Cloud and SaaS
Intro to Python Programming Grades 9–12 2-day lesson 21 deliverables Give students learning Python a practical look at cloud storage and different ways to get software. Students examine syncing and backups, compare installing, buying and subscribing, and calculate how costs change over time. They use facts about people's needs to make choices, then recommend an order app option for a bakery.
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Built-in assessmentExit tickets + lesson quiz
45-minute daysEvery day planned and timed
What does this lesson cover?
Students may focus on an app's starting price and miss its ongoing costs or access needs. This lesson asks them to compare the options against the user's situation and explain the tradeoffs.
Install, Buy or Subscribe?
Students pick install, buy or subscribe for six people and groups, give a reason from each card and work out what each way costs over time, on paper with computers closed.
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 both days, 20 slides, with speaker notes
- Slide script: the speaker notes, printed
- Bell ringers: a short warm-up for each day
02 Student Handouts
- Guided notes: one packet for both days, in PDF and editable Word. Students fill in the blanks during the slides, with the word bank on the page
- Vocab slip: the lesson's words and what they mean, on one page
04 Activities
- Install, Buy or Subscribe?: students pick install, buy or subscribe for six people and groups, give a reason from each card and work out what each way costs over time, on paper with computers closed
- Sweetwater Bakery: students pick one way to get an order app for a made-up bakery and give two reasons, on paper, and then they take the lesson quiz
05 Assessment
- Exit tickets: quick questions that show who needs more help
- Lesson quiz: 8 multiple-choice questions and 2 written answers about both days
06 Answer Keys
- 4 answer key files: a key for each day (its bell ringer, notes and exit ticket) and the activity keys, plus the quiz key
Digital: Google Forms™ + Google Slides™
- 3 Google Forms™ of the exit tickets and the quiz, 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 weigh needs alongside the costThey use facts from different users' situations to choose how to get an app and justify that choice.
A bakery needs a reasoned recommendationStudents apply what they learned to an order app and support their advice with facts from the case.
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.
Written for your studentsEvery student page is checked for reading level, with plain words and complete sentences.
Every day fits a 45-minute classEach day's plan is timed activity by activity against real reading and writing speeds.
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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 Intro to Python Programming 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 to Python course for grades 9 to 12. For AP, see our AP Computer Science A and AP CSP courses.
What should students know before this lesson?
Students know that every file is stored as bytes.
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 and the quiz also come as Google Forms™, and the deck as Google Slides™.
Which standards does it cover?
Written for Florida's Foundations of Programming course (9007210). The skills map in the lesson shows which standards each day teaches.