Standards Mapping

MSCSE.1

The student will design and iteratively develop programs that combine control structures, including loops and conditionals.

• 1.13 Control Structures Example
• 1.14 More Karel Examples and Testing
• 1.16 Karel Challenges
• 1.17 Intro to Programming with Karel the Dog Quiz
• 13.19 Putting Together Control Structures

MSCSE.2

The student will investigate variables and data types, including simple operations on strings.

• 13.11 Variables
• 13.12 User Input

MSCSE.3

The student will implement a program that accepts input values, stores them in appropriately named variables, and produces output.

• 13.7 Naming Guidelines
• 13.12 User Input
• 13.13 Parameters
• 13.16 If Statements
• 13.17 If/ Else Statements
• 13.18 While Loops
• 13.19 Putting Together Control Structures

MSCSE.4

The student will document programs in order to make them easier to trace, test, and debug.

• 1.7 Commenting Your Code
• 1.15 How to Indent Your Code
• 1.17 Intro to Programming with Karel the Dog Quiz
• 13.6 Comments

MSCSE.5

The student will discuss issues of bias and accessibility in the design of existing technologies.

MSCSE.6

The student will describe and explain the history of computer science, including naming significant historical figures and describing their impact on the field.

• 2.1 History of Computers

MSCSE.7

The student will use flowcharts and/or pseudo code to address complex problems as algorithms.

• 1.6 Top Down Design and Decomposition in Karel
• 1.14 More Karel Examples and Testing
• 1.16 Karel Challenges
• 13.10 Top Down Design
• 13.19 Putting Together Control Structures

MSCSE.8

The student will incorporate existing code, media, and libraries into original programs, and give attribution.

MSCSE.9

The student will systematically test and refine programs using a range of test cases.

• 13.12 User Input
• 13.16 If Statements
• 13.17 If/ Else Statements
• 13.18 While Loops
• 13.19 Putting Together Control Structures

MSCSE.10

The student will model the role of protocols in transmitting data across networks and the Internet.

MSCSE.11

The student will apply multiple methods of encryption to model the secure transmission of information.

MSCSE.12

The student will explain how physical and digital security measures protect electronic information.

• 9.4 Privacy & Security
• 9.7 Digital Citizenship and Cybersecurity Quiz

MSCSE.13

The student will collect data using computational tools and transform the data to make it more useful and reliable.

MSCSE.14

The student will refine computational models based on the data they have generated.

MSCSE.15

The student will represent data using multiple encoding schemes.

• 6.1 Intro to Digital Information
• 6.2 Number Systems
• 6.3 Encoding Text with Binary
• 6.4 Pixel Images
• 6.5 Hexadecimal
• 6.6 Pixel Colors!
• 6.8 Digital Information Quiz

MSCSE.16

The student will discuss issues of bias and accessibility in the design of existing technologies.

MSCSE.17

The student will compare tradeoffs associated with computing technologies that affect people's everyday activities and career options.

• 2.5 Future of Computing
• 7.7 The Impact of the Internet
• 9.1 Digital Footprint and Reputation
• 15.2 What is Cybersecurity?

MSCSE.18

The student will collaborate with many contributors through strategies such as crowdsourcing or surveys when creating a computational artifact or visualization.

MSCSE.19

The student will describe tradeoffs between allowing information to be public and keeping information private and secure.

• 9.1 Digital Footprint and Reputation
• 9.4 Privacy & Security
• 9.7 Digital Citizenship and Cybersecurity Quiz

MSCSE.20

The student will systematically identify and correct problems with computing devices and their components.

MSCSE.21

The student will explore the relationship between hardware and software using he Internet of Things.

• 2.5 Future of Computing
• 15.2 What is Cybersecurity?

MSCSE.22

The student will work in a team to distribute tasks; maintain a timeline; and use iterative design to solve problems, including peer review and feedback.

• 13.19 Putting Together Control Structures

MSCSE.23

The student will decompose problems and subproblems into parts to facilitate the design, implementation, and review of programs.

• 1.6 Top Down Design and Decomposition in Karel
• 1.14 More Karel Examples and Testing
• 1.16 Karel Challenges
• 13.19 Putting Together Control Structures

MSCSE.24

The student will create procedures with parameters to organize code and make it easier to reuse.

• 13.13 Parameters

MSCSE.25

The student will recommend improvements to the design of computing devices, based on an analysis of how users interact with the devices.

MSCSE.26

The student will design projects that combine hardware and software components to collect and exchange data.