Connections and Background Information

ISTE Standards (formerly NETS)

• 1.c - Use models and simulation to explore complex systems and issues.
• 2.d - Contribute to project teams to solve problems.
• 4.b - Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
• 6.a - Understand and use technology systems.

CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards

• CT.L1:3-03 - Understand how to arrange information into useful order without using a computer.
• CT.L1:6-01 - Understand and use the basic steps in algorithmic problem-solving.
• CT.L1:6-02 - Develop a simple understanding of an algorithm using computer-free exercises.
• CT.L1:6-05 - Make a list of sub-problems to consider while addressing a larger problem.
• CPP.L1:3-04 - Construct a set of statements to be acted out to accomplish a simple task.
• CPP.L1:6-05. Construct a program as a set of step-by-step instructions to be acted out (e.g., make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich activity).
• CT.L2-03. Define an algorithm as a sequence of instructions that can be processed by a computer.
• CT.L2-06. Describe and analyze a sequence of instructions being followed.
• CT.L3A-03. Explain how sequence, selection, iteration, and recursion are building blocks of algorithms.

NGSS Science and Engineering Practices

• K-2-PS3-2 - Use tools and materials provided to design and build a device that solves a specific problem or a solution to a specific problem.
• 3-5-ETS1-2 - Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Common Core Mathematical Practices

• 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• 4. Model with mathematics.
• 6. Attend to precision.
• 7. Look for and make use of structure.
• 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Common Core Math Standards

• 1.MD.4. - Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.

Common Core Language Arts Standards

• SL.1.1 - Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
• SL.1.2 - Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• L.1.6 - Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple relationships (e.g., because).
• SL.2.1 - Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
• SL.2.2 - Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
• L.2.6 - Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe.
• SL.3.1 - Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
• SL.3.3 - Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
• L.3.6 - Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships.