Standards Alignment Cisco Networking Academy Curricula Alignment to Education Standards This alignment tool includes a series of tables showing the close alignment between specific elements of Cisco Networking Academy courses and the following national education standards:
STEM Common Core 21st Century Skills
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Alignment to Education Standards: STEM, Common Core Standards, 21st Century Skills Cisco Networking Academy Purpose of this Document To help educators define a STEM program that aligns to standards, and provides student pathways to higher education and a career.
Tab 2: STEM, CCS, 21C Alignment Identifies connections between recognized education standards and Cisco Networking Academy curricula objectives and activities.
Tabs 3-7: Curricula Examples Specific course content that addresses STEM career cluster knowledge and skills, and relevant Common Core standards. Notes Research for this alignment was completed by a 3rd party consultant. Science and Technical Literacy standards are taken from the National Research Council's "Next Generation Science" framework.
How you can use this tool: Instructors
Administrators
State / Federal
* Identify relevant STEM education programs that engage students
* Document how instruction is relevant to community and industry expectations
* Document program relevance for state and national level educational initiatives
* Plan lessons that meet standards recognized by business and industry
* Monitor student knowledge and skills development for continuous improvement
* Recognize the contribution of Networking Academy curricula to national educational reform
* Identify opportunities for interdisciplinary teaching to reinforce critical skills
* Identify, observe and evaluate curricula that enacts standardsbased instruction
* Observe and evaluate how teachers and students respond to standards-based instruction
* Integrate curricula that demonstrates student mastery of STEM skills and CCS
* Provide engaging, relevant career-oriented reinforcement of academic standards
* Document curricula and instruction that support the discretionary grant process
* Track completion of STEM career cluster knowledge and skills topics necessary for future education and employment
* Support interdisciplinary instruction across academic and CTE programs
* Support interdisciplinary instruction across academic and career and technology programs
Alignment to STEM and Ed Standards
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Intro Worksheet
Alignment of Networking Academy Courses to Education Standards: STEM, Common Core Standards, 21st Century Skills See other tabs for specific examples from each course
STEM Cluster Topics Embedded in Content and Activities SCC01 Academic Foundations
SCC02 Communications
SCC03 ProblemSolving & Critical Thinking
SCC04 Information Technology Applications
SCC05 Systems
IT Essentials: PC Hardware and Software, Chapters 1-10
CCNA Discovery 1: Networking for Home and Small Business, Chapters 1-10
CCNA Discovery 2: Working at a Small Business or Internet Service Provider (ISP), Chapters 1-10
CCNA Discovery 3: Introducing Routing and Switching in the Enterprise, Chapters 1-10
CCNA Discovery 4: Designing and Supporting Computer Networks, Chapters 1-10
Networking Academy Course and Chapter
SCC06 SCC07 SCC08 SCC09 Safety, Leadership and Ethics & Employability & Health & Legal ResponsiTeamwork Career Environmental bilities Development
SCC10 Technical Skills
Common Core Standards Embedded in Content and Activities Reading Standards for Liberacy College and Career Readiness College and Career Readiness College and Career Readiness College and Career Readiness Standards for Mathematical in Science/ Technical Subjects Anchor Standards: Reading Anchor Standards: Writing Anchor Standards: Speaking and Anchor Standards: Language Practice Listening IT Essentials: PC Hardware and Software, Chapters 1-10
CCNA Discovery 1: Networking for Home and Small Business, Chapters 1-10
CCNA Discovery 2: Working at a Small Business or Internet Service Provider (ISP), Chapters 1-10
CCNA Discovery 3: Introducing Routing and Switching in the Enterprise, Chapters 1-10
CCNA Discovery 4: Designing and Supporting Computer Networks, Chapters 1-10
Alignment to STEM and Ed Standards
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STEM, CCS, 21C Worksheet
Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Learning & Innovative Skills Embedded in Content and Activities Information Communication Technology Literacy
Flexibility & Adaptability
Creativity & Innovation
Critical Thinking & ProblemSolving
Communication & Collaboration
Information Literacy
IT Essentials: PC Hardware and Software, Chapters 1-10
CCNA Discovery 1: Networking for Home and Small Business, Chapters 1-10
CCNA Discovery 2: Working at a Small Business or Internet Service Provider (ISP), Chapters 1-10
CCNA Discovery 3: Introducing Routing and Switching in the Enterprise, Chapters 1-10 CCNA Discovery 4: Designing and Supporting Computer Networks, Chapters 1-10
Alignment to STEM and Ed Standards
Media Literacy
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Initiative & Self- Social & Cross- Productivity & Leadership & Direction Cultural Skills Accountability Responsibility
STEM, CCS, 21C Worksheet
Specific Examples of IT Essentials Coursework Alignment to STEM and Common Core Standards Comparison does not include all qualifying coursework; use as example only.
