K-12 Computer Science Standards

Virginia 3 Computer Science Standards of Learning

16 Standards

1

3.AP.1

3 Lessons

The student will apply computational thinking to design algorithms to extend patterns, processes, or components of a problem.

Aligned Lessons

Computational Thinking: Design an Obstacle Course
Computational Thinking: Design a School
Computational Thinking: Design a Neighborhood
2

3.AP.2

210 Lessons

The student will plan and implement algorithms that consist of events and conditional control structures using a block-based programming language.

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
Decimal Multiplication and Conditionals
Exploring Adaptations
Physical Changes
Variables
Plant and Animal Cells
Digital Flashcards
Exploring the Water Cycle
Simple Algorithms
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
Earth Systems
Day and Night
Cycle of Matter
Multi-digit Multiplication and Conditionals
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
ScratchJr to Scratch: Events and Loops
Dash® Robot 1 - Movement
Cue Robot 1 - Movement
Cue Robot 2 - Proximity Sensors
Cue Robot 3 - Loops and Functions
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
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
VEX GO®: Lines and Angles
Plan a Quest
Pinball Game Project
Mad Libs Project
Functions Dance 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
State Project
Atoms and Molecules
Rates and Unit Rates
Positive and Negative Numbers
Evaluate Algebraic Equations
Balanced Ecosystems
Multimedia Book Report
micro:bit® Reaction Game
Animating Sprites with Factors
Animating Sprites with Division
Makey Makey®: Introduction
Makey Makey®: Graphing Points on a Coordinate Plane
micro:bit®: Graphing Points on a Coordinate Plane
Pong Game
KA1.1.1 - Karel's Coding Environment: Example Program
I-Spy with Lists
Click-a-Mole
Animating Poetry
Creating Algorithms
Debugging: Mazes
Introduction to Clones
Program an AI Chatbot
Loops: Catch the Ball
Scout's Quest: Functions with Boolean Inputs
Broadcast Messages: Marco Polo
Scout's Quest: Variables
Clones: Throwing Acorns Game
Scout's Quest: Functions with Number Inputs
Lists: Shopping with Scout
Scout's Quest: Conditionals
Debugging: Make a Pizza
Creating Turtle Graphics
Conditionals: Flying Bird
Broadcast Messages: Tell a Joke
Lists: Spelling Bee
Events: Traveling with Scout
Variables in Dance
Game Design Project
Operators: Coin Flip
Code Tunes
Conditionals: Changing Effects
Conditionals: Underwater Exploration
Conditionals: Color Sense
Conditionals: Mazes
Introduction to Functions
Costumes, Backdrops, and Animations
Race Track Game
Loops: Falling Objects
KA1.2.1 - The Rabbit Chase: Time to Clean Up
KA1.2.2 - The Rabbit Chase: Riley the Troublemaker
KA1.2.3a - The Rabbit Chase: Riley's Escape Part 1
KA1.2.3b - The Rabbit Chase: Riley's Escape Part 2
KA1.2.4 - The Rabbit Chase: Tracking Riley
KA1.2.5 - The Rabbit Chase: Over the Wall
KA1.2.6 - The Rabbit Chase: Help
KA1.2.7 - The Rabbit Chase: Making Friends
KA1.3.1 - Lost in Space: A Call from Space
KA1.3.2a - Lost in Space: Directions to Mars
KA1.3.2b - Lost in Space: Asteroid Field Part 1
KA1.3.2c - Lost in Space: Asteroid Field Part 2
KA1.3.3a - Lost in Space: Landing Systems Engaged
KA1.3.3b - Lost in Space: Perimeter Check
KA1.3.4a - Lost in Space: Putting Out Fires Part 1
KA1.3.4b - Lost in Space: Putting Out Fires Part 2
KA1.3.5b - Lost in Space: Tracking Tracy Part 2
KA1.3.6 - Lost in Space: Martian Sand Worms
KA1.4.1 - Evaluation: Supplies Drop Off
KA1.4.2 - Evaluation: Create Karel Adventures
House Design with Area and Perimeter
KA1.1.2 - Karel's Coding Environment: Walk Around the Pond
Star Brightness and Distance
Unit Fractions with Variables
Digital Vocabulary Flashcard Quiz
Seasonal Project (Winter): Design a Snowman
KA2.2.1a - A Day at the Park: Karel Clean Up
KA2.2.1b - A Day at the Park: Find the Exit
KA2.2.1c - A Day at the Park: Escape the Bedroom
KA2.2.2a - A Day at the Park: Fetch Karel
KA2.2.2b - A Day at the Park: Get Down the Hallway
KA2.2.2c - A Day at the Park: Escape the Building
KA2.2.3a - A Day at the Park: Building Towers
KA2.2.3b - A Day at the Park: Get Around the Cars
KA2.2.3c - A Day at the Park: Find the Park
KA2.2.4a - A Day at the Park: Making Custom Colors
KA2.2.4b - A Day at the Park: Make a Tree
KA2.2.4c - A Day at the Park: Set Up the Scavenger Hunt
KA2.1.1a- Rosetta Stone: Pick Up the Hat 1
KA2.1.1b- Rosetta Stone: Pick Up the Hat 2
KA2.1.1c- Rosetta Stone: Travel to Egypt
KA2.1.2a- Rosetta Stone: Approach the Entrance
KA2.1.2b- Rosetta Stone: Uncover the Hieroglyph
KA2.1.3a- Rosetta Stone: Light the Torches 1
KA2.1.3b- Rosetta Stone: Light the Torches 2
KA2.1.4a- Rosetta Stone: Leave without a Trace
KA2.1.4b- Rosetta Stone: Which Way?
KA2.1.5a- Rosetta Stone: Snakes!
KA2.1.5b- Rosetta Stone: Escape the Scarab Room
KA2.1.6- Rosetta Stone: Challenge: Draw a Hieroglyph
KA2.3.1- Evaluation: Collect the Tennis Balls
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
AI Chatbots
Compare and Refine Algorithms
Introduction to Design Thinking
Designing Solutions for Accessibility
3

