TExES Computer Science 8–12 (241) Prep Course

Welcome to CodeHS TExES Prep Course

1.1 Welcome to the CodeHS TExES Course

1.2 Resources

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 Pixel Colors

4.8 Cryptography

4.9 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 Information Literacy

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6.8 Cybersecurity

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6.9 Malware Types and Prevention

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6.10 The Impact of the Internet

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6.11 Creative Credit & Copyright

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6.12 The Internet Quiz

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Software

7.1 Operating Systems Software

7.2 Software and Applications

Project: Troubleshooting

8.1 Methodology

8.2 Support Practice

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

Project: Digital Forensics

10.1 Digital Forensics

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10.2 Forensic Case 1: Logs

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10.3 Forensic Case 2: File Metadata

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10.4 Forensic Case 3: Exit Data

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Creative Development

11.1 Intro to Software Development

11.2 Intro to Design Thinking

11.3 Prototype

11.4 Test

Collaboration in Computer Science

12.1 Collaboration in Computer Science

12.2 Whiteboarding

12.3 Pair-Programming

12.4 Pop Coding

12.5 Storytelling through Code

12.6 Assessing Student Mastery

12.7 Assessing with Rubrics

Discrete Math for Computer Science

13.1 Sets, Functions, and Relations

13.2 Truth Tables & Propositional Logic

13.3 Formal Logic Proofs

13.4 Permutations & Combinations

13.5 Discrete Math for Computer Science Quiz

Debugging in Java

14.1 Basic Debugging in Java

14.2 Debugging Tools

14.3 Debugging Techniques

14.4 Common Java Errors

14.5 Common Compiler Errors

14.6 Java Outside of CodeHS

Basic Java

15.1 Programming Languages

15.2 Organizational Techniques

15.3 Printing in Java

15.4 Variables and Types

15.5 User Input

15.6 Arithmetic Expressions

15.7 Casting

15.8 Mid Unit Quiz

15.9 Booleans

15.10 Logical Operators

15.11 Comparison Operators

15.12 If Statements

15.13 For Loops

15.14 While Loops

15.15 Nested Iterations

15.16 Loop-and-a-Half

15.17 Short-Circuit Evaluation

15.18 DeMorgan's Laws

15.19 String Types

15.20 Basic Java Quiz

Methods

16.1 Java Methods

16.2 Methods and Parameters

16.3 Methods and Return Values

16.4 String Methods

16.5 Exceptions

16.6 Methods Quiz

Classes and Object-Oriented Programming

17.1 Intro to Classes and Objects

17.2 Classes vs. Objects

17.3 Using a Class as a Client

17.4 Writing Classes

17.5 Writing Classes and Instance Methods

17.6 Getter and Setter Methods

17.7 Method Overloading

17.8 Local Variables and Scope

17.9 Key Terms for Classes

17.10 Objects vs. Primitives

17.11 Inheritance

17.12 Polymorphism

17.13 Classes and OOP Quiz

Data Structures

18.1 What are Data Structures

18.2 Introduction to Arrays

18.3 Algorithm Performance

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18.4 Using Arrays

18.5 2D Arrays

18.6 Traversing 2D Arrays

18.7 HashMaps, Stacks, and Queues

18.8 Data Structures Quiz

Algorithms and Recursion

19.1 What is an Algorithm?

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19.2 Linear Search

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19.3 Binary Search

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19.4 Selection Sort

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19.5 Insertion Sort

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19.6 Recursion

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19.7 Mergesort

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19.8 Quick Sort

19.9 Algorithmic Complexity

19.10 Informal Code Analysis

19.11 Random and Pseudorandom Numbers

19.12 Algorithms and Recursion Quiz

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Understanding Robotics Through CS

20.1 Robotics as a Bridge Between CS and Engineering

20.2 The Robotics Design Cycle

20.3 Algorithmic Thinking for Robots

20.4 Sensor Integration and Intelligent Behavior

20.5 Robotics Simulation and Testing

20.6 Robots in Society and the Classroom

20.7 Understanding Robotics Through CS Quiz

Exploring Game Design

21.1 Intro to Games

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21.2 Unpacking a Game

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21.3 Categorizing Games

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21.4 Game Design Document (GDD)

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21.5 Intro to JavaScript

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21.6 Variables

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21.7 Introducing Libraries

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21.8 Program Structure

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21.9 Understanding the Canvas

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21.10 Your First Sprites

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21.11 The Physics of Sprites

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Project: React Native Mobile App

22.1 Project Management

22.2 Hour of Code: React Native Mobile Apps with CodeHS

Final Task

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