
If you haven't had Facebook create your movie yet, you should.  It is awesome! And what a relevant way to explore data with our students. In this project, students will look at the data that Facebook and other social media sites are storing,...
Tags: algorithm CSP CSP data Facebook Lesson plan Ready to use social impact social media Algorithms Data Student activity Impact
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Beauty and Joy of Computing : Pacing Guide
(Resource book)
29 Oct 2013 - 01:03
Tags: Abstraction CSP Curriculum Lecture Video Lesson plan Algorithms BYOB/SNAP! Concept explanation Creativity Data Student activity Impact Internet Student projects Programming Student reading
Beauty and Joy of Computing : Major Projects
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 16:03
Tags: Abstraction CSP LO 1.1.1 - Use computing tools and techniques to create artifacts Algorithms BYOB/SNAP! Creativity Data Student activity Student projects Programming
Lab 16: Distributed Computing
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 15:59
Lab Instructions | Video of Lab Highlights: Digital devices, systems, and the networks that interconnect them enable and foster computational approaches to solving problems. (this is from AP's big ideas section VI) MapReduce is a...
Tags: CSP Curriculum LO 4.1.1 - Develop an algorthm designed to be implemented to run on a computer Algorithms BYOB/SNAP! Student activity Programming
Lab 15: Search and Applications that changed the world
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 15:55
Lab Instructions | Video of Lab Highlights: Computer science is about more than computing prime numbers and solving equations. It has tremendous applications outside of the field of computing but has also created some fantastic new...
Tags: CSP Curriculum LO 3.1.1 - Use computers to process information to gain insight and knowledge Algorithms BYOB/SNAP! Data Student activity Programming
Lab 12: Recursive Reporters
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 15:38
Lab Instructions | Video of Lab Highlights: Understand how reporters use combiners instead of sequences. Practice planning and coding recursive reporters. Implement higher order functions.    
Tags: CSP Curriculum LO 4.1.1 - Develop an algorthm designed to be implemented to run on a computer Algorithms BYOB/SNAP! Student activity Programming
Lab 08: Algorithm Complexity
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 15:10
Lab Instructions | Video of Lab Highlights: Use the Snap! timer to gather run time information Observe the difference between constant, linear, quadratic and logarithmic run times.    
Tags: CSP Curriculum LO 4.4.1 - Evaluate algorithms analytically and empirically Algorithms BYOB/SNAP! Student activity
Lab 07: Algorithms
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 15:03
Lab Instructions | Video of Lab Highlights: Solidify understanding of what an algorithm is and why they’re important to computer science and other fields. Gain a basic understanding of why certain algorithms perform better than...
Tags: CSP Curriculum LO 4.4.1 - Evaluate algorithms analytically and empirically Algorithms BYOB/SNAP! Student activity