Unit 8 · AI & the Impact of Computing · Lesson 8.11 · Practice PT

Practice PT #2 Launch

You’ve done the Create PT once (3.21–3.25). This week you do it again — smaller, faster, and graded honestly. The goal is a clean rehearsal of the paperwork, not an ambitious program.

Big Idea 5 — Impact of ComputingPractice PT #2 · program + PPR, no video

Everything on this page is AP-TESTABLE Create PT practice.

Before this lesson — read on Runestone

21.3 Deciding What to Program

Five minutes, then come with one idea small enough to finish in two days.

Where We Are

People→ Bits→ Programs→ Internet→ Security→ Big Data→ Impact

Impact week 3 — and a jump back to Programs. The real Create PT is next unit; this is the last rehearsal.

The Hook

Verify against the current CED before you rely on this. The Create PT’s requirements and written-response format have changed before. The CED in effect for 2026–27 is the Fall 2023 version; your teacher checks the College Board’s current student handout and scoring guidelines before this week.

Your PT #1 score sheet, one row circled. Your teacher hands back Practice PT #1 with the row you lost the most points on circled.

That row is your job this week. Write it at the top of your planning page.

What’s Different This Time

	Practice PT #1 (3.21–3.25)	Practice PT #2 (this week)
Build time	three days	two days (8.12–8.13), enforced
Turn in	program, PPR	program and Personalized Project Reference (PPR) — no video
Scope	modest	smaller still — the point is clean paperwork
Grading	gentle	honest, with the real scoring guidelines

The four code requirements haven’t changed: a list used to manage complexity; a student-developed procedure with at least one parameter that affects what it does; selection and iteration inside that procedure; and a call to the procedure. The most common PT #1 failure was scope — and it repeats unless your idea is approved before you open an editor.

Try It — Plan It, Then Get It Approved

Fill in every box. If you can’t, the idea isn’t scoped yet. Nothing here is saved or sent — write your final pitch on paper for your teacher.

Connections

Came from 3.21 — the first rehearsal. Same requirements, less time, more honesty.

Came from 8.3 — your classifier had all four requirements — a fine model for scope.

Came from 8.9 — cite every line you didn’t write, including AI-generated code.

Next in 8.12–8.13 — two build days and the PPR.