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Astrea Academy Woodfields Curriculum Map
2020-21KS3 Computing Curriculum Map 2020-2021
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Yea
r 7
Topic 1: Online Safety
Dangers of using the internetHow to stay safe onlineUsing social media safelyIdentifying safe and unsafe features of social media profilesUsing secure passwordsWhat are phishing emails and how to spot themWhat are computer viruses and how to prevent themCyberbullying and how to deal with itBinary – how computers communicateWorking out binary to denary and denary to binaryHardware and software
Topic 2: Big Data: Get Creative With DataModule 2: Data Science Skills
What is data?Quantitative and Qualitative DataAlgorithms – what they are and creating oneFiltering DataVisualising Data – bar charts, Venn diagrams, scatter graphs, word clouds, infographicsPatterns and trends in data
Topic 1: Cybersecurity
You and your data – keeping your data safe onlineSocial engineering – scammers, phishing, hacking, shouldering – the human side of data attacksScript kiddies – cyber attacks, case study about the Wikileaks founder, Dos and DDos attacks, ethical and unethical hacking, The Computer Misuse ActRise of the Bots – Malicious software/Malware: viruses, Trojans, worms, adware, spyware and ransomware. Bots, malicious bots and chatbotsThere’s no place like 127.0.0.1 – cyberattacks and how many attacks are happening in the world at one time, protecting yourself from cyberattacks, staying secure at home, using anti-virus software, firewalls, user permissionsUnder Attack – simulation to decide what kind of attack is happening, deciding on the best course of action to take
Topic 2: Scratch
Introduction to ScratchSequencing – putting together the music for Frere JacquesMaking your name interactiveMaking a Sprite spinMaking a Sprite glide
Topic 1: Big Data: Get Creative With DataModule 1: Machines and Me
Bits, Bytes and Binary. Data sizes and converting binary to denary and denary to binaryMachine Learning – face recognition, fraud detection, targeted adverts, email spam filters, voice recognition, self-driving cars. Decision trees, the moral machineArtificial Intelligence – what is it? Alan Turing and The Turing Test, Sophia the Robot, Google AI, Human vs MachineInternet of Things – what is The Internet of Things? Smart devices, Fitness Trackers, Smart HomesA Smarter World – Smart Cities, features of a smart city, design a smart city, smart agricultureData Privacy – data and privacy, the benefits of sharing data. The risks of sharing data, encryption, cyphers
Topic 2: Computing Systems
Under the Hood – components of a computer, peripheralsIt’s only Logical – Logic Gates
Topic 3: NetworksNetworks, protocols and the internetTypes of networks – bus, star and circle – class demonstration of how these work
Astrea Academy Woodfields Curriculum Map
2020-21Y
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8
Topic 1: Online Safety
Dangers of using the internetHow to stay safe onlineUsing social media safelyIdentifying safe and unsafe features of social media profilesUsing secure passwordsWhat are phishing emails and how to spot themWhat are computer viruses and how to prevent themCyberbullying and how to deal with itBinary – how computers communicateWorking out binary to denary and denary to binaryHardware and software
Topic 2: Big Data: Get Creative With DataModule 3: Who Works With Data
Who works with data – job rolesFor each job below – what do they do? Video of a ‘day in the life’ of that person, simulating their work and designing an app
Be a Product ManagerBe a Data ScientistBe a UX DesignerBe a Data Visualisation Designer
My Dream Job With Data – which job would you enjoy doing the most?
