Your March AP CSP Insider! ✅

⏰ Course Pacing: Where Students Should Be

At this point in the year, you should be around Unit 13: Data and Unit 14: Project: Present a Data-Driven Insight.

Unit 13: Data (1 week, 5 hours)
In this unit, students will explore using computational tools to store massive amounts of data, manipulate and visualize data, find patterns in data, and draw conclusions from data. Students will consider how the modern wealth of data collection has impacted society in positive and negative ways. Students will work in teams to investigate a question of personal interest and use public data to present a data-driven insight to their peers. They will develop visualizations to communicate their findings and embed their visualizations in their portfolio websites.

View the syllabi here:
​AP CSP in Python
​AP CSP in JavaScript
​AP CSP: Cybersecurity

📅 Course Timeline: Wrapping Up AP CSP

Depending on when spring break falls on your school calendar, the content before the review units should be completed by mid-March or early April. The remainder of April should be utilized for completing the Create Performance Task and preparing for the AP Exam. If your classes are running behind, consider assigning some of the exercises from Unit 17: Review for the AP Exam for homework. Here is our suggested timeline to wrap up the course:

👩🏽‍💻 Project of the Month: Hidden in Plain Site

For Women’s History Month, complete our project highlighting Elizebeth Smith Friedman! In this project, students will explore how binary representations have been used for centuries to code secret messages while exploring the life of Friedman.

Elizebeth Smith Friedman was known as America’s first female cryptanalyst. Her long and distinguished career was highlighted as a code breaker in both World Wars, and she was a key resource for the Coast Guard during prohibition. In this activity, students will encode one of Elizebeth Smith Friedman’s hidden messages from her 1918 class photos.

💻 Free AP CSP Webinars

CodeHS is hosting free webinars to help you level up your AP instruction!

Preparing Students for the AP CS Principles Create Task
Mar 21, 2024 4:30 PM CT
Register here

Preparing Students for the AP CSP Exam
Apr 10, 2024 3:30 PM CT
Register here

🧑‍🏫 2024 Virtual Teacher Conference

We have an amazing lineup of speakers at the CodeHS Virtual Teacher Conference, including CS teachers from across the country and experts from CodeHS. Some session topics you may find interesting are:

Attendees will receive a CodeHS Pro Trial through June 30th, 2024, a $20 Amazon gift card, and a digital swag bag! Explore session topics and register at codehs.com/virtualcon2024-register.

💸 Student Scholarships

CodeHS is proud to invite all eligible students to apply for the CodeHS Scholarship! We will award $1,000 grants to 10 students who plan to study computer science and related fields at the post-secondary level.

Review the scholarship eligibility requirements and learn how your students can apply today. All applications are due by May 20th, 2024 @ 11:59 PM CT.

📱 Stay Connected

Take care,
Alex Nunez
​Curriculum Developer, CodeHS