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💻 8th Grade · Computer Science2-DA-09Unit 3: Data & analysis

Simulations

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🎯 Objective: Students use a simulation to test a hypothesis.

Lesson outline

  1. Random simulation.
  2. Run trials.
  3. Discuss.
  4. Exit: conclusion.

Lesson 3 of 3 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

2-DA-09

CSTA K–12 Computer Science Standards (grade band 6–8)

🏁 Unit goals

  • Collect, transform and visualize data
  • Use models and simulations

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

🔢 Random number generator🦫 Encyclopedia: Coding🎹 Touch typing course⚡ Capy Live class quiz

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More lessons in “Data & analysis”

  1. Collecting data
  2. Visualizing data
  3. Simulations

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