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Standard Identifier: 9-12S.DA.8

Grade Range: 9–12 Specialty
Concept: Data & Analysis
Subconcept: Collection, Visualization, & Transformation
Practice(s): Developing and Using Abstractions, Communicating About Computing (4.1, 7.1)

Standard:
Use data analysis tools and techniques to identify patterns in data representing complex systems.

Descriptive Statement:
Data analysis tools can be useful for identifying patterns in large amounts of data in many different fields. Computers can help with the processing of extremely large sets of data making very complex systems manageable. Students use computational tools to analyze, summarize, and visualize a large set of data. For example, students could analyze a data set containing marathon times and determine how age, gender, weather, and course features correlate with running times. Alternatively, students could analyze a data set of social media interactions to identify the most influential users and visualize the intersections between different social groups.

Standard Identifier: 9-12S.NI.6

Grade Range: 9–12 Specialty
Concept: Networks & the Internet
Subconcept: Cybersecurity
Practice(s): Recognizing and Defining Computational Problems, Developing and Using Abstractions (3.3, 4.2)

Standard:
Analyze cryptographic techniques to model the secure transmission of information.

Descriptive Statement:
Cryptography is essential to many models of cybersecurity. Open standards help to ensure cryptographic security. Certificate Authorities (CAs) issue digital certificates that validate the ownership of encrypted keys used in secured communications across the Internet. Students encode and decode messages using encryption and decryption methods, and they should understand the different levels of complexity to hide or secure information. For example, students could analyze the relative designs of private key vs. public key encryption techniques and apply the best choice for a particular scenario. Alternatively, students could analyze the design of the Diffie-Helman algorithm to RSA (Rivest–Shamir–Adleman) and apply the best choice for a particular scenario. They could provide a cost-benefit analysis of runtime and ease of cracking for various encryption techniques which are commonly used to secure transmission of data over the Internet.

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