Computer Science Pinciples


Unit1: Introduction to Tools and Resources

The initial weeks focus on introducing Tools, Pair Programming, and the AP Resources that we plan to use throughout the year. At the end of Weeks 0-3, students will be exposed to blogging with GitHub Pages; developing with Jupyter Notebooks, Python, JavaScript, HTML, and Code.org AppLab; working with AP classroom and becoming familiar with Create Performance Task project requirements.

Week Plans Hacks(Todo) Tangibles
0 - Tools Setup
- VSCode, Python, Jupyter
- College Board Pseudo Code
- Terms I learned
1 - GitHub Pages
- Tools Hacks
- Linux Shell and Bash
- Student GitHub Pages
- My Favorite Race Tracks
- My Favorite Youtube Channels
- Number Guessing Game
2 - Lab Notebook Setup
- Calculator
- Game of Life
- Snake Game
- Python Quiz
- Formula 1 Quiz
- Wikipedia Search with Javascript
3 - Week 3 Plans
- Formula 1 Teams Table
- Newspaper Read
- Wikipedia Search With Python
- Grade Calculator
- Weather Reporter
- Formula 1 Vibes Playlist
- GPA Calculator
- My Favorite Songs
- Rock Paper Scissors Game
- Week 3 Review Ticket
- Image on Request
- Stock Analysis
- Time in City
- Chat GPT Bot
- Virtual Reality

Unit2: Introduction to Web Development

Websites are made up of several key parts. Frontend, Backend, Data and Deployment. The focus for these weeks is to enable students to perform the aspects of constructing and deploying a simple Website. There will be several lectures during this period to provide you with concepts on how to build a WebSite, including working with data from a backend server.

Week Plans Hacks(Todo) Tangibles
4 - 1.4 Correcting errors
- Week 4 Plans
- Data Types, Lists, Dictionaries
- 1.1-1.4 Team Test
- Week 4 Review
5 - Web Programming Basics
- Week 5 Plans
- Basics of HTML Guide
- Basics of Javascript
- Javascript Data Types/Lists
- Using Javascript with HTML DOM
- 1.4 Correcting errors
- Tarun Jaikumar and Nitin Balaji Review
- Week 5 Review Ticket
6 - 3.2 Data Abstraction
- Week 6 Plans
- 2.2 Data Compression, Images
- 3.3 and 3.4 Algorithms
- Week 6 Review
7 - 3.5 Boolean Expressions and 3.6 Conditionals
- Week 7 Plans
- 3.5 and 3.6 Homework
- 3.5 and 3.6 Homework Solutions
- Week 7 Review

Unit3: Web Application, Data, and N@tM

Student at teams need to build their own Website and Blog their understanding. The Website should include their own interests, but requires use of Python Flask and JavaScript programming. By the end of the Unit, students will be ready to start many of the technical coding aspects of Web Development, having established a Deployed Website. In November, the Trimester work will end with a project and student participation in Electives Department "Night at the Museum" (N@tM).

Week Plans Hacks(Todo) Tangibles
8 - Javascript Object Oriented Programming
- Week 8 Plans
- 3.10 and 3.11 Homework
- 3.9 and 3.15 Homework
- Week 8 Review
9 - 3.12 and 3.13 Homework
- Week 9 Plans
- 3.14 Homework
- Week 9 Accomplishments
10 - Week 10 Plans
- 3.16 and 3.17 Homework
- Week 10 Accomplishments
11 - Week 11 Plans
- Pseudo Code Notes
- First Trimester Reflection
- Week 11 Review
12 - Week 12 Plans
- Passion Project Peer Grading
- Passion Project Code Contributions
- College Board Corrections

Unit4: Algorithmic Programming

Trimester 2 begins with student teaching and a focus on algorithms. Each week a "Student Team" has a teaching assignment supported by College Board materials. Additionally, the Teacher is providing Career Tech mini-labs that correspond to one or more topics for the week. Use the two things together as you improve your learning experience, Frontend blog and Jupyter Notebooks.

