New Jersey MS Computer Science
- Level Middle School
- Contact Hours 75
- Timeframe Semester
The New Jersey MS Computer Science course is a first year computer science course that is fully aligned to the New Jersey 6-8 computer science standards. Students explore the basics of programming, how information is represented digitally and sent over the Internet, and physical computing with micro:bit devices. The course concludes with a project where students use data to answer a question they have.
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MODULES - 5
Students learn Python commands, functions, and control structures by drawing shapes on the screen and solving puzzles with Turtle Graphics.
Students learn about the various ways we represent information digitally, including number systems, encoding data, and programmatically creating pixel images.
Students explore the structure and design of the internet, and how this design affects the reliability of network communication, the security of data, and personal privacy.
Students learn the basics of physical computing with micro:bit, such as how to light up and change the brightness of LEDs, and how variables can be used to write more versatile programs.
Students synthesize all they've learned in this course to complete a project where they use a device to collect and analyze data to find an answer to a question they have.
Explore programs that your students will build throughout this course!
Here are a few examples of teacher resources and materials to use in the New Jersey MS Computer Science course
| Standards Framework | Alignment |
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| New Jersey 6-8 Computer Science | 100% View |
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It covers 100% of the New Jersey 6-8 computer science standards. The CodeHS standards page lists each standard next to the lesson that covers it.
CodeHS places it at 6th grade in the New Jersey Middle School Computer Science pathway, and lists it for grades 6 through 8 in the broader New Jersey state pathway.
No. It is described as a first-year computer science course. Students start with Turtle Graphics in Python before anything else.
For part of it. Two main units and two supplemental units use the micro:bit, where students program a physical device. The description names physical computing with micro:bit devices as one of the three things the course covers.
The basics of programming, how information is represented digitally and sent over the internet, and physical computing with micro:bit. Supplemental web design, cryptography, digital citizenship and cybersecurity units sit alongside those.
With a project where students use a device to collect and analyze data to answer a question they came up with themselves.
About 75 contact hours, built to run as a semester course.