STEM Career Cluster Engineering and Technology Pathway Cluster Knowledge and Skills Topics
SCC01 Academic Foundations
Students preparing for STEM cluster careers should be able to demonstrate these skills
Related Common Core Standards and Science/Technical Literacy from "Next General Science"
Networking Academy Alignment: sample course content demonstrating skills and standards
Ch. 9.1: Develop research skills by completing a research worksheet on security threats. Achieve additional academic knowledge and skills CCR Anchor Standards-Writing: Conduct short as well as more required to pursue the full range of career and sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating Ch. 1.1.2: Describe the A+ certification and associated tests. Use the postsecondary education opportunities within a career understanding of the subject under investigation. Internet and other sources to gather information on job opportunities in cluster. the computer service and repair field. CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Prepare for and Ch. 10.2.1: Practice active listening skills in order to determine a participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with customer's computer problem. Use clarification questions in order to diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing one's own refine your understanding of the problem. clearly and persuasively.
SCC02 Communications
SCC03 Problem-Solving & Critical Thinking
Use oral and written communication skills in creating, expressing and interpreting information and ideas including technical terminology and information.
CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally
Ch. 5.3.1: Identify applications and environments that are compatible with an operating system; use key questions to determine budgetary constraints, intended use, and applications desired by the customer.
CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
Ch. 10.2.2: Display professional behavior when putting a customer on hold or when transferring a call.
Reading Standards for Liteary--Science/Technical: Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure.
Ch. 3: Complete assembly of a PC, following best practices and procedures.
Reading Standards for Liteary--Science/Technical: Evaluate the hypotheses, data, analysis, and conclusions in a science or technical text, verifying the data when possible and corroborating or challenging conclusions with other sources of information.
Ch. 4.2.6: Employ an organized and logical approach to computer problem-solving. Describe possible locations of solutions. Prioritize possible solutions and divide larger problems into smaller ones that can be analyzed and solved individually.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Ch. 2.3.4: Disassemble a computer, using proper tools and procedures.
Solve problems using critical thinking skills (analyze, synthesize, and evaluate) independently and in teams. CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and Solve problems using creativity and innovation. quantitatively, as well as in words.
Ch. 3.2: Using both the Virtual Desktop PC and hands-on lab, install a power supply.
Reading Standards for Liteary--Science/Technical: Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible.
Ch. 7.4.2: Locate, download and install software upgrades for an all-inone device.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Ch. 8.12.2: Decide which customer information is relevant when diagnosing a network problem, then apply proper troubleshooting procedures to resolve the problem
Use information technology tools specific to the career Standards for Mathematical Practice: Use appropriate tools SCC04 Information Technology cluster to access, manage, integrate, and create strategically. information. Applications
Alignment to STEM and Ed Standards
Ch. 10.2.3: Identify and discuss managing difficult customers.
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Ch. 5.3.2: Locate and use an HCL to determine minimum hardware requirements and compatibility with the OS platform. Ch. 2.2.2: Identify a range of software tools to help diagnose problems, maintain hardware, and protect the data stored on a computer.
IT Essentials Worksheet
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the Ch. 8.8: Explain OSI and TCP/IP data models. Identify relationships text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and between the two models through a matching activity. the whole.
SCC05 Systems
Understand roles within teams, work units, departments, organizations, inter-organizational systems, and the larger environment. Identify how key organizational systems affect organizational performance and the quality of products and services. Understand global context of industries and careers.
Ch. 10.4.1: Describe the call center environment. Describe and CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Prepare for and compare the responsibilities of level-one and level-two technicians. participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing one's own Ch. 9.3.1: Explain what is required in a basic local security policy; clearly and persuasively. describe the role of employee training in observing the policy.
SCC06 Safety, Health & Environmental
Understand the importance of health, safety, and environmental management systems in organizations and their importance to organizational performance and regulatory compliance. Follow organizational policies and procedures and contribute to continuous improvement in performance and compliance.
Ch. 2.1.3: Identify safety procedures to protect the environment from CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Determine central ideas or themes of contamination. Describe the information provided by the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) in dealing with electronic equipment. a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting Describe proper disposal procedures for batteries, toner kits, and other details and ideas. components.
Use leadership and teamwork skills in collaborating with others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives.
CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
SCC07 Leadership & Teamwork
SCC08 Ethics & Legal Responsibilities
SCC09 Employability & Career Development
SCC10 Technical Skills
Know and understand the importance of professional ethics and legal responsibilities.
Know and understand the importance of employability skills. Explore, plan, and effectively manage careers. Know and understand the importance of entrepreneurship skills.
Use the technical knowledge and skills required to pursue the targeted careers for all pathways in the career cluster, including knowledge of design, operation, and maintenance of technological systems critical to the career cluster.
Ch. 10.4.3: Describe the call-escalation process by which a level-one technician translates a customer problem into a work order for a leveltwo technician to handle.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Determine central ideas or themes of Ch. 4.2.1: Explain the purpose of and liability issues involved with data a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting protection. details and ideas. CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Delineate then evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Ch. 10.3: Explain ethics and legal aspects of working with computer technology. Discuss privacy issues.
Reading Standards for Liteary--Science/Technical: Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible
Ch. 10.2.7: Define and follow business policies designed to facilitate help desk functions and support customer satisfaction.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Conduct short as well as more Ch. 10.1: Develop career-related research skills by completing a sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating research worksheet on troubleshooting resources for technicians. understanding of the subject under investigation.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Ch. 5.3.1: Identify applications and environments that are compatible with an operating system. Make OS recommendations based on budget constraints, projected use, and applications to be installed.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Ch. 8.7.1: Explain cabled Ethernet standards, and be able to describe their capabilities and purposes.
CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Ch. 1.4: Identify the names, purposes, and characteristics of internal components. Ch. 5.1.2: Explain operating system concepts; compare and contrast closely-related terms describing modes of operation, memory management, and processor architecture.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Use technology, including the Internet, Ch. 6.7.2: Use the Internet and other resources to locate specific laptop replacement parts. Evaluate the usefulness of websites, forums, and to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with other technical resources used in the process. others.
Alignment to STEM and Ed Standards
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IT Essentials Worksheet
Specific Examples of CCNA Discovery 1 Coursework Alignment to STEM and Common Core Standards Comparison does not include all qualifying coursework; use as example only.
STEM Career Cluster Engineering and Technology Pathway Cluster Knowledge and Skills Topics
SCC01 Academic Foundations
SCC02 Communications
Students preparing for STEM cluster careers should be able to demonstrate these skills
Related Common Core Standards and Science/Technical Literacy from "Next General Science"
Achieve additional academic knowledge and skills CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Conduct short as well as more sustained required to pursue the full range of career and research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of postsecondary education opportunities within a career the subject under investigation. cluster.
Use oral and written communication skills in creating, expressing and interpreting information and ideas including technical terminology and information.
Networking Academy Alignment: sample course content demonstrating skills and standards
Ch. 4.5.6: Identify best practices to be used in working with cabling Ch. 10 Capstone Project: Devise a technical solution for a small office environment
CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
Ch. 4.2.3: Interpret command outputs to learn more about how packets travel through the Internet.
CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Ch. 10 Capstone Project: Gather relevant information through stakeholder interviews in order to devise a technical solution to a problem.
CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Demonstrate command of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Ch. 10 Capstone Project: Prepare and present a technical report to a diverse group. CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Demonstrate command of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Follow precisely a complex Ch. 9.3.4: Troubleshoot radio problems on a WLAN by manipulating channel multistep procedure. configuration and host position to provide adequate bandwidth for the number of hosts.
SCC03 Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Look for and make use of structure. Solve problems using critical thinking skills (analyze, synthesize, and evaluate) independently and in teams. Solve problems using creativity and innovation. Standards for Mathematical Practice: Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Ch. 1.3.1: Convert to binary ASCII code in order to represent numbers and characters digitally. Ch. 5.4.3: Configure a multi-function device as a DHCP server, and verify the configuration of public and private addresses through an examination of NAT functionality.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Make sense of problems and persevere in Ch. 9.3.3: Troubleshoot and correct various connectivity problems related to cabling solving them. issues.
SCC04 Information Technology Applications
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Use appropriate tools strategically.
Ch. 4.5.5: Calibrate and use cable testers to perform initial diagnostics, to create wire maps, and to correctly identify wiring faults.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Model with mathematics.
Ch. 1.3.2: Measure data storage capacity by converting values and units of measure.
Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent Use information technology tools specific to the career understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting cluster to access, manage, integrate, and create information when possible information. Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. Standards for Mathematical Practice: Attend to precision.
SCC05 Systems
Understand roles within teams, work units, departments, organizations, inter-organizational systems, and the larger environment. Identify how key organizational systems affect organizational performance and the quality of products and services. Understand global context of industries and careers.
Alignment to STEM and Ed Standards
Ch. 2.3.3: Gather information needed for system maintenance and upgrades from examining operating system and application versions.
Ch. 4.5.5: Use a punch down tool to terminate a UTP cable into an IDC and terminate UTP cable into an RJ-45 jack.
Ch. 8.4.3: Research, download and install a Security Vulnerability tester and use it to determine weaknesses in a host and the network, View and interpret the report.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Determine central ideas or themes of a text Ch. 9.4.2: Describe outside sources for help when troubleshooting, including and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. colleagues, forums, and online interactive resources. CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and Ch. 4.1.1: Explain what the Internet is, and identify the contributions of major international organizations that help manage the Internet. ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Page 1 of 2
Discovery 1 Worksheet
SCC06 Safety, Health and Environmental
SCC07 Leadership and Teamwork
Understand the importance of health, safety, and environmental management systems in organizations and their importance to organizational performance and regulatory compliance. Follow organizational policies and procedures and contribute to continuous improvement in performance and compliance.
Use leadership and teamwork skills in collaborating with others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Determine central ideas or themes of a text Ch. 1.5.1: Describe potential hazards of ESD, and techniques to use to avoid damage and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. to system components.
Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Evaluate the hypotheses, data, analysis, and conclusions in a science or technical text, verifying the data Ch. 8.4.2: Work in teams to configure access policies and DMZ settings, then test when possible and corroborating or challenging conclusions with other sources of those policies and settings. information. CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Ch. 9.3.3: Work in teams to resolve a variety of troubleshooting problems, with each person taking the lead in half of the scenarios.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Determine central ideas or themes of a text Ch. 7.3.1: Explain the necessity for protecting wireless networks, and describe common and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. WLAN vulnerabilities. SCC08 Ethics and Legal Responsibilities
Know and understand the importance of professional ethics and legal responsibilities.
Know and understand the importance of employability SCC09 skills. Explore, plan, and effectively manage careers. Employability and Career Know and understand the importance of Development entrepreneurship skills.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Delineate then evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
Ch. 10 Capstone Project: Develop and communicate a security policy for a customer. Provide training to ensure that the policy is followed.
