K-12 Computer Science Standards

Utah 3 Computer Science Standards

15 Standards

1

3.CS.1

19 Lessons

Describe and model how computing devices connect to other components to extend their capabilities and form a system.

Aligned Lessons

Utah Timeline with the BBC micro:bit®
Introduction to micro:bit®
Create a Drawing App with micro:bit®
Revolutionary War Timeline with the BBC micro:bit®
Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies with the BBC micro:bit®
Dash® Robot 1 - Movement
Introduction to Coding with LEGO® SPIKE Essential
Create a Drawing App
LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Moving Statue
micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Ten
micro:bit®: Animal Response to the Environment
micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Hundred
micro:bit® Rounding with Decimals
LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Car Sensor
Dash® Robot 2 - Proximity Sensor
Dash® Robot 3 - Loops and Functions
Introduction to Computing Systems
Exploring Computing Systems
Practicing with Computing Systems
2

3.NI.1

8 Lessons

Describe physical and digital security measures for protecting personal information.

Aligned Lessons

Strong Usernames and Passwords
Digital Identity
Scout's Cybersecurity Adventure: Part 1
Scout's Cybersecurity Adventure: Part 2
Cybersecurity Policies and Laws
Scout's Cybersecurity Mission
Scout’s Cryptography Escape Room
Cybersecurity Introduction
3

3.NI.2

7 Lessons

Develop personal patterns of behavior to protect information from unauthorized access.

Aligned Lessons

Strong Usernames and Passwords
Scout's Cybersecurity Adventure: Part 1
Scout's Cybersecurity Adventure: Part 2
Cybersecurity Policies and Laws
Scout's Cybersecurity Mission
Scout’s Cryptography Escape Room
Cybersecurity Introduction
4

3.DA.1

9 Lessons

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

Aligned Lessons

Research: Effective Keywords
Research: Informational Programs
Using Digital Tools to Create Line Graphs
Constructive and Destructive Processes
Animating Poetry
Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph
Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph
Inquiry Project: Line Graph
Productivity Software Inquiry Project
5

3.DA.2

6 Lessons

Use data to communicate ideas, highlight relationships and predict outcomes.

Aligned Lessons

Weather and Climate
Research: Informational Programs
Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph
Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph
Inquiry Project: Line Graph
Productivity Software Inquiry Project
6

3.AP.1

161 Lessons

Create programs that include events, sequences, loops, and simple conditionals to express ideas or address a problem.

