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Enjoy this quick free warm up, exit ticket, quiz, early finisher worksheet! Includes 11 True/False questions from the Impacts of Computing covering Crowdsouring, Creative Commons, Phishing and Malware, Public Key Encryption, The Digital Divide and general safe computing practices.

This includes 10 binary conversion problems up to an 8-bit string suitable for Computer Science 6th-12th grade, or any applied math activities.

This is part of a larger packet. Feel free to download and use separately!

This is part of a packet! Feel free to download and use this for other purposes. The entire packet is a Sensory Safety Action Plan used in young adult and transitional education functional life skills and SEL workshops.

Students read True or False statements about well known Big Tech companies. They will then place each statement into columns "Fact Checked" or False. Used in 6th and 7th grades as a warm up and for early finishers. Answers are fairly easily found via google searching, some are more difficult to find than others and require looking at a few more valid sources than just the search results. Answer key included.

Readers will explore a news article covering the alarming rise in AI-generated fake news articles, will answer 3 MCQ comprehension questions, and then will read a short blurb defining a social media "echo chamber". Lastly, students will review some Do's and Don'ts for handling misinformation online, and will organize general rules of engagement into the categories. Answer key provided on page 6.

This is a part of a series of computer science themed reading comprehension packets suitable for 6th-12th grade computer science and other subjects. This guides readers through a snapshot of artificial intelligence in 2023 and how it is predicted to expand into different industries through 2024. Includes 3 MCQ reading comp questions with an answer key.

For all subjects. Used as a Computer Science warmup for 7th-12th. Tackling diversity in the video gaming industry. This reading introduces some game changers in the industry.

This takes readers through a short news article about a company, Huawei and it's recent comeback. Key Terms include: Juggernaut, Resurgence, Espionage, and more. Computer Science, Impact of Computing, Big Tech, Ethics.

Alex is a Systems Engineer with a trusted four-legged robot pal, Byte. One day, an error message in their lab scares Byte and he jumps through the monitor into the computer to find out what error code is causing the alarms. When he attempts to relay the message to Alex, it comes through as Binary code and Alex must work to decode the binary string. The last page of this comic strip will see students tackling three binary strings of their own. Enjoy!!

Enjoy this free preview Computer Science Impacts of Computing & Ethics themed reading exercise with two reading comprehension questions and a small research activity WebQuest, ending with a persuasive letter writing activity in which students will write to a local authority to request funds for a new computing lab.

Enjoy this quick and easy printable graphic organizer, used as an introduction/day 1 introduction to the AP course. Also used with 8th-9th grade later in the year to discuss and gain interest in AP and in Computer Science in general.

50 Computer Science Acronym Flashcards, Multi Use. Trivia, Actvity, Independent work. All 50 cut outs, teacher answer key with descriptions available for $1.50.

Simple worksheet that asks students to reflect on how they use the internet using Always - Sometimes - Never categories.

Simple and fun worksheets for students to visualize some core concepts in computer science. This can be used across a variety of settings, and will see students getting quite creative! Topics include: Computer hardware, network topology, bits and bytes, company logos and the internet.

This takes readers through a short passage describing the digital divide in our post pandemic world. Learners then complete a matching exercise to match key terms: Digital Divide, Digital Literacy, Digital Equity, Digital Inclusion, Digital Landscape. Answer key provided.

Learners will read a short story about Maya, a technical educator at a senior community center. Maya teaches her local community about online safety, as she works to bridge the digital divide. Learners then answer three quick check reading comprehension questions, and a cut & stick word bank is provided.

5 MCQ warm up/do now/review/mini quiz with answer key. Questions cover types of common cyber attacks and key vocabulary such as Phishing, Key logging, Malware and Denial of Service.

This includes 5 wordsearches covering the 5 Big Ideas in the AP Computer Science curriculum. This is suitable for multiple grade levels and no perquisite computer science technical knowledge is required, although a general understanding of key vocabulary is best for this activity. This includes topics for Algorithms & Programming, Data, Systems & Networks, The Impact of Computing and Creative Development. All 5 answer keys provided.