Goldie’s AP® Computer Science Principles – Unit 3 The Internet

AP® Computer Science Principles

Unit 3 – The Internet

Guided Notes, Assignments, and Assessment

*NEW & UPDATED for 2023-24 School Year!!*

This unit was designed to save your most precious resource: YOUR TIME! In this complete unit, you will have everything you need to teach, support, and assess your students on everything involving how the internet works, IoT, AI, blockchain, the digital divide, and parallel and distributed computing in the AP® Computer Science Principles course.

This unit is part of my larger curriculum bundle: Goldie’s FULL CURRICULUM for AP® CSP

This resource contains the following:

• Student-guided notes (6 lessons) with a teacher answer key
• Teacher PowerPoint slides to accompany each lesson
• 4 homework assignments with answer keys
• 1 unit project
• 1 test review
• 2 assessments with answer keys
• Vocab review game
• Suggested pacing document

All of the resources are 100% editable, so you are able to modify to fit your classroom needs. The zip folder includes all the Word documents for the resources, which you have permission to edit. The PDF version and answer keys are included for your convenience.

I teach this course without a textbook, so everything that is provided here, can be used without supplementation. The only thing I use in my class that is NOT included in this content is the secured AP® exam questions.

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Lesson 1: Understanding the Internet

• Students will be able to define the internet and explain its importance in the modern world.
• Students will be able to explain how computers are connected into networks and the tradeoffs involved in building different types of networks.

Lesson 2: Internet Infrastructure

• Students will be able to explain how computers are able to send information across a network using the internet protocols and routing.

Lesson 3: Internet Addressing

• Students will be able to explain how IP addresses are used in internet communication.
• Students will be able to explain how DNS works and its role in translating domain names to IP addresses.
• Students will be able to explain the role of protocols in internet communication.
• Students will be able to explain the basics of web browsers, HTML, and how web pages are displayed.

Lesson 4: Emerging Technologies and the Future of the Internet

• Students will be able to explore trends and technologies shaping the future of the internet, which include the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Blockchain.

Lesson 5: Parallel and Distributed Computing

• Students will understand how the Internet has changed data processing and storage with distributed, parallel, and cloud computing.

Lesson 6: Digital Divide

• Students will investigate and describe issues that contribute to the digital divide.

The following are the AP® CSP CED components covered in this resource:

• 4.1 The Internet
• 4.2 Fault Tolerance
• 4.3 Parallel and Distributed Computing
• 5.1 Beneficial and Harmful Effects
• 5.2 Digital Divide

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Goldie's AP Computer Science Principles Units:

Unit 1: Introduction to Computer Science

Unit 2: Digital Information

Unit 3: The Internet

Unit 4: Big Data and Privacy

Unit 5: Programming in AP® Pseudocode

Unit 5: Programming in Python

Unit 6: Social Issues in Computing

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Goldie’s FULL CURRICULUM for AP® Computer Science Principles (with Python)

Goldie’s FULL CURRICULUM for AP® Computer Science Principles (w/o Python)

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