Aligned Lessons

Introduction to Computer Science and Scratch
Adding with Loops
Game Mechanics with Comparison Operators
Loops (Unplugged)
3D Design: Codeblocks
Exploring Ecosystems
Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
Sound Frequency & Amplitude
Events
Platform Game Design
Communities Adapt to & Modify Their Environment
Fractions and Variables
Creative Storytelling
Weather and Climate
Scratch Digital Greeting Card
From CodeHopJr to CodeHop Blocks
Introduction to Comparison Operators
Classifying Rocks
Complex Conditionals: Chase the Star
Nutrition Maze
Exploring Heat
Exploring Adaptations
Physical Changes
Variables
Plant and Animal Cells
Digital Flashcards
Exploring the Water Cycle
Simple Algorithms
Rights and Responsibilities
Parts of Speech: Random Sentence Generator
Introduction to Conditionals
Wave Generator
Division and Conditionals
Multiple Algorithms
Multiplication and Conditionals
Unit Converter
Sensing and Responding to the Environment
Effects of Pollution
Nonfiction Animated Recordings
Measuring Lengths
Grammar Quiz Game
Create a Drawing App with micro:bit®
Loops
Dash® Robot Storytelling
Dash® Robot Mazes
Animating Sprites with Multiplication
Phonics: Letter Sounds
Earth Systems
Day and Night
Cycle of Matter
Game Effects
Clones in Games
Constructive and Destructive Processes
Revolutionary War Timeline
Revolutionary War Timeline with the BBC micro:bit®
Animal Classification
Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies
Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies with the BBC micro:bit®
Digital Pet Project
Animating Unit Fractions
Multiplication Quiz Game
Phonics: Digraphs
VEX 123®: Introduction
ScratchJr to Scratch: Events and Loops
Dash® Robot 1 - Movement
VEX GO®: Introduction
VEX GO®: Measurement
Create a Drawing App
Minecraft® Coding Fundamentals - Basic Moves
Minecraft® Coding Fundamentals - Repeat Loops with Sea Turtles
Scratch Drawing Tools
Coding with LEGO® Spike Prime
Classes and Objects in Games
micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Ten
Punctuate a Title
micro:bit®: Animal Response to the Environment
Pair Programming: Create a Band
micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Hundred
VEX 123®: Patterns of Living Things
micro:bit® Rounding with Decimals
Seasonal Project (Spring): Create a Chase Game!
VEX GO®: Speed and Energy
How We See: Light Reflection
LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Car Sensor
Seasonal Project (Summer): Pop The Balloons
Seasonal Project (Fall): Gathering Apples Game
Complex Conditionals: Balloon Game
Choose Your Own Path: Elements of Culture
Introduction to Speed Blocks
VEX GO®: Lines and Angles
Plan a Quest
Forever Loop Dance Party
Mad Libs Project
Flower Garden Functions Project
Design an App
Decimal Division and Conditionals
Add and Subtract Fractions
Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers
Naming Numbers Game
Modeling Life Cycles
Fossils and Past Environments
Punctuation Game
State Project
Atoms and Molecules
Geographic Effects on Early Civilizations
Balanced Ecosystems
Multimedia Book Report
micro:bit® Reaction Game
Makey Makey®: Introduction
Introduction to Finch Robot®
Modeling Perimeter with Finch Robot®
Storytelling with Finch Robot®
Makey Makey®: Graphing Points on a Coordinate Plane
micro:bit®: Graphing Points on a Coordinate Plane
I-Spy with Lists
Animating Poetry
Message Events: Scout Plays in the Forest
Creating Algorithms
Events: Dot in Space
Functions: Paint by Numbers
Loops: Catch the Ball
Message Events: Simon Says
Scout's Quest: Functions with Boolean Inputs
Broadcast Messages: Marco Polo
Scout's Quest: Variables
Scout's Quest: Functions with Number Inputs
Lists: Shopping with Scout
Scout's Quest: Conditionals
Creating Turtle Graphics
Transportation Speeds and Sounds
Conditionals: Flying Bird
Broadcast Messages: Tell a Joke
Lists: Spelling Bee
Events: Traveling with Scout
Variables in Dance
Game Design Project
Operators: Coin Flip
Functions: About Me
Conditionals: Changing Effects
Conditionals: Underwater Exploration
Conditionals: Color Sense
Conditionals: Mazes
Introduction to Functions
Costumes, Backdrops, and Animations
Race Track Game
House Design with Area and Perimeter
Unit Fractions with Variables
Digital Vocabulary Flashcard Quiz
Seasonal Project (Winter): Design a Snowman
micro:bit® Butterfly Migration Simulator
Drawing Tools: Sea Creatures
Loops: Sphero® Underwater Exploration
Dash® Robot 2 - Proximity Sensor
Conditionals: Sphero® Shark Race
Dash® Robot 3 - Loops and Functions
Winter Celebrations Around the World
Compare and Refine Algorithms
Introduction to Design Thinking
Designing Solutions for Accessibility
Word Analysis: Prefixes and Suffixes
Digital Venn Diagram
7

3.AP.2

49 Lessons

Create programs that use variables to store and modify data.

