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Standards in this Framework

Standard	Lessons
CS.D.4.a Explore external components (i.e., parts) of a computing system and their function to understand and describe the role they play in a computer system.	How Computing Systems Work Introduction to micro:bit® Drawing with micro:bit® and Scratch
CS.HS.4.a Select and use digital learning tools/devices to support planning, implementing and reflecting upon a defined task.	Introduction to Productivity Software
CS.T.4.a Diagnose problems and select an appropriate solution from a list of problems and solutions to resolve hardware and software issues.	Introduction to micro:bit® Computer Detectives: Hardware and Software Problems
NI.N.4.a Describe how information is broken down to be transmitted over a network to help students gain a better understanding of the internet and networks.	Networks, Packets, and the Internet
NI.N.4.b Describe network addresses, names and rules (i.e., protocols) to share or receive information from the global community.	Networks Part 2: Network Protocols
NI.C.4.a Describe what information should be protected and the importance of a secure password to protect information.	Strong Usernames and Passwords
NI.C.4.b Describe and explain safe usage of various online services such as web, email, video, gaming, cloud services and networked drives.
NI.IOT.4.a Explore how information is transferred to the internet from smart and intelligent devices to recognize how the internet and networks operate.	Networks, Packets, and the Internet Networks Part 2: Network Protocols
NI.IOT.4.b Describe how transferred information is tagged using identifiers to transmit information about the user so students begin to learn that no information on the internet is anonymous.
DA.DCS.4.a Gather and organize multiple quantitative data elements using a tool to perform various tasks.	Programming and Data Project Introduction to Google Sheets™ Introduction to Microsoft Excel™ Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Line Graph Productivity Software Inquiry Project
DA.DCS.4.b Identify techniques and formats to store, process and retrieve different types of information.	Data Storage
DA.VC.4.a Organize data into subsets to provide different views or commonalities and present insights gained using visual or other types of representations.	Programming and Data Project Introduction to Google Sheets™ Introduction to Microsoft Excel™ Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Line Graph Productivity Software Inquiry Project
DA.IM.4.a Utilize data to make predictions and discuss whether there is adequate data to make reliable predictions.	Programming and Data Project Introduction to Google Sheets™ Introduction to Microsoft Excel™ Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Line Graph Productivity Software Inquiry Project
ATP.A.4.a Construct and refine an algorithm to accomplish a given task.	Multiple Algorithms Dash® Robot 1 - Movement Cue Robot 1 - Movement Creating Algorithms Loops: Falling Objects KA1.2.3a - The Rabbit Chase: Riley's Escape Part 1 KA1.2.3b - The Rabbit Chase: Riley's Escape Part 2 KA1.2.6 - The Rabbit Chase: Help Computational Thinking: Design an Obstacle Course Computational Thinking: Design a School Computational Thinking: Design a Neighborhood
ATP.VDR.4.a Identify and use a variable, a placeholder for storing a value, to understand how it works in a multi-step process (i.e., algorithm).	Game Mechanics with Comparison Operators 3D Design: Codeblocks Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Sound Frequency & Amplitude Fractions and Variables Introduction to Comparison Operators Wave Generator Unit Converter Revolutionary War Timeline Revolutionary War Timeline with the BBC micro:bit® Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies with the BBC micro:bit® Digital Pet Project Animating Unit Fractions Multiplication Quiz Game Cue Robot 3 - Loops and Functions Skills Practice: Variables Skills Practice: Operators Area of a Rectangle with Tiles House Design with Area and Perimeter Classes and Objects in Games micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Ten micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Hundred micro:bit® Rounding with Decimals Seasonal Project (Summer): Pop The Balloons Seasonal Project (Fall): Gathering Apples Game Pinball Game Project