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Computer Science Lesson Plans

As part of providing lesson plans for teachers. Students may also wish to work with Arduinos. Most of the lessons outlined require the use of the computer. There are some lessons, though, that are offline only.

Computer Science Lesson Plans: The Internet

Lesson 1: The Internet is for Everyone Primary Source Reading Assignment: The Internet is for Everyone	Lesson 2: The Need for Addressing	Lesson 3:Invent an Addressing Protocol	Lesson 4: Routers and Redundancy Video Questions: How the Internet Works (MS Word) Video: How the Internet Works
Lesson 5: Packets and Making a Reliable Internet Peter the Packet Game	Lesson 6: Algorithms Detour – Minimum Spanning Tree Algorithms Graphs and the MST Problem	Lesson 7: Algorithms Detour – Shortest Path Intro to the Shortest Path Problem Intro Dijkstras Shortest Path Algorithm Dijkstras Shortest Path Algorithm A Dijkstras Shortest Path Algorithm B Dijkstras Shortest Path Algorithm C Dijkstras Shortest Path Algorithm D Dijkstras Shortest Path Algorithm E Dijkstras Shortest Path Algorithm F Dijkstras Shortest Path Algorithm G Dijkstras Shortest Path Algorithm H	Lesson 8: How Routers Learn
Lesson 9: The Need for DNS	Lesson 10: DNS in the Real World -Readings	Lesson 11: HTTP and Abstraction on the Internet –HTTP and Abstraction Handout -Homework: Blown to Bits Questions -Homework: Blown to Bits Reading- The Internet Spirit	Lesson 12: Global Impacts of the Internet Rubric for Global Impact of the Internet Project Resource Topic List for Global Impact of the Internet Project Writing Directions Worksheet for Global Impacts of the Internet Project
Lesson 13: The Need for Encryption –Encryption Questions: Complete first two pages only –Blown to Bits Reading Encryption–12-2 Caesar Cipher Assignment	Lesson 14: Cracking the Code: -Code.org 14-2: Random Substitution Cipher  Vignere Cipher Reading – Code.org 14-3 Vigenere Cipher Questions and Activity	Lesson 15: Keys and Passwords –Keys and Password Questions –Keys and Passwords Reading –Crypto Keys and Your Password: How Secure	Lesson 16: Hard Problems – The Traveling Salesperson Problem Traveling Salesperson Problem Background Activity
Lesson 17: One Way Functions – The WiFi Hotspot Problem WiFi Hotspot Activity Make your own WiFi HotSpot	Lesson 18: Asymmetric Keys – Cups and Beans –Asymmetric Keys Activity Homework: Homework: Encryption on the Internet Reading Encryption on the Internet Questions	Lesson 19: Public Key Cryptography Activity Guide-Public Key Cryptography How and Why Does the Public Key Crypto Really Work	Lesson 20: Practice performance task – Security and Hacking in the Real World –Video Guide for Cybersecurity and Crime –Security and Hacking in the Real World Project

Computer Science Lesson Plans: Digital Information Unit

Lesson 1: Personal Innovations	Lesson 2:Sending Simple Binary Messages	Lesson 3: Sending Complex Binary Messages	Lesson 4: Sending Binary Messages with the Internet Simulator Homework Koan Reading Assignment	Lesson 5: Sending Bits in the Real World	Lesson 6: Number Systems
Lesson 7: Binary Numbers	Lesson 8: Sending Numbers	Lesson 9: Encoding Numbers in Real WorldResearch Activity	Lesson 10: Encoding and Sending Text	Lesson 11: Sending Formatted Text Blown to Bits: Chapter 3_pg_73-80-What You See Is Not What the Computers Knows Blown to Bits 10 Questions on Chapter 3 Reading (Google Doc)	Lesson 12: Bytes and File Sizes Digital Storage
Lesson 13: Text Compression Text Compression Case Study (Google Doc)	Lesson 14: Encoding Black and White Images	Lesson 15: Encoding Color ImagesBlown to Bits Reading: Hiding Information in Images (pdf)Blown to Bits Questions: Hiding Information in Images(Google Doc)	Second Quarter Project: Favicon Assignment	Lesson 16: Lossy Compression and File Formats Lossy vs Lossless Reading (Google Doc)	Lesson 17: Encode a Complex Thing

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