Standards in this Framework
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4-6.CT.1
Develop a computational model of a system that shows changes in output when there are changes in inputs. |
LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Moving Statue micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Ten micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Hundred micro:bit® Rounding with Decimals Naming Numbers Game Rates and Unit Rates Scale of Planets in the Solar System Balanced Ecosystems House Design with Area and Perimeter micro:bit® Butterfly Migration Simulator Conditionals: Sphero® Shark Race Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Line Graph |
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4-6.CT.10
Describe the steps taken and choices made to design and develop a solution using an iterative design process. |
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 Computational Thinking: Design an Obstacle Course Computational Thinking: Design a School Computational Thinking: Design a Neighborhood |
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4-6.CT.2
Collect digital data related to a reallife question or need. |
Training AI Using Data Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Line Graph Productivity Software Inquiry Project |
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4-6.CT.3
Visualize a simple data set in order to highlight relationships and persuade an audience. |
Using Digital Tools to Create Line Graphs Programming and Data Project Constructive and Destructive Processes Scale of Planets in the Solar System Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Line Graph Productivity Software Inquiry Project |
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4-6.CT.4
Decompose a problem into smaller named tasks, some of which can themselves be decomposed into smaller steps. |
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: Functions with Boolean Inputs Skills Practice: Operators Skills Practice: Functions with Number Inputs House Design with Area and Perimeter Classes and Objects in Games Moving Targets Game 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 Pong Game Click-a-Mole Program an AI Chatbot Events: Dot in Space Functions: Paint by Numbers Scout's Quest: Functions with Boolean Inputs Broadcast Messages: Marco Polo Scout's Quest: Variables Scout's Quest: Functions with Number Inputs Moving Targets Game Creating Turtle Graphics Broadcast Messages: Tell a Joke Events: Traveling with Scout Game Design Project Operators: Coin Flip Code Tunes Sequences: Parallel Programming Functions: About Me House Design with Area and Perimeter Computational Thinking: Design an Obstacle Course micro:bit® Butterfly Migration Simulator CS Innovators: Grace Hopper Computational Thinking: Design a School Computational Thinking: Design a Neighborhood Dash® Robot 2 - Proximity Sensor Dash® Robot 3 - Loops and Functions AI Chatbots |
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4-6.CT.5
Identify and name a task within a problem that gets performed multiple times while solving that problem, but with slightly different concrete details each time. |
Animating Unit Fractions House Design with Area and Perimeter Flower Garden Functions Project Functions: Paint by Numbers Scout's Quest: Functions with Boolean Inputs Scout's Quest: Functions with Number Inputs Functions: About Me House Design with Area and Perimeter Unit Fractions with Variables |
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4-6.CT.6
Compare two or more algorithms and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each for a specific task. |
Dash® Robot 1 - Movement Cue Robot 1 - Movement Creating Algorithms |
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4-6.CT.7
Identify pieces of information that might change as a program or process runs. |
Physical Changes Digital Flashcards Wave Generator Unit Converter Animating Unit Fractions Data Storage Skills Practice: Variables House Design with Area and Perimeter Classes and Objects in Games The US Government Game Design Project Scale of Planets in the Solar System Balanced Ecosystems Introduction to Clones Scout's Quest: Variables Clones: Throwing Acorns Game Variables in Dance Game Design Project House Design with Area and Perimeter Unit Fractions with Variables Digital Vocabulary Flashcard Quiz Conditionals: Sphero® Shark Race |
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4-6.CT.8
Develop algorithms or programs that use repetition and conditionals for creative expression or to solve a problem. |
Game Mechanics with Comparison Operators Platform Game Design Fractions and Variables Introduction to Comparison Operators Classifying Rocks Complex Conditionals: If/Then/Else Chase the Star Nutrition Maze Decimal Multiplication and Conditionals Physical Changes Digital Flashcards Introduction to Conditionals Division and Conditionals Multiplication and Conditionals Unit Converter Effects of Pollution Grammar Quiz Game Drawing with micro:bit® and Scratch Day and Night Multi-digit Multiplication and Conditionals Game Effects Clones in Games 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 Multiplication Quiz Game Create a Drawing App Skills Practice: If/Then Conditionals Skills Practice: If/Then/Else Conditionals Skills Practice: Functions with Boolean Inputs Skills Practice: Operators House Design with Area and Perimeter Classes and Objects in Games Moving Targets Game 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! 