Aligned Lessons

Game Mechanics with Comparison Operators
3D Design: Codeblocks
Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
Sound Frequency & Amplitude
Fractions and Variables
Introduction to Comparison Operators
Rights and Responsibilities
Wave Generator
Unit Converter
Revolutionary War Timeline
Revolutionary War Timeline with the BBC micro:bit®
Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies
Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies with the BBC micro:bit®
Digital Pet Project
Animating Unit Fractions
Multiplication Quiz Game
Classes and Objects in Games
micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Ten
micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Hundred
micro:bit® Rounding with Decimals
Seasonal Project (Summer): Pop The Balloons
Seasonal Project (Fall): Gathering Apples Game
Mad Libs Project
Design an App
Naming Numbers Game
Punctuation Game
State Project
Balanced Ecosystems
micro:bit® Reaction Game
I-Spy with Lists
Functions: Paint by Numbers
Scout's Quest: Variables
Lists: Shopping with Scout
Lists: Spelling Bee
Variables in Dance
Game Design Project
Operators: Coin Flip
Functions: About Me
Race Track Game
House Design with Area and Perimeter
Unit Fractions with Variables
Digital Vocabulary Flashcard Quiz
Seasonal Project (Winter): Design a Snowman
Conditionals: Sphero® Shark Race
Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph
Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph
Inquiry Project: Line Graph
Introduction to Design Thinking
Designing Solutions for Accessibility
8

3.AP.3

99 Lessons

Test and debug a program or algorithm to ensure it accomplishes the intended task.

Aligned Lessons

Loops (Unplugged)
Exploring Ecosystems
Sound Frequency & Amplitude
Platform Game Design
Scratch Digital Greeting Card
Classifying Rocks
Nutrition Maze
Digital Flashcards
Rights and Responsibilities
Introduction to micro:bit®
Nonfiction Animated Recordings
Grammar Quiz Game
Loops
Dash® Robot Storytelling
Dash® Robot Mazes
Classifying Shapes by Category
Cycle of Matter
Clones in Games
Revolutionary War Timeline
Digital Pet Project
Animating Unit Fractions
Dash® Robot 1 - Movement
Create a Drawing App
Minecraft® Coding Fundamentals - Basic Moves
Minecraft® Coding Fundamentals - Repeat Loops with Sea Turtles
Scratch Drawing Tools
Coding with LEGO® Spike Prime
Classes and Objects in Games
micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Ten
Punctuate a Title
micro:bit®: Animal Response to the Environment
Pair Programming: Create a Band
micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Hundred
micro:bit® Rounding with Decimals
Seasonal Project (Spring): Create a Chase Game!
LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Car Sensor
Seasonal Project (Summer): Pop The Balloons
Seasonal Project (Fall): Gathering Apples Game
The Coordinate Plane
Choose Your Own Path: Elements of Culture
Classifying Shapes Using Lines and Angles
Classifying Quadrilaterals in a Hierarchy
Plan a Quest
Animation Loops Project
Forever Loop Dance Party
Mad Libs Project
Flower Garden Functions Project
Design an App
Add and Subtract Fractions
Naming Numbers Game
Punctuation Game
State Project
Atoms and Molecules
Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
Balanced Ecosystems
Multimedia Book Report
micro:bit® Reaction Game
Introduction to Finch Robot®
Modeling Perimeter with Finch Robot®
Storytelling with Finch Robot®
Scout's Programming Expedition: Part 1
Scout's Programming Expedition Part 2
Scout's Programming Expedition Part 3
Scout's Programming Expedition Part 4
Debugging: Events and Loops
Create a Maze
Debugging: Mazes
Events: Dot in Space
Functions: Paint by Numbers
Loops: Catch the Ball
Scout's Quest: Functions with Boolean Inputs
Broadcast Messages: Marco Polo
Scout's Quest: Variables
Scout's Quest: Functions with Number Inputs
Debugging: Make a Pizza
Creating Turtle Graphics
Broadcast Messages: Tell a Joke
Events: Traveling with Scout
Variables in Dance
Game Design Project
Operators: Coin Flip
Sequences: Parallel Programming
Functions: About Me
Introduction to Functions
Costumes, Backdrops, and Animations
Loops: Falling Objects
House Design with Area and Perimeter
Unit Fractions with Variables
Digital Vocabulary Flashcard Quiz
Seasonal Project (Winter): Design a Snowman
Careers in CS: Health and Fitness
Careers in CS: Major League Baseball
CS Innovators Research Project
Dash® Robot 2 - Proximity Sensor
Dash® Robot 3 - Loops and Functions
Introduction to Design Thinking
Designing Solutions for Accessibility
Safety Solutions micro:bit® Design Project
Cause and Effect
9

3.AP.4

8 Lessons

Perform different roles when collaborating with peers during the design, implementation, and review stages of program development.

