Project: Pitch a New Technology
Computer Science Fundamentals Grades 9–12 3-day lesson 24 deliverables In this computer science project, students choose a new technology for a made-up family blueberry farm and pitch it. They name the farm's needs, compare choices, list the files the technology makes and describe the data it collects by its volume, velocity and variety.
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Answer keysA key for every page
Built-in assessmentExit tickets + project rubric
45-minute daysEvery day planned and timed
What does this lesson cover?
Students need a chance to put what they know about files, data and growth together for a business. This project gives them a farm with clear needs, and every fact they need is in the farm's story. Nobody opens a real website, signs in, searches the Web or buys anything.
The Farm's Needs and the Choice
Students read a farm's story and three technology cards, list the farm's needs, compare two choices on four rows, pick one with reasons and one global effect, and describe how the workers would use it.
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, 29 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 Farm's Needs and the Choice: read the farm's story and three technology cards, list the farm's needs, compare two choices on four rows, pick one with reasons and one global effect, and describe how the workers would use it
- The Files and the Data: list their choice's files from smallest to biggest, with each file's kind, file type, size and a reason, describe its data by the three Vs, and name two techniques to analyze it
- Growing and the Pitch: tell what has to grow if the farm grows, choose scale up or scale out with a reason, check the plan against every need and pitch it to a partner who plays Ms. Ruth
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 explain how the choice growsStudents tell what has to grow if the farm grows, and they choose to scale up or scale out, with a reason.
The pitch is about what the technology doesA pitch tells what a technology does for the farm, using the story's facts. It never says that a real product or company is best, and it gives no prices.
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.
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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 5 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.