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 Complex Conditionals: Balloon Game Plan a Quest Pinball Game Project Flower Garden Functions Project Design an App Game Design Project Decimal Division and Conditionals Add and Subtract Fractions Naming Numbers Game Modeling Life Cycles Fossils and Past Environments State Project Atoms and Molecules Positive and Negative Numbers Evaluate Algebraic Equations Balanced Ecosystems Multimedia Book Report micro:bit® Reaction Game Makey Makey®: Introduction Makey Makey®: Graphing Points on a Coordinate Plane micro:bit®: Graphing Points on a Coordinate Plane Pong Game Click-a-Mole Introduction to Clones Program an AI Chatbot Functions: Paint by Numbers Scout's Quest: Functions with Boolean Inputs Scout's Quest: Variables Clones: Throwing Acorns Game Scout's Quest: Conditionals Moving Targets Game Conditionals: Flying Bird Game Design Project Operators: Coin Flip Code Tunes Functions: About Me Conditionals: Changing Effects Conditionals: Underwater Exploration Conditionals: Color Sense Conditionals: Mazes House Design with Area and Perimeter Star Brightness and Distance Digital Vocabulary Flashcard Quiz micro:bit® Butterfly Migration Simulator Introduction to Sphero Mini® and Sphero BOLT+® Loops: Sphero® Underwater Exploration Conditionals: Sphero® Shark Race AI Chatbots |
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4-6.CT.9
Explain each step of an algorithm or program that includes repetition and conditionals for the purposes of debugging. |
Platform Game Design Game Effects Clones in Games Digital Pet Project LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Car Sensor Design an App Game Design Project Naming Numbers Game State Project Balanced Ecosystems Multimedia Book Report Pong Game Click-a-Mole Animating Poetry Program an AI Chatbot Game Design Project Code Tunes AI Chatbots |
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4-6.CY.1
Explain why different types of information might need to be protected. |
Digital Identity Training AI Using Data Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI AI Products: Ethical and Responsible Choices Scout's Cybersecurity Adventure: Part 1 Scout's Cybersecurity Adventure: Part 2 Cybersecurity Policies and Laws Scout's Cybersecurity Mission |
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4-6.CY.2
Describe common safeguards for protecting personal information. |
Digital Identity Training AI Using Data Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI AI Products: Ethical and Responsible Choices Scout's Cybersecurity Adventure: Part 1 Scout's Cybersecurity Adventure: Part 2 Cybersecurity Policies and Laws Scout's Cybersecurity Mission |
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4-6.CY.3
Describe trade-offs between allowing information to be public and keeping information private and secure. |
Digital Identity Scout's Cybersecurity Adventure: Part 1 Scout's Cybersecurity Adventure: Part 2 Cybersecurity Policies and Laws Scout's Cybersecurity Mission Scout’s Cryptography Escape Room |
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4-6.CY.4
Model and explain the purpose of simple cryptographic methods. |
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4-6.CY.5
Explain suspicious activity of applications and devices. |
Scout's Cybersecurity Adventure: Part 2 Cybersecurity Policies and Laws Scout's Cybersecurity Mission Scout’s Cryptography Escape Room |
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4-6.DL.1
Type on a keyboard while demonstrating proper keyboarding technique. |
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4-6.DL.2
Select appropriate digital tools to communicate and collaborate while learning with others. |
Introduction to Productivity Software |
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4-6.DL.3
Conduct and refine advanced multicriteria digital searches to locate content relevant to varied learning goals. |
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4-6.DL.4
Use a variety of digital tools and resources to create and revise digital artifacts. |
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 Original Story Animations - Personal Story Introduction to Conditionals Wave Generator Research: Informational Programs Division and Conditionals Multiple Algorithms Original Story Animations - Fiction Story Multiplication and Conditionals Unit Converter Sensing and Responding to the Environment Effects of Pollution Using Digital Tools to Create Line Graphs 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 Programming and Data Project 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 LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Moving Statue Classes and Objects in Games 3D Design: Create a Bubble Wand 3D Design: Keyboard Accommodations 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 LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design for Changing Weather 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 The US Government Seasonal Project (Fall): Gathering Apples Game The Coordinate Plane Complex Conditionals: Balloon Game Choose Your Own Path: Elements of Culture Classifying Shapes Using Lines and Angles Classifying Quadrilaterals in a Hierarchy VEX GO®: Lines and Angles 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 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 Scale of Planets in the Solar System 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 Creating Algorithms Introduction to Clones Events: Dot in Space Functions: Paint by Numbers Loops: Catch the Ball Scout's Quest: Functions with Boolean Inputs Broadcast