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Standard Identifier: 9-12.NI.4

Grade Range: 9–12
Concept: Networks & the Internet
Subconcept: Network Communication & Organization
Practice(s): Developing and Using Abstractions (4.1)

Standard:
Describe issues that impact network functionality.

Descriptive Statement:
Many different organizations, including educational, governmental, private businesses, and private households rely on networks to function adequately in order to engage in online commerce and activity. Quality of Service (QoS) refers to the capability of a network to provide better service to selected network traffic over various technologies from the perspective of the consumer. Students define and discuss performance measures that impact network functionality, such as latency, bandwidth, throughput, jitter, and error rate. For example, students could use online network simulators to explore how performance measures impact network functionality and describe impacts when various changes in the network occur. Alternatively, students could describe how pauses in television interviews conducted over satellite telephones are impacted by networking factors such as latency and jitter.

Standard Identifier: 9-12S.AP.12

Grade Range: 9–12 Specialty
Concept: Algorithms & Programming
Subconcept: Algorithms
Practice(s): Developing and Using Abstractions, Creating Computational Artifacts (4.2, 5.2)

Standard:
Implement searching and sorting algorithms to solve computational problems.

Descriptive Statement:
One of the core uses of computers is to store, organize, and retrieve information when working with large amounts of data. Students create computational artifacts that use searching and/or sorting algorithms to retrieve, organize, or store information. Students do not need to select their algorithm based on efficiency. For example, students could write a script to sequence their classmates in order from youngest to oldest. Alternatively, students could write a program to find certain words within a text and report their location.

Standard Identifier: 9-12S.NI.3

Grade Range: 9–12 Specialty
Concept: Networks & the Internet
Subconcept: Network Communication & Organization
Practice(s): Developing and Using Abstractions (4.4)

Standard:
Examine the scalability and reliability of networks, by describing the relationship between routers, switches, servers, topology, and addressing.

Descriptive Statement:
Choice of network topology is determined, in part, by how many devices can be supported and the character of communication needs between devices. Each device is assigned an address that uniquely identifies it on the network. Routers function by comparing addresses to determine how information on the network should reach its desgination. Switches compare addresses to determine which computers will receive information. Students explore and explain how network performance degrades when various factors affect the network. For example, students could use online network simulators to describe how network performance changes when the number of devices increases. Alternatively, students could visualize and describe changes to the distribution of network traffic when a router on the network fails.

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