Mad Libs Project Design an App Game Design Project Naming Numbers Game Rates and Unit Rates Positive and Negative Numbers Scale of Planets in the Solar System Balanced Ecosystems micro:bit® Reaction Game Pong Game I-Spy with Lists Click-a-Mole Introduction to Clones Program an AI Chatbot Scout's Quest: Variables Clones: Throwing Acorns Game Lists: Shopping with Scout Lists: Spelling Bee Variables in Dance Game Design Project Operators: Coin Flip Code Tunes Race Track Game House Design with Area and Perimeter Unit Fractions with Variables Digital Vocabulary Flashcard Quiz Seasonal Project (Winter): Design a Snowman Conditionals: Sphero® Shark Race Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Line Graph
ATP.CS.4.a Create a program using sequences, events, loops and conditionals to solve a problem.	Introduction to Computer Science and Scratch Practice with Conditionals Part 1 Adding with Loops Game Mechanics with Comparison Operators Loops (Unplugged) 3D Design: Codeblocks Exploring Ecosystems Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Sound Frequency & Amplitude Events Platform Game Design Communities Adapt to & Modify Their Environment Fractions and Variables Creative Storytelling Weather and Climate Scratch Digital Greeting Card From ScratchJr to Scratch Introduction to Comparison Operators Classifying Rocks Complex Conditionals: If/Then/Else Chase the Star Nutrition Maze Exploring Heat Decimal Multiplication and Conditionals Exploring Adaptations Physical Changes Variables Plant and Animal Cells Digital Flashcards Animating Poetry Exploring the Water Cycle Simple Algorithms Parts of Speech: Random Sentence Generator Introduction to Conditionals Wave Generator Division and Conditionals Multiple Algorithms Multiplication and Conditionals Unit Converter Sensing and Responding to the Environment Effects of Pollution Nonfiction Animated Recordings Measuring Lengths Grammar Quiz Game Drawing with micro:bit® and Scratch Loops Dash® Robot Storytelling Dash® Robot Mazes Animating Sprites with Multiplication Earth Systems Day and Night Cycle of Matter Multi-digit Multiplication and Conditionals Game Effects Clones in Games Constructive and Destructive Processes Revolutionary War Timeline Revolutionary War Timeline with the BBC micro:bit® Animal Classification Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies with the BBC micro:bit® Digital Pet Project Animating Unit Fractions Multiplication Quiz Game ScratchJr to Scratch: Events and Loops Dash® Robot 1 - Movement Cue Robot 1 - Movement Cue Robot 2 - Proximity Sensors Cue Robot 3 - Loops and Functions VEX GO®: Introduction VEX GO®: Measurement Create a Drawing App Minecraft® Coding Fundamentals - Basic Moves Minecraft® Coding Fundamentals - Repeat Loops with Sea Turtles Skills Practice: Events Skills Practice: If/Then Conditionals Skills Practice: Repeat Loops Skills Practice: Functions Skills Practice: Forever Loops Skills Practice: If/Then/Else Conditionals Skills Practice: Variables Scratch Drawing Tools Skills Practice: Costumes, Backdrops, and Animations Coding with LEGO® Spike Prime Skills Practice: Functions with Boolean Inputs Skills Practice: Operators Skills Practice: Functions with Number Inputs House Design with Area and Perimeter Classes and Objects in Games micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Ten Punctuate a Title micro:bit®: Animal Response to the Environment Pair Programming: Create a Band micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Hundred micro:bit® Rounding with Decimals Seasonal Project (Spring): Create a Chase Game! VEX GO®: Speed and Energy How We See: Light Reflection Practice with Conditionals Part 2 Practice with Conditionals Part 4 LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Car Sensor Seasonal Project (Summer): Pop The Balloons Practice with Conditionals Part 3 Seasonal Project (Fall): Gathering Apples Game Complex Conditionals: Balloon Game Choose Your Own Path: Elements of Culture VEX GO®: Lines and Angles Plan a Quest Pinball Game Project Mad Libs Project Functions Dance Project Flower Garden Functions Project Design an App Game Design Project Decimal Division and Conditionals Add and Subtract Fractions Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers Naming Numbers Game Modeling Life Cycles Fossils and Past Environments State Project Atoms and Molecules Rates and Unit Rates