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Business Education Resource Consortium: Computer Science & Information Systems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this online manual you will find examples of integrated performance activities developed to coordinate with the Computer Science and Information Systems Career Path in the Business Education Career Path and Model Curriculum Standards....
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Point of a Parabola: Focusing Signals for a Better Wireless Net

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here's a project with practical applications for homes with a wireless network. This project shows you how to build and test parabolic reflectors for the transmitters on your network. You may be able to increase the range of your...
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University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Sorting Networks

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
A student team activity that demonstrates an approach to parallel sorting, or how much computation can be done at the same time. It can be done on paper, but the lesson becomes more meaningful if the students do it on a large scale,...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Computer Network Architect

For Students 9th - 10th
A big name for a big job, the network systems and data communications analyst works with computer networks within companies. Science Buddies offers a career profile outlining the many duties of the systems analyst as well as the...
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University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Steiner Trees

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Steiner trees are another way to approach finding efficient networks between points. This is another tough problem from computer science, converted into an activity which is easy to explain, with variations suitable for higher-level...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Computer Science: The Internet Protocol Suite

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the many protocols that power the Internet, and how each protocol operates at a different layer, building functionality on top of the layer below it.
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University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unpluggeed: Network Protocols

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Learners learn what information makes up a protocol for bits of information added to messages to make sure they are sent over the internet.
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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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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Computer Networks

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the internet, the world's largest computer network.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Physical Network Connections

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn that the internet is a network of computers connected to each other. But what does each physical connection look like? It depends on the needs of the connection and the size of the network.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Fast Do Seismic Waves Travel?

For Students 6th - 8th
Here's a geology project that uses historical seismograph data that you can collect from the comfort of your own computer. You'll use a web interface to a network of seismometers run by the Northern California Earthquake Data Center, at...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Locating the Epicenter of an Earthquake

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When an earthquake happens, how are scientists able to determine the original location of the quake? In this project, you'll use archived data from a network of seismometers to find out for yourself. You'll create your own seismograms...
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Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Gumball's Coding Adventure

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Teaches basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. In this activity, learners use characters from Cartoon Network's "The Amazing World of Gumball" to create an animated story.
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Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Social Media Theme

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A set of eight activities that teach students basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class. This...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: It's a Connected World: The Beauty of Network Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about complex networks and how to use graphs to represent them. They also learn that graph theory is a useful part of mathematics for studying complex networks in diverse applications of science and engineering, including...
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University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Minimal Spanning Trees

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
This puzzle shows students the decisions involved in linking a network between houses in a muddy city. It can lead on to a discussion of minimal spanning tree algorithms for optimizing networks.
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ACT360 Media

Act Den (Digital Education Network) Software Tutorials

For Students 9th - 10th
Free online tutorials for computer software, including FrontPage, Office, PowerPoint, and Outlook Express are generously offered at this website. Students will find it easy to follow Agent Max Millennium as he guides them through...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Sensor Networks

For Students 9th - 10th
The concept of sensor data as related to a sensor network is examined and its applications.
Article
Microsoft

Microsoft Developer Network: Coding Techniques and Programming Practices

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides coding techniques and programming practices for improving the quality of source code.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ip Packets

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about IP packets in computer networking.
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Internet Protocol Suite Practice

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice problems with the internet protocol suite of networks.
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Scalable Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice problems to help understand scalable network systems.
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Curated OER

Google for Education: Children and Technology: Message Routing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students simulate a server and are connected via computer networks. Representatives from each table act as routers, and as they write messages to each other, the routers help route these messages.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Internet Routing Protocol

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how computers split messages into packets and those packets hop from router to router on the way to their destination.