What makes this course interesting?
Explore how computing and technology can impact the world around you.
Learn and apply the foundations of computer science to address real-world problems.
Pursue your interests in digital projects that showcase your creativity.
This class will be offered to grades 10, 11 & 12.
Assessment
The AP Computer Science Principles assessment consists of two parts: Completion of through-course performance tasks and the end-of-course AP Exam. Both of these will measure student achievement of the course learning objectives. For the through-course assessment, students will upload digital artifacts and written responses via a Web-based digital portal. AP Computer Science Principles students will receive a final exam score of 1-5 based on one through-course performance task submitted online and a multiple-choice paper-and-pencil exam administered during the AP Exam administration in May.
Prerequisites:
A minimum of 85 (B) in Introduction To Technology & Engineering.
A minimum of 85 (B) in Algebra I & 2 (Algebra I only for current 9th-grade students applying).
A minimum GPA of 3.0
If is doing math, it is an algorithm.
If it is doing something else, like moving, it is a procedure.
Information: Data that has been organized or processed in a useful manner.
Computer hardware is designed using numbers in base 2. A low voltage signal is equated with 0, and a high voltage signal is equated with 1.
COBOL: Common Business-Oriented Language.
A simple flowchart on lamp not working.
A student developed procedure.
A call to the student-developed procedure.
A list or other type of collection.
Selection.
Iteration.