Ch. 4.1.1: Explain what the Internet is, and identify the contributions of major international organizations that help manage the Internet. Ch. 10 Capstone Project: Prepare documentation for sign-off from a customer, detailing performance and testing reports and configuration information.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Ch. 4.1.5: Recommend the most appropriate ISP service level for an end-user.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Ch. 5.4.1: Convert between binary and decimal numbers to calculate the number of hosts available with x number of bits in the host portion of the address.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and Ch. 2.1.3: Make recommendations for operating systems based on total cost of ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. ownership.
SCC10 Technical Skills
Use the technical knowledge and skills required to pursue the targeted careers for all pathways in the career cluster, including knowledge of design, operation, and maintenance of technological systems critical to the career cluster.
Alignment to STEM and Ed Standards
CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
Ch. 6.3.2: Match host, protocol, and encapsulation terminology with the proper protocol or layer.
Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent Ch. 7.4.1: Determine through research and user interviews the wireless standard, understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting layout, installation and security plan, and backup strategy for a WLAN. information when possible. Standards for Mathematical Practice: Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
Ch. 3.5.7: Use Packet Tracer to model a simple network, observe network behavior, and collect and analyze network data.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
Ch. 6.3.3: Describe the Open Systems (OSI) Interconnect Model, and build an Ethernet frame with the proper components to send it to its destination.
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Discovery 1 Worksheet
Specific Examples of CCNA Discovery 2 Coursework Alignment to STEM and Common Core Standards Comparison does not include all qualifying coursework; use as example only.
STEM Career Cluster Engineering and Technology Pathway Cluster Knowledge and Skills Topics
Students preparing for STEM cluster careers should be able to demonstrate these skills
Achieve additional academic knowledge and skills required to pursue the full range of career and SCC01 Academic Foundations postsecondary education opportunities within a career cluster.
SCC02 Communications
SCC03 Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking
Related Common Core Standards and Science/Technical Literacy from "Next General Science"
Networking Academy Alignment: sample course content demonstrating skills and standards
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Conduct short as well as more sustained Ch. 2.2.2: Identify specific protocols and technologies related to each of the research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding OSI layers in order to use the OSI model as a framework for troubleshooting. of the subject under investigation. CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing one's own clearly Use oral and written communication skills in creating, expressing and interpreting information and and persuasively. ideas including technical terminology and information. CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Ch. 9.6.1: Describe the entry-level Cisco certification process, and the topics found on the CCENT examination. Ch. 8.2.5: Recommend an anti-X software package that meets the needs of a small business customer. Ch. 3.2.4: Evaluate a floor plan and propose upgrades to accommodate extra floor space.
Ch. 3.1.3: Investigate a customer network, create a network inventory, and create a logical network diagram based on the data.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Look for and make use of structure.
Ch. 6.1.2: Describe the distance and vector components of a distance vector routing algorithm, and apply the algorithm in selecting the shortest path.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Ch. 2.3.1: Given a network connectivity problem, diagnose the problem, decide upon an appropriate plan of action, and use network utilities to resolve the problem.
Solve problems using critical thinking skills (analyze, CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Acquire and use accurately a range of synthesize, and evaluate) independently and in general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for teams. Solve problems using creativity and reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness innovation. level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Ch. 9.6.5: Create and share practice questions when practicing test taking.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Use information technology tools specific to the SCC04 Information Technology career cluster to access, manage, integrate, and create information. Applications
Alignment to STEM and Ed Standards
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Ch. 8.3.2: Perform a network capture using Wireshark. Create a filter, then observe how the filter operates during a network capture.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
Ch. 7.3.1: Edit a HOSTS file in Windows, and use the contents of the file to map a name for easier resolution.
Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure.
Ch. 5.1.3: Demonstrate the command sequence for troubleshooting the router bootup process through ROMmonitor.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Use appropriate tools strategically.
Ch. 9.1.3: Compare the functions of cable testers, digital multimeters, and portable network analyzers in troubleshooting hardware issues.
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Discovery 2 Worksheet
SCC05 Systems
Understand roles within teams, work units, departments, organizations, inter-organizational systems, and the larger environment. Identify how key organizational systems affect organizational performance and the quality of products and services. Understand global context of industries and careers.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Ch. 2.1.1: Describe the three levels of customer support found at ISPs, and the hierarchy of support teams that work with medium to large businesses.
CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective Ch. 2.1.3: Identify characteristics of good customer support interaction. choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening. CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Analyze how and why individuals, events, Ch. 4.1.1: Describe the impact of the Internet Engineering Task Force on the development of private address space. and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
SCC06 Safety, Health and Environmental
Understand the importance of health, safety, and environmental management systems in organizations and their importance to organizational performance and regulatory compliance. Follow organizational policies and procedures and contribute to continuous improvement in performance and compliance.
CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Ch. 2.3.3: Describe the safe use of ladders and harnesses when accessing equipment and cables located in high or dangerous locations. Ch. 3.1.1: Identify existing network conditions that compromise safety regulations and should be noted during a site survey.
Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible.
Ch. 5.1.2: Employ safety and procedural best practices to prevent accidental damage to ISR equipment during installation.
CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing one's own clearly and persuasively.
Ch. 9.6.4: Form a study group when preparing for Cisco certification, and assign members different responsibilities.
SCC07 Leadership and Teamwork
Use leadership and teamwork skills in collaborating with others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives.
SCC08 Ethics and Legal Responsibilities
Know and understand the importance of professional Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure. ethics and legal responsibilities.
Ch. 8.1.3: Use Windows NTFS permissions to set up secure data sharing, and educate end-users on how to recognize a secured website versus an illegitimate unsecured one.
Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Analyze how the text Ch. 1.3.2: Describe the roles and responsibilities of the various teams and structures information or ideas into categories or hierarchies, demonstrating departments which deliver ISP services to customers. understanding of the information or ideas. CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Know and understand the importance of SCC09 employability skills. Explore, plan, and effectively Employability and Career manage careers. Know and understand the Development importance of entrepreneurship skills.
CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening. CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
SCC10 Technical Skills
Use the technical knowledge and skills required to pursue the targeted careers for all pathways in the career cluster, including knowledge of design, operation, and maintenance of technological systems critical to the career cluster.
Alignment to STEM and Ed Standards
Ch. 2.1.3: Describe the customer support process, and identify the elements of each step of providing customer support.
Ch. 10.0.1: Play the role of an on-site installation and support technician from an ISP as you implement a network upgrade.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Look for and make use of structure.
Ch. 6.1.2: Based on the outputs of routing tables, create a network topology.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Use appropriate tools strategically.
Ch. 5.1.4: Demonstrate the ability to perform configuration and monitoring tasks using out-of-band and in-band management tools.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Ch. 7.2.3: Distinguish between TCP and UDP
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Ch. 8.4.2: Evaluate current and future needs, and plan a backup solution for a small company.
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Discovery 2 Worksheet
Specific Examples of CCNA Discovery 3 Coursework Alignment to STEM and Common Core Standards Comparison does not include all qualifying coursework; use as example only. STEM Career Cluster Engineering and Technology Pathway Cluster Knowledge and Skills Topics
SCC01 Academic Foundations
Students preparing for STEM cluster careers should be able to demonstrate these skills
Achieve additional academic knowledge and skills required to pursue the full range of career and postsecondary education opportunities within a career cluster.
Use oral and written communication skills in creating, SCC02 Communications expressing and interpreting information and ideas including technical terminology and information.
SCC03 Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking
Related Common Core Standards and Science/Technical Literacy from "Next General Science"
Networking Academy Alignment: sample course content demonstrating skills and standards
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Look for and make use of structure.
Ch. 3.5.4: Describe best practices in designing VLANs to provide security, conserve bandwidth, and localize traffic on an enterprise network.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words
Ch. 10: Analyze the contents of a customer work order
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Delineate then evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Ch. 8.5.2: Analyze router logs to determine whether traffic is meeting requirements.
Ch. 5.3.3: Use knowledge of EIGRP terminology to determine which EIGRP table would contain CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Acquire and use accurately a range of specified information. general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering Ch. 1.2.3: Match traffic prioritization terminology with definitions in order to describe management of a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. enterprise network communications. CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Ch. 2.2.2: Prepare a presentation designed to educate end-users about common network attacks.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
Ch. 6.3.4: Examine a routing table in a multi-protocol enterprise, and from it determine various route sources, administrative distances, and metrics.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Model with mathematics
Ch. 6.1.2: Calculate the path taken by OSPF using link cost metrics.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Ch. 8.4.5: Compose, configure, and analyze ACLs designed to filter inter-VLAN traffic.
Solve problems using critical thinking skills (analyze, synthesize, and evaluate) independently and in teams. Solve problems using creativity and innovation. CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Ch. 9.3.1: Analyze outputs in order to troubleshoot RIPv2 routing issues.
Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Synthesize information from Ch. 6.1.1: Compare the algorithms used by distance vector and link state routing protocols in a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent selecting the best route to a destination. Identify characteristics of both types of protocols. understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. Use information technology tools specific to the career Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Integrate and evaluate SCC04 multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., Information Technology cluster to access, manage, integrate, and create quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a information. Applications problem.
Ch. 1.2.2: Use a packet capture program to analyze network traffic.
Ch. 2.1.1: Describe the main types of network documentation and where they should be stored.
Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Synthesize information from Ch. 8.5.2: Download and use a syslog server to record and analyze ACL activity. Use the results to a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent troubleshoot problems with ACL placement and configuration. understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible.
Alignment to STEM and Ed Standards
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Discovery 3 Worksheet
SCC05 Systems
SCC06 Safety, Health and Environmental
SCC07 Leadership and Teamwork
SCC08 Ethics and Legal Responsibilities
Understand roles within teams, work units, departments, organizations, inter-organizational systems, and the larger environment. Identify how key organizational systems affect organizational performance and the quality of products and services. Understand global context of industries and careers.
Understand the importance of health, safety, and environmental management systems in organizations and their importance to organizational performance and regulatory compliance. Follow organizational policies and procedures and contribute to continuous improvement in performance and compliance.
Use leadership and teamwork skills in collaborating with others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives.
Know and understand the importance of professional ethics and legal responsibilities.