Positive and Negative Numbers Evaluate Algebraic Equations Balanced Ecosystems Multimedia Book Report micro:bit® Reaction Game Animating Sprites with Factors Animating Sprites with Division Makey Makey®: Introduction Makey Makey®: Graphing Points on a Coordinate Plane micro:bit®: Graphing Points on a Coordinate Plane Pong Game KA1.1.1 - Karel's Coding Environment: Example Program I-Spy with Lists Click-a-Mole Animating Poetry Creating Algorithms Debugging: Mazes Introduction to Clones Program an AI Chatbot Events: Dot in Space Loops: Catch the Ball Scout's Quest: Functions with Boolean Inputs Broadcast Messages: Marco Polo Scout's Quest: Variables Clones: Throwing Acorns Game Scout's Quest: Functions with Number Inputs Lists: Shopping with Scout Scout's Quest: Conditionals Debugging: Make a Pizza Creating Turtle Graphics Conditionals: Flying Bird Broadcast Messages: Tell a Joke Lists: Spelling Bee Events: Traveling with Scout Variables in Dance Game Design Project Operators: Coin Flip Code Tunes Conditionals: Changing Effects Conditionals: Underwater Exploration Conditionals: Color Sense Conditionals: Mazes Introduction to Functions Costumes, Backdrops, and Animations Race Track Game Loops: Falling Objects KA1.2.1 - The Rabbit Chase: Time to Clean Up KA1.2.2 - The Rabbit Chase: Riley the Troublemaker KA1.2.3a - The Rabbit Chase: Riley's Escape Part 1 KA1.2.3b - The Rabbit Chase: Riley's Escape Part 2 KA1.2.4 - The Rabbit Chase: Tracking Riley KA1.2.5 - The Rabbit Chase: Over the Wall KA1.2.6 - The Rabbit Chase: Help KA1.2.7 - The Rabbit Chase: Making Friends KA1.3.1 - Lost in Space: A Call from Space KA1.3.2a - Lost in Space: Directions to Mars KA1.3.2b - Lost in Space: Asteroid Field KA1.3.2c - Lost in Space: Asteroid Field 2 KA1.3.3a - Lost in Space: Landing Systems Engaged KA1.3.3b - Lost in Space: Perimeter Check KA1.3.4a - Lost in Space: Putting Out Fires Part 1 KA1.3.4b - Lost in Space: Putting Out Fires Part 2 KA1.3.5b - Lost in Space: Tracking Tracy Part 2 KA1.3.6 - Lost in Space: Martian Sand Worms KA1.4.1 - Evaluation: Supplies Drop Off KA1.4.2 - Evaluation: Create Karel Adventures House Design with Area and Perimeter KA1.1.2 - Karel's Coding Environment: Walk Around the Pond Star Brightness and Distance Unit Fractions with Variables Digital Vocabulary Flashcard Quiz Seasonal Project (Winter): Design a Snowman KA2.2.1a - A Day at the Park: Karel Clean Up KA2.2.1b - A Day at the Park: Find the Exit KA2.2.1c - A Day at the Park: Escape the Bedroom KA2.2.2a - A Day at the Park: Fetch Karel KA2.2.2b - A Day at the Park: Get Down the Hallway KA2.2.2c - A Day at the Park: Escape the Building KA2.2.3a - A Day at the Park: Building Towers KA2.2.3b - A Day at the Park: Get Around the Cars KA2.2.3c - A Day at the Park: Find the Park KA2.2.4a - A Day at the Park: Making Custom Colors KA2.2.4b - A Day at the Park: Make a Tree KA2.2.4c - A Day at the Park: Set Up the Scavenger Hunt KA2.1.1a- Rosetta Stone: Pick Up the Hat 1 KA2.1.1b- Rosetta Stone: Pick Up the Hat 2 KA2.1.1c- Rosetta Stone: Travel to Egypt KA2.1.2a- Rosetta Stone: Approach the Entrance KA2.1.2b- Rosetta Stone: Uncover the Hieroglyph KA2.1.3a- Rosetta Stone: Light the Torches 1 KA2.1.3b- Rosetta Stone: Light the Torches 2 KA2.1.4a- Rosetta Stone: Leave Without a Trace KA2.1.4b- Rosetta Stone: Which Way? KA2.1.5a- Rosetta Stone: Snakes! KA2.1.5b- Rosetta Stone: Escape the Scarab Room KA2.1.6- Rosetta Stone: Challenge: Draw a Hieroglyph KA2.3.1- Evaluation: Collect the Tennis Balls Drawing Tools: Sea Creatures Loops: Sphero® Underwater Exploration Dash® Robot 2 - Proximity Sensor Conditionals: Sphero® Shark Race Dash® Robot 3 - Loops and Functions Winter Celebrations Around the World
ATP.M.4.a Decompose (i.e., break down) the steps needed or not needed (i.e., abstraction) into precise sequences of instructions to design an algorithm.	