3.AP.3

106 Lessons

The student will use the iterative design process to create, test, and debug programs containing events, loops, and conditional structures in a block-based programming tool.

Aligned Lessons

Exploring Ecosystems
Sound Frequency & Amplitude
Platform Game Design
Scratch Digital Greeting Card
Classifying Rocks
Nutrition Maze
Digital Flashcards
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
Ozobot® Programming 1: Introduction
Ozobot® Programming 2: More Color Codes
Dash® Robot 1 - Movement
Cue Robot 1 - Movement
Cue Robot 2 - Proximity Sensors
Cue Robot 3 - Loops and Functions
Minecraft® Coding Fundamentals - Basic Moves
Minecraft® Coding Fundamentals - Repeat Loops with Sea Turtles
Scratch Drawing Tools
Coding with LEGO® Spike Prime
Area of a Rectangle with Tiles
Classes and Objects in Games
micro:bit® Rounding to the Nearest Ten
Punctuate a Title
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
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
Pinball Game Project
Mad Libs Project
Functions Dance Project
Flower Garden Functions Project
Design an App
Add and Subtract Fractions
Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers
Naming Numbers Game
Modeling Life Cycles
State Project
Atoms and Molecules
Geographic Effects on Early Civilizations
Rates and Unit Rates
Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
Evaluate Algebraic Equations
Scale of Planets in the Solar System
Balanced Ecosystems
Multimedia Book Report
micro:bit® Reaction Game
Ozobot® Timeline
Ozobot® Cycle
Scout's Programming Expedition: Part 1
Scout's Programming Expedition Part 2
Scout's Programming Expedition Part 3
Scout's Programming Expedition Part 4
Pong Game
Debugging: Events and Loops
Create a Maze
Click-a-Mole
Debugging: Mazes
Program an AI Chatbot
Events: Dot in Space
Loops: Catch the Ball
Scout's Quest: Functions with Boolean Inputs
Maze Game Project
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
Code Tunes
Sequences: Parallel Programming
Introduction to Functions
Costumes, Backdrops, and Animations
Loops: Falling Objects
House Design with Area and Perimeter
Unit Fractions with Variables
Digital Vocabulary Flashcard Quiz
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
AI Chatbots
Introduction to Design Thinking
Designing Solutions for Accessibility
Safety Solutions micro:bit® Design Project
4