Messages: Marco Polo Clones: Throwing Acorns Game Scout's Quest: Functions with Number Inputs Scout's Quest: Conditionals Creating Turtle Graphics Conditionals: Flying Bird Broadcast Messages: Tell a Joke Events: Traveling with Scout Variables in Dance Game Design Project Operators: Coin Flip Functions: About Me Conditionals: Changing Effects Conditionals: Underwater Exploration Conditionals: Color Sense Conditionals: Mazes Introduction to Functions Costumes, Backdrops, and Animations Loops: Falling Objects House Design with Area and Perimeter Star Brightness and Distance Unit Fractions with Variables Digital Vocabulary Flashcard Quiz Seasonal Project (Winter): Design a Snowman Drawing Tools: Sea Creatures Introduction to Sphero Mini® and Sphero BOLT+® Loops: Sphero® Underwater Exploration Dash® Robot 2 - Proximity Sensor Conditionals: Sphero® Shark Race Dash® Robot 3 - Loops and Functions Winter Celebrations Around the World |
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4-6.DL.5
Identify common features of digital technologies. |
Training AI Using Data Humans Vs. Machines How Machines Learn |
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4-6.DL.6
Describe persistence of digital information and explain how actions in online spaces can have consequences. |
Our Words Have Power (Cyberbullying) Digital Identity Safe and Responsible Use of Technology |
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4-6.DL.7
Identify and describe actions in online spaces that could potentially be unsafe or harmful. |
Our Words Have Power (Cyberbullying) Strong Usernames and Passwords Digital Identity Training AI Using Data Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI AI Products: Ethical and Responsible Choices Safe and Responsible Use of Technology |
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4-6.IC.1
Describe computing technologies that have changed the world, and express how those technologies influence, and are influenced by, cultural practices. |
Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI AI Products: Ethical and Responsible Choices Humans Vs. Machines How Machines Learn |
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4-6.IC.2
Explain how laws impact the use of computing technologies and digital information. |
Cybersecurity Policies and Laws |
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4-6.IC.3
Explain current events that involve computing technologies. |
Careers in CS: Major League Baseball Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI AI Products: Ethical and Responsible Choices |
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4-6.IC.4
Explain who has access to data in different digital spaces. |
Scout's Cybersecurity Adventure: Part 2 Cybersecurity Policies and Laws |
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4-6.IC.5
Explain how computer systems play a role in human decision-making |
Careers in CS: Health and Fitness Careers in CS: Major League Baseball CS Innovators Research Project Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI AI Products: Ethical and Responsible Choices Humans Vs. Machines How Machines Learn AI Chatbots |
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4-6.IC.6
Identify and explain ways to improve the accessibility and usability of a computing device or software application for the diverse needs and wants of users. |
3D Design: Keyboard Accommodations Design an App |
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4-6.IC.7
Identify a diverse range of role models in computer science. |
Careers in CS: Major League Baseball CS Innovators: Grace Hopper CS Innovators Research Project |
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4-6.NSD.1
Propose improvements to the design of a computing technology based on an analysis of user interactions with that technology. |
Design an App Game Design Project Game Design Project |
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4-6.NSD.2
Model how computer hardware and software work together as a system to accomplish tasks. |
Drawing with micro:bit® and Scratch Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies with the BBC micro:bit® Ozobot® Programming 1: Introduction Minecraft: Education Edition® Basic Gameplay Coding with LEGO® Spike Prime LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Moving Statue micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Ten micro:bit®: Animal Response to the Environment micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Hundred micro:bit® Rounding with Decimals Makey Makey®: Introduction Ozobot® Timeline Makey Makey®: Graphing Points on a Coordinate Plane Ozobot® Cycle micro:bit®: Graphing Points on a Coordinate Plane micro:bit® Butterfly Migration Simulator Introduction to Sphero Mini® and Sphero BOLT+® Loops: Sphero® Underwater Exploration Conditionals: Sphero® Shark Race |
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4-6.NSD.3
Determine potential solutions to solve hardware and software problems using common troubleshooting strategies. |
Revolutionary War Timeline with the BBC micro:bit® Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies with the BBC micro:bit® Computer Detectives: Hardware and Software Problems |
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4-6.NSD.4
Model how data is structured to transmit through a network. |
Networks Part 2: Network Protocols |
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4-6.NSD.5
Describe that data can be stored locally or remotely in a network. |
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