Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 4

DLCS18.4.18

Create a simple digital model of a system, individually and collaboratively, and explain what the model shows and does not show.

COS Examples

Examples: Create a model of the water cycle and indicate that it shows how precipitation forms but does not indicate how pesticides get into rivers.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • strategies for creating a simple digital model of a system.
  • how to explain what the model shows and does not show.
  • strategies for working with others.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • create a simple digital model of a system, individually and collaboratively, and explain what the model shows and does not show.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • digital models are used when it is either not physically possible to reproduce an event or system or it is too cost prohibitive to reproduce an event or system.

Vocabulary

  • digital model
  • system
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