Computer Science at Year 10
Kia mate ururoa, kei mate wheke
Fight like a shark, don’t give in like an octopus - persevere when times are tough and dont give in
Computer Science is the study of computers and computer concepts: their systems, design, development and use.
In this course you will build on the foundation of basic concepts from year 9 to grow your understanding & knowledge of computer science.
NZ CURRICULUM
Digital Technologies | Progress Outcomes
Computational thinking for digital technologies
The progress outcomes describe the significant learning steps that students take as they develop their expertise in computational thinking for digital technologies.
These topics reinforce Progress Outcome 3 - 5. Students will
understand that there can be more than one algorithm for the same problem PO3
understand that digital devices store data using just two states represented by binary digits PO3
debug simple algorithms and programs by identifying when things go wrong with their instructions and correcting them PO4
be able to explain why things went wrong and how they fixed them PO4
understand that digital devices represent data with binary digits and can detect errors in data storage and transmission PO4
evaluate the efficiency of algorithms PO4
recognise that computers need to search and sort large amounts of data PO4
understand how computers store more complex types of data using binary digits PO5