Know and understand the importance of employability SCC09 skills. Explore, plan, and effectively manage careers. Employability and Career Know and understand the importance of Development entrepreneurship skills.
SCC10 Technical Skills
Use the technical knowledge and skills required to pursue the targeted careers for all pathways in the career cluster, including knowledge of design, operation, and maintenance of technological systems critical to the career cluster.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Ch. 1.3.1: Explain the technological, physical and personnel advantages and constraints of teleworking, and decide if teleworking is an appropriate solution in a given scenario.
CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Ch. 9.3.3: Assume the role of a network administrator as you work through the procedure to troubleshoot OSPF configuration errors.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the Ch. 2.1.2: Describe best practices in the safe installation and maintenance of structured cabling. effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Ch. 2.1.2: Describe procedures and facilities needed in a Network Operations Center to provide a safe environment for critical equipment.
CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Ch. 5.1.2: Work as a design team to create redundant links to minimize future network outages.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Ch. 7.2.4: Explain the importance of password protection of WAN links in providing data security.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: . Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Ch. 2.1.3: Explain the impact of new privacy legislation on securing the telecommunications room.
Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: . Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
Ch. 1.1.4: Describe design solutions enabling businesses to provide privileged network access to key suppliers and customers through VPNs, extranets and intranets.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Ch. 1.3.1: Identify scenarios where telecommuting and teleworking are appropriate.
Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Synthesize information from Ch. 3.5.4: Plan, design, and build the prototype for an enterprise network using multiple VLANs, a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent inter-VLAN routing, and multiple VTP domains. Verify that the resulting design meets company understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting standards and adheres to VLAN best practices. information when possible. CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and Ch. 8.3.6: Plan, configure, and verify standard, extended, and named Access Control Lists (ACLs). audience.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Alignment to STEM and Ed Standards
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Ch. 3.2.3: Configure the BID on a switch to control which switch becomes the root bridge. Observe the spanning-tree and traffic flow patterns as different switches are configured as root. Determine the most efficient design.
Discovery 3 Worksheet
Specific Examples of CCNA Discovery 4 Coursework Alignment to STEM and Common Core Standards Comparison does not include all qualifying coursework; use as example only. STEM Career Cluster Engineering and Technology Pathway Cluster Knowledge and Skills Topics
Students preparing for STEM cluster careers should be able to demonstrate these skills
Related Common Core Standards and Science/Technical Literacy from "Next General Science"
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. Achieve additional academic knowledge and skills CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Analyze the structure of texts, including how SCC01 required to pursue the full range of career and specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, Academic Foundations postsecondary education opportunities within a career chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. cluster. CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content
Networking Academy Alignment: sample course content demonstrating skills and standards
Ch. 9.1.1: Organize and edit existing information in order to develop an outline for a project proposal.
Ch. 3.5.4: Given a list of stated business goals, match each goal to the technical requirements necessary to meet it as part of the network design process.
Ch. 10.0.2: Research networking jobs that match your skills, strengths, and interests. Ch. 9.4.1: Compile implementation and costing information and integrate it into project proposal documentation. Ch. 2.1.3: Create a Project Plan by evaluating the current network, factoring in the resource limits, cost, and other constraints established by the business goals.
CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, Ch. 8.2.3: Match frame relay terminology to definitions to describe how frame relay processes writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; information across a WAN. demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Use oral and written communication skills in creating, SCC02 Communications expressing and interpreting information and ideas including technical terminology and information.
CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Ch. 2.3.3: Gather information about business goals from stakeholder interviews and other sources, and use the information to produce and prioritize a checklist of project goals.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Ch. 9.1.1: Organize and edit existing information in order to develop an outline for a project proposal.
CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Demonstrate command of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Demonstrate command of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Reason abstractly and quantitatively. SCC03 Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking
Solve problems using critical thinking skills (analyze, synthesize, and evaluate) independently and in teams. Standards for Mathematical Practice: Model with mathematics. Solve problems using creativity and innovation.
Ch. 5.1.2: Calculate the requirements for scalability in a given network design scenario. Adjust requirements to compensate for underestimation of scaling requirements. Ch. 7.2.3: Test redundancy in a network design by simulating failures in the switched and routed portions of the design and observing recovery.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Ch. 6.2.1: Based on network requirements, design an addressing solution that meets customer needs as well as managed growth.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Model with mathematics.
Ch. 4.5.2: Using NetFlow, diagram internal (intranet) traffic flows to determine application impact on the network design.
Use information technology tools specific to the career SCC04 Information Technology cluster to access, manage, integrate, and create Standards for Mathematical Practice: Reason abstractly and quantitatively. information. Applications Standards for Mathematical Practice: Use appropriate tools strategically.
Alignment to STEM and Ed Standards
Ch. 3.5.5: As part of new network design requirements, produce a document which analyzes the current network against project technical requirements. The document should be suitable for use in gaining authorization from the client for work to continue on
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Ch. 3.4.3: Using NetStumbler, perform a WLAN site survey designed to measure signal strength as an access point is moved from location to location. Ch. 4.1.2: Identify and describe tools used as part of a network audit. Use NetFlow to characterize network applications being used on a network.