Topic 1: Cybersecurity
You and your data – keeping your data safe onlineSocial engineering – scammers, phishing, hacking, shouldering – the human side of data attacksScript kiddies – cyber attacks, case study about the Wikileaks founder, Dos and DDos attacks, ethical and unethical hacking, The Computer Misuse ActRise of the Bots – Malicious software/Malware: viruses, Trojans, worms, adware, spyware and ransomware. Bots, malicious bots and chatbotsThere’s no place like 127.0.0.1 – cyberattacks and how many attacks are happening in the world at one time, protecting yourself from cyberattacks, staying secure at home, using anti-virus software, firewalls, user permissionsUnder Attack – simulation to decide what kind of attack is happening, deciding on the best course of action to take
Topic 2: Scratch
Introduction to ScratchSequencing – putting together the music for Frere JacquesMaking your name interactiveMaking a Sprite spinMaking a Sprite glide
Topic 1: Big Data: Get Creative With DataModule 4: Data in Action 1
Data and the Environment (X 3)Smart Cities and the EnvironmentTrends in air pollutionGlobal, National and Local levelsMOBIUS, the Urban Flow Observatory’s data gathering vanAnalysing the data
Data and Health (X3)Data and healthcareWhat is health and data?Benefits of sharing health dataRisks of sharing health dataArtificial Intelligence in healthDigitalised healthcareWayfindr AppAsthma appsSeeingAIDesign a healthcare app
Topic 2: Computing Systems
Under the Hood – components of a computer, peripheralsIt’s only Logical – Logic Gates
Topic 3: NetworksNetworks, protocols and the internetTypes of networks – bus, star and circle – class demonstration of how these work
Astrea Academy Woodfields Curriculum Map
2020-21Y
ear
9
Topic 1: Online Safety
Dangers of using the internetHow to stay safe onlineUsing social media safelyIdentifying safe and unsafe features of social media profilesUsing secure passwordsWhat are phishing emails and how to spot themWhat are computer viruses and how to prevent themCyberbullying and how to deal with itBinary – how computers communicateWorking out binary to denary and denary to binaryHardware and software
Topic 2: Big Data: Get Creative With DataModule 5: Data in Action
Data and Gaming (X3)A day in the life of a data analyst in the gaming industryThe data of player behaviourVisualising gaming dataVirtual Reality and Augmented RealityData and ARMarker-based and Marker-less appsGoogle ExpeditionsGaming and AIExamples – PACMAN and FIFAPathfindingFinite State machines
Data and Sport (X3)Data gathering in sportCase studies – Formula 1, rugby and basketballSmart watches and fitness trackersWho works with sports data?Sports data scientist – their roleSports visualisationsMoneyball – the film – review Data driven decisions
Topic 1: Cybersecurity
You and your data – keeping your data safe onlineSocial engineering – scammers, phishing, hacking, shouldering – the human side of data attacksScript kiddies – cyberattacks, case study about the Wikileaks founder, Dos and DDos attacks, ethical and unethical hacking, The Computer Misuse ActRise of the Bots – Malicious software/Malware: viruses, Trojans, worms, adware, spyware and ransomware. Bots, malicious bots and chatbotsThere’s no place like 127.0.0.1 – cyberattacks and how many attacks are happening in the world at one time, protecting yourself from cyberattacks, staying secure at home, using anti-virus software, firewalls, user permissionsUnder Attack – simulation to decide what kind of attack is happening, deciding on the best course of action to take
Topic 2: Scratch
Introduction to ScratchSequencing – putting together the music for Frere JacquesMaking your name interactiveMaking a Sprite spinMaking a Sprite glide
Topic 1: Big Data: Get Creative With DataModule 1: Machines and Me
Bits, Bytes and Binary. Data sizes and converting binary to denary and denary to binaryMachine Learning – face recognition, fraud detection, targeted adverts, email spam filters, voice recognition, self-driving cars. Decision trees, the moral machineArtificial Intelligence – what is it? Alan Turing and The Turing Test, Sophia the Robot, Google AI, Human vs MachineInternet of Things – what is The Internet of Things? Smart devices, Fitness Trackers, Smart HomesA Smarter World – Smart Cities, features of a smart city, design a smart city, smart agricultureData Privacy – data and privacy, the benefits of sharing data. The risks of sharing data, encryption, cyphers
Topic 2: Computing Systems
Under the Hood – components of a computer, peripheralsIt’s only Logical – Logic Gates
Topic 3: NetworksNetworks, protocols and the internetTypes of networks – bus, star and circle – class demonstration of how these work
Astrea Academy Woodfields Curriculum Map
2020-21