Building Simple Programs

Learners will identify common digital devices, explore how they work, and use them to solve simple problems and share ideas.

Learners will use digital tools to search for information and begin to understand that not everything online is true.

Learners will learn safe habits for exploring and communicating online, including asking a trusted adult before clicking or sharing.

Learners will explore simple food preparation and textile techniques while developing problem-solving strategies and sharing ideas.

Learners will understand that computers follow step-by-step instructions and practice putting steps in order and fixing mistakes.

Learners will explore ingredient properties, practice kitchen safety and equipment use, and develop basic and specialist food preparation techniques.

Learners will plan, develop, and create complex food products, then critically evaluate their own and others' work to refine their designs.

Learners will plan, create, and evaluate textile products using a range of practical and creative techniques.

Learners will explore how technologies have developed and changed, and analyze how product design responds to changing lifestyles and scientific advances.

Learners will understand how reduce, reuse, recycle, and conservation practices at home, school, and in communities contribute to sustainability, and explore personal lifestyle choices that reduce environmental impact.

Learners will explore how technology can support sustainability at individual and organizational levels, evaluate the costs and benefits of green technology, and assess the environmental, social, and economic impact of designs and processes in their community.

Learners will understand how technology serves community needs through local shops and services, and consider ethical and societal implications of technological change.

Learners will evaluate how hardware and software technologies support business operations and analyze technology's broader impact on the economy, politics, and environment.

Learners will explore, design, construct, and improve simple models using everyday materials to represent ideas and solve basic problems.

Learners will create formal 2D and 3D design solutions, justify their construction methods, and apply design thinking to manufacture products that satisfy client or user needs.

Learners will discover, name, and identify properties of everyday materials, then match them to appropriate tasks based on those properties.

Learners will test and compare material performance, justify material choices based on evidence, and evaluate sustainability trade-offs in real-world tasks.

Learners explore and develop basic graphic communication skills using manual sketching, digital tools, and fundamental design elements like shape, color, and texture.

Learners apply graphic standards and advanced software techniques to produce professional images and communicate complex design ideas effectively.

Learners will explore engineering disciplines, create solutions to problems, and discuss engineering's impact on the world.

Learners will identify computational thinking processes in everyday tasks, break down problems using decomposition, and organize information logically.

Learners will describe fundamental information processes and build information models to represent and explain real-world systems.

Learners will understand that computers follow sequences of instructions and be able to identify and experiment with computing technology around them.

Learners will use correct programming terminology to name, describe, and explain the core components of a program including loops, conditions, and variables.

Learners will understand how computers store and retrieve information, how networks connect devices and transmit data, and how to represent and organize structured data in programs.

Learners will describe the layered structure of computing systems and use common data structures in text-based programming.

Learners will explain the architecture and operation of digital solutions and describe how high-level code is translated and executed by a computer.

Learners will develop sequences of instructions and run them on programmable devices, then build simple programs to carry out given tasks.

Learners will design, build, evaluate, and refine computing solutions in response to design challenges, selecting appropriate tools and justifying their decisions.

Learners will describe processes used in real-world solutions, compare alternative solutions, justify the most appropriate one, and informally compare algorithms for correctness and efficiency.