Discovery 4 Worksheet
CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
SCC05 Systems
SCC06 Safety, Health and Environmental
Understand roles within teams, work units, departments, organizations, inter-organizational Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Analyze how the text systems, and the larger environment. Identify how key structures information or ideas into categories or hierarchies, demonstrating organizational systems affect organizational understanding of the information or ideas. performance and the quality of products and services. Understand global context of industries and careers. CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Understand the importance of health, safety, and environmental management systems in organizations and their importance to organizational performance and regulatory compliance. Follow organizational policies and procedures and contribute to continuous improvement in performance and compliance.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Describe today's increasing network security threats and explain the need to implement a comprehensive security policy to mitigate the threats.
Ch. 2.2.2: Describe the participation and contributions of all members of the network design team at pre-bid meetings.
Ch. 2.3.2: Create a network organization structure of a client company, including all stakeholders in the structure.
Ch. 9.1.2: Describe how existing information from team members is integrated into a final project proposal.
Ch. 1.4.6: Describe today's increasing network security threats and explain the need to implement a comprehensive security policy to mitigate the threats; demonstrate the risks of allowing physical access to network devices.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Determine central ideas or themes of a text Ch. 3.4.1: Describe safety guidelines to be followed when visiting customer sites for site surveys. and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Determine central ideas or themes of a text Ch. 3.3.3: State safety procedures to be used when installing new hardware options. and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
SCC07 Leadership and Teamwork
Use leadership and teamwork skills in collaborating with others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives.
CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
SCC08 Ethics and Legal Responsibilities
Know and understand the importance of professional ethics and legal responsibilities.
CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
Ch. 2.4.1: Discuss with peers the range of technical requirements that could be employed to meet customer goals. From the discussion, produce a list of technical requirements for the project. Ch. 5.2.3.3 : Brainstorm with other students to identify weaknesses in a core layer design proposal. Ch. 2.2.3: Describe the importance of understanding legal contractual terms and conditions in RFPs.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and Ch. 2.4.1: Use business goals to prioritize the technical requirements for a network. audience. Know and understand the importance of employability SCC09 skills. Explore, plan, and effectively manage careers. Employability and Career Know and understand the importance of Development entrepreneurship skills.
SCC10 Technical Skills
Use the technical knowledge and skills required to pursue the targeted careers for all pathways in the career cluster, including knowledge of design, operation, and maintenance of technological systems critical to the career cluster.
CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Ch. 9.4.2: Deliver a network project proposal presentation to a group of peers. Demonstrate knowledge of the project details and employ salesmanship skills. Respond appropriately to audience questions.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Ch. 10.0.2: Create and submit a resume with cover letter for a networking job in which you are interested.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Ch. 5..5.3: Given a security policy, develop a firewall rule set and implement Access Control Lists to enforce the rule set.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
Ch. 8.2.6: Analyze the results of a prototype test and document any risks or weaknesses in the design.
Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Evaluate the hypotheses, Ch. 1.1.3: Describe the three basic steps of network design. Determine the scope of a project by data, analysis, and conclusions in a science or technical text, verifying the data deciding whether a given design requirement will affect an entire network, or a portion of a when possible and corroborating or challenging conclusions with other sources of network. information. CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, Ch. 2.1.1: Describe the six phases of Cisco Lifecycle Services (PPDIOO), and apply them to a writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; case study. demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Ch. 9.2.4: Create a Bill of Material, including equipment costs, maintenance support, and service costs.
CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Ch. 9.4.2: Present and defend a network project proposal presentation to a group of peers. standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Alignment to STEM and Ed Standards
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Discovery 4 Worksheet
Specific Examples of CCNA Exploration Coursework Alignment to STEM and Common Core Standards Comparison does not include all qualifying coursework; use as example only.
STEM Career Cluster Engineering and Technology Pathway Cluster Knowledge and Skills Topics
Students preparing for STEM cluster careers should be able to demonstrate these skills
Achieve additional academic knowledge and skills required to pursue the full range of career and SCC01 Academic Foundations postsecondary education opportunities within a career cluster.
SCC02 Communications
Related Common Core Standards and Science/Technical Literacy from "Next General Science"
Networking Academy Alignment: sample course content demonstrating skills and standards
CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening: Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
E1 Ch. 11.4.3.3: Compute, analyze and display various statistics on the output of a ping capture, using spreadsheet formulas to find mean, median and mode values and creating a chart and analysis of the data.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
E2 Ch. 11.7.1: Research RFCs related to new concepts in networking; specifically, research multi-area OSPF to learn about its benefits in large-scale internetworks.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content
E1 Ch. 1.6.2: Use collaboration tools (wiki and blog) to post and share topics related to network theory and class progress, or to create a personal blog of one's network education experience.
Use oral and written communication skills in creating, expressing and interpreting information and ideas including technical terminology and information. CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Look for and make use of structure.
E3 Ch. 1.1.3: Match the correct layer labels to a variety of cables, devices, and end users in order to define a converged network. E4 Ch. 1.1.3.4: Match module names to the correct location in an Enterprise Architecture. E1 Ch. 5.5.1: Use knowledge of network structure to help a technician troubleshoot a hidden gateway problem. E1 Ch. 6.1.3: Convert given binary numbers to decimal values; 6.1.5: convert given decimal numbers to binary values.
