💻 Computer Science · Grade 6

Data Detectives 6

Simulations and investigations, Python functions, lists and data, cleaning and charting data, how AI learns from data, and keeping secrets with ciphers.

Units

1. Unit 1 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task

   Building and tuning a simulation

   Build a tiny physics world in code, then turn its knobs one at a time until the cannonball hits the target.

2. Unit 2 · reading, activity, quick check, quick check, task

   An independent investigation

   Pick your own question, test it fairly, and report what you found, including what you are still unsure about.

3. Unit 3 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task

   Functions

   Name a piece of thinking once as a Python function, then use it again and again.

4. Unit 4 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task

   Lists and data

   Store a pile of numbers in a list, then let a loop count, add, find the biggest and average them in a blink.

5. Unit 5 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task

   Cleaning and charting data

   Hunt down missing and wrong values before they spoil your answers, then draw charts that tell the truth.

6. Unit 6 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task

   How AI learns from data

   Train a simple classifier on examples, change its training data and watch fairness change with it.

7. Unit 7 · reading, lab, quick check, quick check, task

   Keeping secrets

   Encode and break a Caesar cipher, then see why modern encryption holds up even when everyone knows how it works.