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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Computer Software Engineer

For Students 6th - 9th
For those students interested in developing cool video game software for computer or those who enjoy applying their compter science skills to solve problems, a career as a computer software engineer might be worth examining. This Science...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Software Quality Assurance Engineer and Tester

For Students 9th - 10th
If you like to have your computer software work perfectly, it's because of the software qualitiy assurance engineer and tester that makes that happen. Read the career profile of the software engineer and the education requirements for...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Computer Hardware Engineer

For Students 9th - 10th
Put your interest in computers into an investigation of the career of computer hardware engineer. If you want to improve the speed and function of your computer, this is your career. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements...
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Network and Computer Security

For Students 9th - 10th
This MIT course on network and computer security covers topics such as security in multi-user distributed systems, cryptography, authentication, intrusion detection, and many other security topics.
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Goodwill

Gcf Global: Computer Basics: Basic Parts of a Computer

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the basic parts of a desktop computer.
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Other

Beanz: How to Build a Computer

For Students 9th - 10th
Building your own computer is a great way to not only save money, and get more processing power, but also to learn about the less obvious parts of software programming.
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Other

C++ Resources Network: History of C++

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a description on how the C++ programminglanguage was developed.
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Other

Bt Open World: Stickies 4.5

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site create virtual "Post-it," notes on your computer screen of reminders and to-do lists by downloading this freeware program. Eliminate the clutter at your computer station with this user-friendly program.
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Other

Software Sustainability Instite: Choosing a Repository for Your Software Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about different code depositories from which to choose.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Putting It All Together: Peripheral Vision

For Teachers 11th - 12th
In this culminating activity of the unit, students bring together everything they've learned in order to write the code to solve the Grand Challenge. The code solution takes two images captured by robots and combines them to create an...
Article
Get Safe Online

Get Safe Online: Use a Firewall

For Students 9th - 10th
Firewall software forms the first line of defense against hackers and certain types of computer viruses. This site explains what a firewall can do to help secure a computer and what it cannot do. The site also discusses different types...
Website
Get Safe Online

Get Safe Online: Viruses and Spyware

For Students 9th - 10th
If a computer is connected to the internet and is not protected from computer viruses and spyware, then it is only a matter of time before the computer is infected. This article describes the symptoms of an infected computer and the...
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Other

Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers: Computing Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A great resource to discover fun new computer activities to bring to your classroom.
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NBC

Science of Innovation: Self Driving Cars

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial includes a video filmed at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, computer scientist Sebastian Thrun and his team of software engineers are creating a fleet of self-driving cars. His innovative approach to...
Article
Other

Medium: 4 Ways to Make Your Code More Reusable

For Students 9th - 10th
Reusable code saves time, energy and cost making it vital in software development. Consider four essential attributes to make code more reusable.
Website
Get Safe Online

Get Safe Online: Safe Internet Use

For Students 9th - 10th
No matter what software a person uses to browse the internet, there are security risks involved. This article describes some of the security risks and how to browse the internet safely.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Unit: Online Data Security

For Students 9th - 10th
Readings and practice problems about online data security.
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Other

The History of Programming Languages

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief history of programming languages is provided in this research paper at this site.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Meet a 12 Year Old App Developer

For Students 9th - 10th
Most 12-year-olds love playing video games- but Thomas Suarez taught himself how to create them. After developing iPhone apps like "Bustin Jeiber," a whack-a-mole game, he is now using his skills to help other kids become developers. [4:33]
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BBC

Bbc Bitesize: Development and Testing: Test Plan

For Students 6th - 9th
Learn how developers use test plans that check a range of types of data under different circumstances.
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BBC

Bbc Bitesize: Development and Testing: Test Driven Development

For Students 6th - 9th
See why programming and debugging can be part of the same development process.
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Other

Internet Learning Tree: A Brief History of the Internet

For Students 9th - 10th
An anecdotal history of the people and communities that brought about the internet.

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