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AP Computer Science Principles
- Course level: Advanced
- Category: Coding
- Language: English
- Age: 14-15 years
- Course: Java | Python
- Cost: $30/hr.
- Duration: 50hrs
Kid's Learning Journey
- Apply in real world applications
- Learn through challenging problems
Why this course?
- Learn to design and evaluate solutions and to apply computer science to solve problems through the development of algorithms and programs.
- Amplifies the understanding of computer science for use in a wide range of careers.
How do we teach?
- All the concepts have been taught through practical applications.
- The focus is not on completing the course in a stipulated time BUT ensuring that the kids understand the concepts at their own pace.
- Kids apply the learnings in building real-world applications using Arduino which is the foundation of robotics.
What is the outcome?
- Skill: Ability to design and analyse computational programs
- Cognitive Benefit: Enables students to create meaningful connections among concepts and develop deeper conceptual understanding
- Session-wise outcomes: Explore potential impacts of computing systems and contribute to a collaborative and ethical culture
Course content
50 SESSIONS*
- Creative Development
- Collaboration
- Program Function and Purpose
- Program Design and Development
- Identifying and Correcting Errors
- Data
- Binary Numbers
- Data Compression
- Extracting Information from Data
- Using Programs with Data
- Algorithms and Programming
- Variables and Assignments
- Data Abstraction
- Mathematical Expressions
- Strings
- Boolean Expressions
- Conditionals
- Nested Conditionals
- Iteration
- Developing Algorithms
- Lists
- Binary Search
- Calling Procedures
- Libraries
- Random Values
- Simulations
- Algorithmic Efficiency
- Undecidable Problems
- Computer Systems and Networks
- The Internet
- Fault Tolerance
- Parallel and Distributing Computing
- Impact of Computing
- Beneficial and Harmful Effects
- Digital Divide
- Computing Bias
- Crowdsourcing
- Legal and Ethical Concerns
- Safe Computing
Course Includes:
- 50 hrs 1:1 Training
- Introduction to college-level computing course
- Grasping concepts of Computer Science
Course Requirements:
- You should be excited to learn coding, and ready to take action!
- No prior knowledge of coding is required - this course is geared for absolute beginners.
- We will help you learn as we prompt you with practice activities.