Project: Write a Research Paper

Create programs that use variables to store and modify data.

Create programs that include sequences, events, loops, and conditionals.

Decompose (break down) problems into smaller, manageable subproblems to facilitate the program development process.

Modify, remix, or incorporate portions of an existing program into one’s own work, to develop something new or add more advanced features.

Use an iterative process to plan the development of a program by including others' perspectives and considering user preferences.

Test and debug (identify and fix errors) a program or algorithm to ensure it runs as intended.

Take on varying roles, with teacher guidance, when collaborating with peers during the design, implementation, and review stages of program development.

Describe choices made during program development using code comments, presentations, and demonstrations.

Organize and present collected data visually to highlight relationships and support a claim.

Use data to highlight or propose cause-and-effect relationships, predict outcomes, or communicate an idea.

Discuss computing technologies that have changed the world, and express how those technologies influence, and are influenced by, cultural practices.

Create clearly named variables that represent different data types and perform operations on their values.

Design and iteratively develop programs that combine control structures, including nested loops and compound conditionals

Decompose problems and subproblems into parts to facilitate the design, implementation, and review of programs

Create procedures with parameters to organize code and make it easier to reuse.

Incorporate existing code, media, and libraries into original programs, and give attribution.

Systematically test and refine programs using a range of test cases

Document programs in order to make them easier to follow, test, and debug.

Collect data using computational tools and transform the data to make it more useful and reliable.

Refine computational models based on the data they have generated.

Discuss issues of bias and accessibility in the design of existing technologies

Create prototypes that use algorithms to solve computational problems by leveraging prior student knowledge and personal interests.

Use lists to simplify solutions, generalizing computational problems instead of repeatedly using simple variables

Design and iteratively develop computational artifacts for practical intent, personal expression, or to address a societal issue by using events to initiate instructions.

Decompose problems into smaller components through systematic analysis, using constructs such as procedures, modules, and/or objects.

Create artifacts by using procedures within a program, combinations of data and procedures, or independent but interrelated programs.

Design and develop computational artifacts working in team roles using collaborative tools

Document design decisions using text, graphics, presentations, and/or demonstrations in the development of complex programs.

Create interactive data visualizations using software tools to help others better understand real-world phenomena.

Create computational models that represent the relationships among different elements of data collected from a phenomenon or process.

Evaluate the ways computing impacts personal, ethical, social, economic, and cultural practices

Test and refine computational artifacts to reduce bias and equity deficits.

Explain the privacy concerns related to the collection and generation of data through automated processes that may not be evident to users.

Evaluate the social and economic implications of privacy in the context of safety, law, or ethics.

Construct solutions to problems using student-created components, such as procedures, modules and/or objects.

Demonstrate code reuse by creating programming solutions using libraries and APIs.

Develop and use a series of test cases to verify that a program performs according to its design specifications.

Modify an existing program to add additional functionality and discuss intended and unintended implications (e.g., breaking other functionality).

Evaluate key qualities of a program through a process such as a code review

Evaluate computational artifacts to maximize their beneficial effects and minimize harmful effects on society.

Evaluate the impact of equity, access, and influence on the distribution of computing resources in a global society.

Select data collection tools and techniques to generate data sets that support a claim or communicate information.