SCC03 ProblemSolving and Critical Thinking
SCC04 Information Technology Applications
SCC05 Systems
Alignment to STEM and Ed Standards
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Reason abstractly and quantitatively. Solve problems using critical thinking skills (analyze, synthesize, and evaluate) independently and in teams. Solve problems using creativity and innovation. CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
E2 Ch. 1.5.3: From close examination of the routing table, draw conclusions about the configurations present, and describe what should be added to the network to resolve problems in communications.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
E2 Ch. 6.2.1: Demonstrate understanding of the router table lookup process through modifying routing configurations and examining the resultant behavior of the routers in computing their tables.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Use appropriate tools strategically.
E1 Ch.8.4.1: Configure and use a cable tester and network multimeter to identify wrong cable types and broken cables.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Attend to precision.
E1 Ch. 1.1.1: Use the geographic coordinate system in Google Earth to describe one's home with as much accuracy and detail as possible.
Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Analyze how the text structures Use information technology tools specific to the career information or ideas into categories or hierarchies, demonstrating understanding of the cluster to access, manage, integrate, and create information or ideas. information.
Understand roles within teams, work units, departments, organizations, inter-organizational systems, and the larger environment. Identify how key organizational systems affect organizational performance and the quality of products and services. Understand global context of industries and careers.
E1 Ch.10.3.2: Based on network requirements, design an addressing solution that meets current as well as future customer needs.
E1 Ch. 2.2.5: Use data obtained through NeoTrace to describe the interconnected and global nature of the Internet with respect to data flow.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Look for and make use of structure.
E3 Ch. 5.2.5.4: Manipulate root bridge selection in a redundant topology so that core switches are chosen before distribution or access layer switches.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
E4 Ch. 2.2.6.2: Delineate the functions of NCP and LCP in establishing and conducting PPP sessions; demonstrate understanding through a series of dragand-drop, fill-in, and sentence completion activities.
CCR Anchor Standards--Speaking and Listening:: Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
E1 Ch. 1.1.1: After viewing a video depicting the effect of digital inclusion on a small town, describe how the Internet, and its underlying technology, has affected the lives of people globally.
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
E1 Ch. 6.3.1: Identify classifications of address assignment within the network organization structure of a client company.
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Exploration Worksheet
SCC06 Safety, Health and Environmental
Understand the importance of health, safety, and environmental management systems in organizations and their importance to organizational performance and regulatory compliance. Follow organizational policies and procedures and contribute to continuous improvement in performance and compliance.
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
E1 Ch. 8.3.5: Describe electrical and fire hazards involved in the use of copper media.
Science and Technical Literacy: Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text.
E3 Ch. 2.4.7.2: Demonstrate basic switch protection through the use of port security.
CCR Anchor Standards--Language: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
E1 Ch. 11.2.2: Practice creating passwords and banners to limit device access; describe misleading and appropriate language choices when creating banners.
SCC07 Leadership and Teamwork
Use leadership and teamwork skills in collaborating with others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives.
SCC08 Ethics and Legal Responsibilities
CCR Anchor Standards--Writing: Conduct short as well as more sustained research Know and understand the importance of professional projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under ethics and legal responsibilities. investigation.
SCC09 Employability and Career Development
Know and understand the importance of employability CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific E1 Ch. 1.5.2: Describe the factors that are leading to increased demand for skills. Explore, plan, and effectively manage careers. sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or people with networking skills. Know and understand the importance of stanza) relate to each other and the whole. entrepreneurship skills.
Use the technical knowledge and skills required to pursue the targeted careers for all pathways in the career cluster, including knowledge of design, SCC10 Technical Skills operation, and maintenance of technological systems critical to the career cluster.
Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Synthesize information from a range E1 Ch. 1.6.1: Work collaboratively to establish and participate in a chat of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a session using IM. Transfer files between partners and analyze network process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible. response time. Describe security concerns with the use of IM.
Standards for Mathematical Practice: Use appropriate tools strategically.
E1 Ch.11.5.6: Perform a detailed analysis of a WireShark data capture, explaining segment, packet, and frame fields, their contents, and the implications of the data.
Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Analyze how the text structures information or ideas into categories or hierarchies, demonstrating understanding of the information or ideas.
E3 Ch. 7.1.5.2: Distinguish between wireless standards, separating them by year ratified, RF band, modulation, data rate, and range; use appropriate terms in a series of statements characterizing the standards..
CCR Anchor Standards--Reading: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information E2 Ch. 8.2.6: Analyze the results of a prototype test and document any risks or presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in weaknesses in the design. order to address a question or solve a problem. Reading Standards for Literacy--Science/Technical: Follow precisely a complex E2 Ch. 1.5.1: Install and configure a network which represents a WAN multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing connection; establish a console connection, complete all basic router technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text. configuration tasks, save the configuration file and capture the configuration to a text file. Standards for Mathematical Practice: Attend to precision. Standards for Mathematical Practice: Use appropriate tools strategically.
Alignment to STEM and Ed Standards
E1 Ch. 1.4.5: Research specific vulnerabilities using SANS resources; describe end user habits that create security risks, and the responsibility of end users to help strengthen security.
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E4 Ch. 5.1.9.2: Demonstrate understanding of the syntax and use of ACLs by determining the best placement based on specific network policies.
Exploration Worksheet