Game Mechanics with Comparison Operators Decimal Multiplication and Conditionals Plant and Animal Cells Animating Poetry Grammar Quiz Game Dash® Robot Mazes Cycle of Matter Multi-digit Multiplication and Conditionals Clones in Games Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies with the BBC micro:bit® Digital Pet Project Dash® Robot 1 - Movement Cue Robot 1 - Movement Cue Robot 2 - Proximity Sensors Cue Robot 3 - Loops and Functions VEX GO®: Introduction VEX GO®: Measurement Minecraft® Coding Fundamentals - Basic Moves Minecraft® Coding Fundamentals - Repeat Loops with Sea Turtles Skills Practice: Events Skills Practice: Sequences Skills Practice: Operators Skills Practice: Functions with Number Inputs House Design with Area and Perimeter Classes and Objects in Games micro:bit®: Animal Response to the Environment Pair Programming: Create a Band VEX GO®: Speed and Energy How We See: Light Reflection LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Car Sensor The US Government Choose Your Own Path: Elements of Culture VEX GO®: Lines and Angles Plan a Quest Pinball Game Project Mad Libs Project Functions Dance Project Flower Garden Functions Project Design an App Game Design Project Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers Geographic Effects on Early Civilizations Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Multimedia Book Report micro:bit® Reaction Game Scout's Scratch Expedition Part 1 Scout's Scratch Expedition Part 2 Scout's Scratch Expedition Part 3 Scout's Scratch Expedition Part 4 Create a Maze Animating Poetry Events: Dot in Space Broadcast Messages: Marco Polo Scout's Quest: Functions with Number Inputs Creating Turtle Graphics Broadcast Messages: Tell a Joke Events: Traveling with Scout Game Design Project Operators: Coin Flip Sequences: Parallel Programming House Design with Area and Perimeter Careers in CS: Health and Fitness Careers in CS: Major League Baseball CS Innovators: Grace Hopper CS Innovators Research Project Dash® Robot 2 - Proximity Sensor Dash® Robot 3 - Loops and Functions
ATP.PD.4.a Use a design process to plan and develop a program that addresses a multi-step problem.	Platform Game Design Dash® Robot Storytelling Dash® Robot Mazes Clones in Games Digital Pet Project Coding with LEGO® Spike Prime Classes and Objects in Games Pair Programming: Create a Band LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Car Sensor Plan a Quest Design an App Game Design Project Game Design Project
ATP.PD.4.b Using guided questions, work through a program to identify errors and discuss possible solutions to repair the program.	Exploring Ecosystems Maze Game Project Sound Frequency & Amplitude Platform Game Design Scratch Digital Greeting Card Classifying Rocks Nutrition Maze Digital Flashcards Nonfiction Animated Recordings Grammar Quiz Game Loops Dash® Robot Storytelling Dash® Robot Mazes Classifying Shapes by Category Cycle of Matter Clones in Games Revolutionary War Timeline Digital Pet Project Animating Unit Fractions Ozobot® Programming 1: Introduction Ozobot® Programming 2: More Color Codes Dash® Robot 1 - Movement Cue Robot 1 - Movement Cue Robot 2 - Proximity Sensors Cue Robot 3 - Loops and Functions Minecraft® Coding Fundamentals - Basic Moves Minecraft® Coding Fundamentals - Repeat Loops with Sea Turtles Skills Practice: Events Skills Practice: Sequences Skills Practice: Repeat Loops Skills Practice: Functions Skills Practice: Forever Loops Skills Practice: Variables Scratch Drawing Tools Skills Practice: Costumes, Backdrops, and Animations Coding with LEGO® Spike Prime Skills Practice: Functions with Boolean Inputs Skills Practice: Operators Skills Practice: Functions with Number Inputs Area of a Rectangle with Tiles House Design with Area and Perimeter Classes and Objects in Games micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Ten Punctuate a Title Pair Programming: Create a Band micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Hundred micro:bit® Rounding with Decimals Seasonal Project (Spring): Create a Chase Game! LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Car Sensor Seasonal Project (Summer): Pop The Balloons The Coordinate Plane Choose Your Own Path: Elements of Culture Classifying Shapes Using Lines and Angles Classifying Quadrilaterals in a Hierarchy Plan a Quest Animation Loops Project Pinball Game Project Mad Libs Project Functions Dance Project Flower Garden Functions Project Design an App Game Design Project Add and Subtract Fractions Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers Naming Numbers Game Modeling Life Cycles State Project Atoms and Molecules Geographic Effects on Early Civilizations Rates and Unit Rates Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Evaluate Algebraic Equations Scale of Planets in the Solar System Balanced Ecosystems Multimedia Book Report micro:bit® Reaction Game Ozobot® Timeline Ozobot® Cycle