Honest Work: Sources, Data and a Programmer's Duties
Intro to Python Programming Grades 9–12 4-day lesson 30 deliverables Connect Python coding to honest work, credit for sources and a programmer's duties. Students check how writers use borrowed words, fix a passage and write references for the sources they use. They also fix survey code, see how false ratings change averages and use ethics rules to decide what a programmer should do.
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A short coding level practices this lesson in CodeGrove, our code lab that runs in the browser. Students write the program, run it and check it, with no account and nothing to install. Use it with the lesson or as practice later.
Open the levelWhat does this lesson cover?
Students may see source credit and true data as rules that don't relate to coding. This lesson connects them through writing and code. Students also weigh choices that affect other people.
The lab on Day 2 has an online version that uses CodeGrove, our in-browser code lab, in the Survey Average level. It practices reading survey ratings into a list with .append(), printing their average, fixing a program that adds made-up answers and flagging ratings below 1 or above 5. Every online version comes with a paper version, so no internet is needed. CodeGrove is free, with no accounts or sign-ins.
Survey Average
Students write and fix three survey programs, on paper or in CodeGrove, and record each program's output.
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 four days, 38 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 all four 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
03 Labs
- Survey Average: students write and fix three survey programs, on paper or in CodeGrove, and record each program's output
04 Activities
- Spot the Copy: students label three paragraphs as copied, too close or fair, fix the paragraph that's too close and write references for an article and a video
- What Should the Programmer Do?: students settle five dilemmas by naming who is affected, the ACM principle that fits and what the programmer should do
- Check the Survey: students work out what the survey program prints for two runs, on paper
05 Assessment
- Exit tickets: quick questions that show who needs more help
- Lesson quiz: 8 multiple-choice questions and 2 written answers about all four days
06 Answer Keys
- 6 answer key files: a key for each day (its bell ringer, notes and exit ticket) and the activity and lab keys, plus the quiz key
Digital: Google Forms™ + Google Slides™
- 5 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™
- Give a Form that asks students to read code only on school-managed Chromebooks in locked mode, and use the paper version on other devices
Online: CodeGrove
- CodeGrove, Survey Average level: the online version of the lab on Day 2
- Every online version has a paper version, so no internet is needed
- Free to use, with no accounts or sign-ins
Why teachers love this lesson
Students repair how sources are usedThey compare copied words with a fair paraphrase of a source. Then they write references for an article and a video.
Survey code exposes misleading resultsStudents fix code that adds made-up answers and flag ratings outside the allowed range. They explain what code can and can't catch.
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™.
Real online activitiesStudents can use CodeGrove, our in-browser code lab, on a computer or tablet, and every online version has a paper version that works with no internet.
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.
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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 6 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 can use lists, .append(), range() and int(input()).
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.