Within the Teacher Guide, each segment concludes with a Check for Understanding, providing the teacher with a quick opportunity for formative assessment. At the end of this unit Introduction, you will find a blank Pacing Guide, which you may use to plan how you might pace the lessons. We strongly recommend that you preview the unit in full before beginning instruction. This will help you prepare your pacing guide before teaching the first lesson.

The unit Using Computers provides students the opportunity to explore concepts that include the following:

• What devices have computers?
• What things can go wrong with computers?
• How can we recognize hardware and software problems?
• What is data and how does a computer sort data?
• How can we save data on a computer and how do we access saved data?
• What is an algorithm?
• What is a computer program and what is computer programming?
• What is a sequence and what is a loop?

CKSci is informed by the NGSS, which encourages student learning through hands-on activities and collecting data. This activity-centered approach requires, at times, that schools collect or purchase materials and equipment that will be needed to complete activities.

Complete material supply list for Unit 6: Using Computers