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Videos About Computer Science Electives
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Please view the following videos to gain some insight into the different courses we offer High School Students.
Exploring Computer Science (Grades 8-12)
Exploring Computer Science is an introductory computer science curriculum that takes a wide lens on computer science by covering topics such as programming, physical computing, HTML/CSS, and data. The curriculum inspires students as they build their own websites, apps, games, and physical computing devices.
ECS covers the following topics: problem solving, programming, web development, animations and games, the design process, data and society, and physical computing.
Video about Exploring Computer Science (Also known as Computer Science Discoveries)
AP Computer Science Principles (Grades 10-12)
Computer Science Principles introduces students to the foundational concepts of computer science and challenges them to explore how computing and technology can impact the world. More than a traditional introduction to programming, it is a rigorous, engaging, and approachable course that explores many of the foundational ideas of computing so all students understand how these concepts are transforming the world we live in.
This year-long course can be taken as an introductory course and as an AP course.
Link to video about AP Computer Science Principles
PLTW Cyber Security Course
PLTW Cybersecurity is a full-year course implemented in 10th grade or above. The design of the course exposes high school students to the ever growing and far reaching field of cybersecurity. Students accomplish this through problem-based learning, where students roleplay and train as cybersecurity experts.
PLTW Cybersecurity gives students a broad exposure to the many aspects of digital and information security, while encouraging socially responsible choices and ethical behavior. It inspires algorithmic thinking, computational thinking, and especially, “outside-the-box” thinking. Students explore the many educational and career paths available to cybersecurity experts, as well as other careers that comprise the field of information security. The course contains the following units of study.