Scout's Scratch Expedition Part 1 Scout's Scratch Expedition Part 2 Scout's Scratch Expedition Part 3 Scout's Scratch Expedition Part 4 Pong Game Debugging: Events and Loops Create a Maze Click-a-Mole Debugging: Mazes Program an AI Chatbot Events: Dot in Space Loops: Catch the Ball Scout's Quest: Functions with Boolean Inputs Maze Game Project Broadcast Messages: Marco Polo Scout's Quest: Variables Scout's Quest: Functions with Number Inputs Debugging: Make a Pizza Creating Turtle Graphics Broadcast Messages: Tell a Joke Events: Traveling with Scout Variables in Dance Game Design Project Operators: Coin Flip Code Tunes Sequences: Parallel Programming Introduction to Functions Costumes, Backdrops, and Animations Loops: Falling Objects KA1.2.1 - Karel Error Messages Part 1 KA1.2.2 - Karel Error Messages Part 2 KA1.2.3 - Karel Error Messages Part 3 House Design with Area and Perimeter Unit Fractions with Variables Digital Vocabulary Flashcard Quiz Careers in CS: Health and Fitness Careers in CS: Major League Baseball CS Innovators Research Project Dash® Robot 2 - Proximity Sensor Dash® Robot 3 - Loops and Functions
AI.P.4.a Describe the difference between analog and digital signals to understand their uses.	Introduction to micro:bit® Drawing with micro:bit® and Scratch Revolutionary War Timeline with the BBC micro:bit® Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies with the BBC micro:bit® Ozobot® Programming 1: Introduction Dash® Robot 1 - Movement Cue Robot 1 - Movement Cue Robot 2 - Proximity Sensors Create a Drawing App LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Moving Statue LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Car Sensor Ozobot® Timeline Ozobot® Cycle Dash® Robot 2 - Proximity Sensor Dash® Robot 3 - Loops and Functions
AI.P.4.b Give examples of computer perception to understand how it is affected by the environment.	Training AI Using Data
AI.RR.4.a Create a classification system using a tree structure to understand binary solutions.
AI.RR.4.b Describe how AI represents knowledge to make a reasonable answer.
AI.ML.4.a Explain three different machine learning approaches to choose which may be best for a given situation.
AI.ML.4.b Explain how machine learning can create a bias to understand how computers can be biased.	Machine Learning: Teachable Machine Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI AI Products: Ethical and Responsible Choices
AI.ML.4.c Describe tasks where AI outperforms human tasks and when it does not to describe how humans rely on AI.
AI.NI.4.a Use AI systems that are designed to be inclusive and describe how they affect the humans who use them.
AI.NI.4.b Give examples of bias to demonstrate how it can affect decision-making.	Machine Learning: Teachable Machine Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI AI Products: Ethical and Responsible Choices
AI.SI.4.a Give examples of bias to demonstrate how it can affect specific groups of people.
IC.Cu.4.a List examples of computing technologies that have changed the global community to express how those technologies influenced and are influenced by cultural practice.	Our Words Have Power (Cyberbullying) How Computing Systems Work Training AI Using Data Technology Timeline Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI AI Products: Ethical and Responsible Choices
IC.Cu.4.b Identify and anticipate diverse user needs to increase accessibility to all users.	3D Design: Keyboard Accommodations Design an App
IC.SI.4.a Collaborate and consider diverse perspectives to improve digital artifacts.	3D Design: Recreate an Animal Platform Game Design Digital Pet Project 3D Design: Keyboard Accommodations Design an App
IC.SLE.4.a Use public domain or Creative Commons media, and refrain from copying or using material created by others without permission.	Giving Credit Through Attributions Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI
IC.SLE.4.b Explain why information should be shared or kept private to protect student identity.	Strong Usernames and Passwords Digital Identity
IC.SLE.4.c Communicate the importance of protecting your digital footprint.	Strong Usernames and Passwords Digital Identity
IC.SLE.4.d Describe tradeoffs between allowing information to be public and keeping information private and secure.
IC.SLE.4.e Explain the effect of cyber bullying and who to tell if this is happening.