Project: Make a Smart-Browsing Guide
Computer Science Fundamentals Grades 9–12 3-day lesson 24 deliverables In this computer science project, students write a smart-browsing guide for a community center's class for people who are new to the Internet. The guide explains how messages travel, how pages load, which browser settings to keep, how to check a source and how to spot bias.
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Print + digitalPDF, PowerPoint, Word & Google
Answer keysA key for every page
Built-in assessmentExit tickets + project rubric
45-minute daysEvery day planned and timed
What does this lesson cover?
Safe browsing can turn into a list of rules that students forget. In this project, students explain each idea in plain words for a beginner, which shows what they really understand. Every fact they need is in the center's story and the class's questions, so nobody searches the Web.
A Smart-Browsing Guide
Students write a smart-browsing guide for a community center's class for people who are new to the Internet: getting online, web addresses, browser settings, reliable sources and points of view. Then they check it against every class question and pitch it to a partner.
Everything that's included
00 Start Here
- READ FIRST: every file in the lesson and when you use it
- Teacher guide and pacing: the plan for each day, what to print and how to grade
- Skills map: which standards each day teaches
01 Present
- One editable PowerPoint deck for all three days, 28 slides, with speaker notes
- Slide script: the speaker notes, printed
- Bell ringers: a short warm-up for each day
02 Student Handouts
- Guided notes for all three days, in PDF and editable Word, with the word bank on the page
- Vocab slip: the lesson's words and what they mean, on one page
04 Activities
- The Class and How It Works: read the center's story, match each class question to a section of the guide, and write the guide's first two sections: Messages and getting online, and Pages and addresses
- Settings and Sources: choose three settings for the guide from a made-up settings page, explain what private browsing does and doesn't do, and use the five checks on two sources for the library's book sale
- Points of View and the Pitch: write the guide's Points of view section from two made-up news stories, check the guide against every class question and pitch it to a partner who plays Ms. Elaine
05 Assessment
- Exit tickets, one per day: quick questions that show who needs more help
- Project rubric: what the whole project is graded on, 16 points
06 Answer Keys
- 4 answer key files: a key for each day (its bell ringer, notes and exit ticket) and the activity keys
Digital: Google Forms™ + Google Slides™
- 3 Google Forms™ of the exit tickets, ready to copy into your Drive
- The multiple choice grades itself, and you grade the written answers
- A Google Slides™ copy of the deck, with the same slides and speaker notes, for Google Classroom™
Why teachers love this lesson
Students write for people who are new to the InternetEach section answers questions that class members asked, like how an email gets to a sister in Brazil. Before they write, students match each question to a section of the guide.
Print and digitalEvery page is a print-ready PDF, and the Google Forms™ and Google Slides™ let you teach the same lesson in Google Classroom™.
A key for every pageEvery day has its own answer key, and every written question has a sample answer and what to look for.
Every day fits a 45-minute classEach day's plan is timed activity by activity against real reading and writing speeds.
Written for your studentsEvery student page is checked for reading level, with plain words and complete sentences.
Skills map includedA skills map shows which standards each day teaches.
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How do I get the files after I buy?
Instant download right after checkout: PowerPoint and Word files you can edit, print-ready PDFs, and links that copy the Google Forms™ and Google Slides™ into your Drive.
Can I buy the whole unit or course instead?
Yes. This lesson is part of the Unit 4 bundle and the complete Computer Science Fundamentals course. Both cost less than buying the lessons one at a time.
Is this AP Computer Science?
No. It is a full-year, non-AP intro course for grades 9 to 12. For AP, see AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A.
What formats are the files in?
Every page is a print-ready PDF. The slides are an editable PowerPoint and the guided notes an editable Word file. The exit tickets also come as Google Forms™, and the deck as Google Slides™.
Which standards does it cover?
Written for Florida's Advanced Information Technology course (9007610). The skills map in the lesson shows which standards each day teaches.