Aligned Lessons

Dash® Robot Storytelling
Dash® Robot Mazes
Dash® Robot 1 - Movement
Coding with LEGO® Spike Prime
Pair Programming: Create a Band
Introduction to Finch Robot®
Modeling Perimeter with Finch Robot®
Storytelling with Finch Robot®
10

3.AP.5

12 Lessons

Use an iterative design process to plan and develop a program by considering the perspectives and preferences of others.

Aligned Lessons

Platform Game Design
Dash® Robot Mazes
Digital Pet Project
Coding with LEGO® Spike Prime
Classes and Objects in Games
Pair Programming: Create a Band
Plan a Quest
Design an App
Game Design Project
Introduction to Design Thinking
Designing Solutions for Accessibility
Safety Solutions micro:bit® Design Project
11

3.AP.6

9 Lessons

Create programs by incorporating smaller portions of existing programs to develop something new or add more advanced features.

Aligned Lessons

3D Design: Codeblocks
Create a Drawing App with micro:bit®
Digital Pet Project
Classes and Objects in Games
Seasonal Project (Spring): Create a Chase Game!
Seasonal Project (Summer): Pop The Balloons
Seasonal Project (Fall): Gathering Apples Game
Seasonal Project (Winter): Design a Snowman
Remixing Programs
12

3.IC.1

7 Lessons

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

Aligned Lessons

Internet Positivity
Technology Timeline
CS Innovators: Grace Hopper
Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI
AI Products: Ethical and Responsible Choices
Humans Vs. Machines
Impacts of Computing: Introduction
13

3.IC.2

5 Lessons

Describe reasons creators might limit the use of their work.

Aligned Lessons

Giving Credit Through Attributions
Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI
AI Products: Ethical and Responsible Choices
What Can I Use Online?
Remixing Programs
14

3.CT.1

48 Lessons

Decompose problems into smaller manageable tasks which may themselves be decomposed.

Aligned Lessons

3D Design: Recreate an Animal
Platform Game Design
Animating Poetry
Grammar Quiz Game
Dash® Robot Mazes
Cycle of Matter
Clones in Games
Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies
Interactive Map of the 13 Colonies with the BBC micro:bit®
Digital Pet Project
VEX GO®: Introduction
VEX GO®: Measurement
Create a Drawing App
Minecraft® Coding Fundamentals - Basic Moves
Minecraft® Coding Fundamentals - Repeat Loops with Sea Turtles
Classes and Objects in Games
micro:bit®: Animal Response to the Environment
Pair Programming: Create a Band
LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Car Sensor
Choose Your Own Path: Elements of Culture
VEX GO®: Lines and Angles
Plan a Quest
Forever Loop Dance Party
Flower Garden Functions Project
Design an App
Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers
Punctuation Game
State Project
Multimedia Book Report
micro:bit® Reaction Game
Scout's Programming Expedition: Part 1
Scout's Programming Expedition Part 2
Scout's Programming Expedition Part 3
Scout's Programming Expedition Part 4
Create a Maze
Functions: Paint by Numbers
Game Design Project
Functions: About Me
House Design with Area and Perimeter
Careers in CS: Health and Fitness
Computational Thinking: Design an Obstacle Course
Careers in CS: Major League Baseball
CS Innovators: Grace Hopper
Computational Thinking: Design a School
Computational Thinking: Design a Neighborhood
CS Innovators Research Project
Introduction to Design Thinking
Designing Solutions for Accessibility
15

3.CT.2

9 Lessons

Recognize common patterns between problems and recurring patterns within problems.

Aligned Lessons

Multiple Algorithms
Dash® Robot 1 - Movement
Cue Robot 1 - Movement
Functions Dance Project
Loops: Follow the Path
Game Design Project
Computational Thinking: Design an Obstacle Course
Computational Thinking: Design a School
Computational Thinking: Design a Neighborhood

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