GACE CS Exam Prep (2023)

Welcome to the CodeHS GACE Prep Course!

1.1 Welcome to the CodeHS GACE Prep Course

Introduction to Programming in Java with Karel the Dog

2.1 Introduction to Programming With Karel

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2.2 More Basic Karel

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2.3 Java Programs and the Run Method

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2.4 Karel Can't Turn Right

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2.5 Methods in Karel

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2.6 Top Down Design and Decomposition in Karel

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2.7 Commenting Your Code

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2.8 Super Karel

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2.9 For Loops

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2.10 While Loops in Karel

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2.11 If Statements

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2.12 If/Else Statements

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2.13 Control Structures Example

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2.14 More Karel Examples and Testing

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2.15 How to Indent Your Code

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2.16 Unit 1 Quiz

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What is Computing?

3.1 History of Computers

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3.2 Computer Organization

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3.3 Software

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3.4 Hardware

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3.5 Future of Computing

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3.6 Ethical and Social Implications of Computing

3.7 What is Computing? Quiz

Digital Information

4.1 What is Code?

4.2 Intro to Digital Information

4.3 Number Systems

4.4 Encoding Text with Binary

4.5 Pixel Images

4.6 Hexadecimal

4.7 Octal Numbers

4.8 Pixel Colors

4.9 Data Compression

4.10 Lossy Compression

4.11 Cryptography

4.12 Digital Information Quiz

Data

5.1 Getting Started with Data

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5.2 Visualizing and Interpreting Data

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5.3 Using Spreadsheets with Data

5.4 Data Collection & Limitations

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5.5 Simulation

5.6 Data Quiz

The Internet

6.1 Welcome to the Internet

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6.2 Internet Hardware

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6.3 Internet Addresses

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6.4 DNS

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6.5 Routing

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6.6 Packets and Protocols

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6.7 Cybersecurity

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6.8 The Impact of the Internet

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6.9 Creative Credit & Copyright

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6.10 The Internet Quiz

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Cybersecurity

7.1 What is Cyber?

7.2 Impact of Cyber

7.3 The CIA Triad

7.4 Privacy and Security

7.5 Hacking Ethics

7.6 Databases

7.7 Common Security Problems

7.8 Environmental Controls

7.9 Digital Certificates

7.10 Data and Licenses

7.11 Cybersecurity Quiz

Intro to System Administration

8.1 Start Here

8.2 Operating Systems Software

8.3 Comparing Operating Systems

8.4 Software and Applications

8.5 Browser Configuration

8.6 System Admin Quiz

IT Infrastructure

9.1 Start Here

9.2 Internal Components

9.3 Peripheral Devices

9.4 Network Devices

9.5 Storage Options

9.6 Network Options

9.7 Network Communication

9.8 IT Infrastructure Quiz

Creative Development

10.1 Intro to Design Thinking

10.2 Prototype

10.3 Test

Collaboration in Computer Science

11.1 Collaboration in Computer Science

11.2 Whiteboarding

11.3 Pair-Programming

11.4 Pop Coding

11.5 Storytelling through Code

Debugging in Java

12.1 Basic Debugging in Java

12.2 Debugging Tools

12.3 Debugging Techniques

12.4 Common Java Errors

12.5 Common Compiler Errors

12.6 Java Outside of CodeHS

Basic Java

13.1 Programming Languages

13.2 Organizational Techniques

13.3 Printing in Java

13.4 Variables and Types

13.5 User Input

13.6 Arithmetic Expressions

13.7 Casting

13.8 Mid Unit Quiz

13.9 Booleans

13.10 Logical Operators

13.11 Comparison Operators

13.12 If Statements

13.13 For Loops

13.14 While Loops

13.15 Nested Iterations

13.16 Loop-and-a-Half

13.17 Short-Circuit Evaluation

13.18 DeMorgan's Laws

13.19 String Types

13.20 Basic Java Quiz

Methods

14.1 Java Methods

14.2 Methods and Parameters

14.3 Methods and Return Values

14.4 String Methods

14.5 Exceptions

14.6 Methods Quiz

Classes and Object-Oriented Programming

15.1 Intro to Classes and Objects

15.2 Classes vs. Objects

15.3 Using a Class as a Client

15.4 Writing Classes

15.5 Writing Classes and Instance Methods

15.6 Getter and Setter Methods

15.7 Method Overloading

15.8 Local Variables and Scope

15.9 Key Terms for Classes

15.10 Objects vs. Primitives

15.11 Inheritance

15.12 Classes and OOP Quiz

Data Structures

16.1 What are Data Structures

16.2 Introduction to Arrays

16.3 Using Arrays

16.4 2D Arrays

16.5 Traversing 2D Arrays

16.6 HashMaps, Stacks, and Queues

16.7 Data Structures Quiz

Algorithms and Recursion

17.1 What is an Algorithm?

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17.2 Linear Search

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17.3 Binary Search

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17.4 Selection Sort

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17.5 Insertion Sort

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17.6 Recursion

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17.7 Mergesort

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17.8 Informal Code Analysis

17.9 Random and Pseudorandom Numbers

17.10 Algorithms and Recursion Quiz

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Preparing for the Exam

18.1 Mock Exam

18.2 Competency/Standard-Based Quizzes

18.3 Flashcards - Quizlets

Final Task

Computer Science Curriculum

Customizable K-12 Computer Science Curriculum