3.CSY.1

18 Lessons

The student will model how computing devices within a computing system work.

Aligned Lessons

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®
Ozobot® Programming 1: Introduction
Dash® Robot 1 - Movement
Cue Robot 1 - Movement
Cue Robot 2 - Proximity Sensors
Create a Drawing App
LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Moving Statue
LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design a Car Sensor
Ozobot® Timeline
Ozobot® Cycle
Dash® Robot 2 - Proximity Sensor
Dash® Robot 3 - Loops and Functions
Introduction to Computing Systems
Exploring Computing Systems
Practicing with Computing Systems
5

3.CSY.2

4 Lessons

The student will use accurate terminology when troubleshooting problems when a computing system is not working as expected.

Aligned Lessons

Introduction to micro:bit®
Introduction to Computing Systems
Exploring Computing Systems
Practicing with Computing Systems
6

3.CYB.1

9 Lessons

The student will apply safe practices to protect private 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
Digital Footprint Basics
7

3.CYB.2

6 Lessons

The student will identify the relationship between passwords and security risk.

Aligned Lessons

Strong Usernames and Passwords
Scout's Cybersecurity Adventure: Part 1
Scout's Cybersecurity Adventure: Part 2
Scout's Cybersecurity Mission
Scout’s Cryptography Escape Room
Cybersecurity Introduction
8

3.CYB.3

6 Lessons

The student will define and explain cybersecurity.

Aligned Lessons

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
9

3.DA.1

7 Lessons

The student will gather, store, and organize data to evaluate trends and identify patterns using a computing device.

Aligned Lessons

Programming and Data Project
Introduction to Google Sheets™
Introduction to Microsoft Excel™
Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph
Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph
Inquiry Project: Line Graph
Productivity Software Inquiry Project
10

3.DA.2

7 Lessons

The student will create and evaluate data representations and conclusions.

Aligned Lessons

Programming and Data Project
Introduction to Google Sheets™
Introduction to Microsoft Excel™
Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph
Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph
Inquiry Project: Line Graph
Productivity Software Inquiry Project
11

3.DA.3

3 Lessons

The student will create models that can represent a physical object or process.

Aligned Lessons

Computational Thinking: Design an Obstacle Course
Computational Thinking: Design a School
Computational Thinking: Design a Neighborhood
12

3.IC.1

6 Lessons

The student will identify and examine the positive and negative impacts of the prevalence of computing technologies.

Aligned Lessons

Our Words Have Power (Cyberbullying)
Technology Timeline
Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI
AI Products: Ethical and Responsible Choices
Humans Vs. Machines
Impacts of Computing: Introduction
13

3.IC.2

1 Lesson

The student will discuss and describe strategies to manage screen time.

Aligned Lessons

My Screen Balance Plan
14

3.IC.3

4 Lessons

The student will identify and describe computing technology careers and their impact on society.

Aligned Lessons

Careers in CS: Health and Fitness
Careers in CS: Major League Baseball
CS Innovators Research Project
Impacts of Computing: Introduction
15

3.IC.4

4 Lessons

The student will demonstrate how to use information created by others with permission.

Aligned Lessons

Giving Credit Through Attributions
Ethical and Responsible Use of Generative AI
What Can I Use Online?
Remixing Programs
16

3.NI.1

3 Lessons

The student will describe computing networks.

Aligned Lessons

Networks, Packets, and the Internet
Networks and Protocols
Modeling Network Connections

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