Week Plans Hacks(Todo) Tangibles
13 - Week 13 Plans
- The Internet
- Binary Encryption
14 - Ideation CPT Warmup
- Binary Image Processing Diagram
- Week 14 Plans
- Binary Image Processing
- Binary Logical Operators
- Binary Puzzle
- Binary Number Guessing Game
- Routing and Computing
- Binary Song Converter
- Review Ticket
15 - Week 15 Plans
- 5.1 Beneficial and Harmful Effects Team Teach
- Formula 1 Drivers
- Digital Divide Team Teach
- Binary CPT Project Review Ticket
16 - Week 16 Plans
- 5.4 Crowdsourcing
- 5.3 Computing Bias Lesson
- 3.8 Undecided Problems Team Teach
- Nitin Balaji Review Ticket

Unit5: OOP and Databases

Trimester 2 continues with student learning OOP and immediately applying it to Databases. Each week a "Student Teams" will be working on frontend and backend elements for their Create Performance Task (CPT). GitHub pages will be focus of instruction for frontend, OOP in Python will be instruction provided to create a database which will help exceed every CPT requirement.

Week Plans Hacks(Todo) Tangibles
17 - Week 17 Plans
- 5.5 Legal & Ethical Concerns
- P2 | 5.6 - Safe Computing
- 2020 College Board AP CSP Quiz
18 - Week 18 Plans
- Creative and Collaborative Culture Ideation
- Student Teaching Trimester 2 Key Indicators
- CPT Project Ideation
19 - Week 19 Plans
- P2 | SASS
- P2 | Python/Flask
- Python/Flask JWT Project Implementation Overview
20 - Week 20 Plans
- Javascript Login and Signup Pages Team Teach
- Login
- Database Get
- Create User
- Edit User
- User Profile Lesson
- Delete
- Login/Signup
- Jinja 2 Lesson

Unit6: Create Performance Task (CPT) and N@tM

Trimester 2 concludes with student presenting their CPT project at N@tM. Each person within "Student Teams" will have their own specialty within the student project that satisfied all their Create Performance Task requirements. Student should be able to talk about design, coding, and present features of their portion of the system.

Week Plans Hacks(Todo) Tangibles
21 - Week 21 Plans
- JWT Roles
- Quiz Review Ticket
22 - Week 22 Plans
- 400
- 401
- Admin Page
- Quiz 2 Spot Check
23 - Week 23 Plans
- 403
- 404
- Night at the Museum Reflection
24 - Week 24 Plans
- Individual Review
- Team Review

Unit7: Data Structures

This is the beginning of a college course following outline of CS113 Data Structures from Mira Costa CC. Topics, using Python, include searching, sorting, hashing, algorithms, analysis, object-oriented design, collections, lists, stacks, queues, trees, sets, dictionaries, and graphs.

Week Plans Hacks(Todo) Tangibles
25 - Week 25 Plans
- Seed Individual Review
- Debugging Event
26 - Week 26 Plans
- MCQ 2020 Frequently Missed Questions
- 2021 Practice Exam
27 - Week 27 Plans
- Real Estate ML
- Titanic Simulator
28 - Week 28 Plans
- Depoloyment Quiz
- ML Assesment Review Ticket
29 - Week 29 Plans
- 2023 Written Response Practice Exam 3
- 2023 Written Response Practice Exam 2

Unit8: AP Weeks

Activities will be focused on supporting students in test preparations, including student teaching. Days that are not focused on test preparation will be focused on planning for year end project/portfolio.

Week Plans Hacks(Todo) Tangibles
30 - Week 30 Plans
- 2023 Written Response Practice Exam 2 More Questions
- Writeup
31 - Week 31 Plans
- 2023 Written Response Practice Exam 1
- 2023 Written Response Practice Exam 1 More Questions
32 - Week 32 Plans
- Deployment using Login and Authorization Code

Unit9: Passion Project and N@tM

Presenting accomplishments for the year by creating a passion project for N@tM. This project will serve as the year end final exam.

Week Plans Hacks(Todo) Tangibles
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34 - Final Project - SoCal Real Estate
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