Posts Tagged ‘Computational Thinking’
Direction Sequences
Objectives Understand what an algorithm is Give precise and unambiguous instructions Create and debug simple programs Resources Teacher Presentation Recap last week’s’ work. What was an algorithm? What sort of instructions were we giving last week? Recap the work on sequencing and direction. Look at an example together on the IWB with 2Go. Get the children to…
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Objectives Understand what an algorithm is Give precise and unambiguous instructions Create and debug simple programs Resources Teacher Presentation What is an algorithm? Start in the classroom. Does anyone know what an algorithm is? It’s a series of instructions, what does that mean if we give an instruction? What makes a good or bad instruction? Has anyone ever…
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Action Algorithms! – Lesson 6 Objectives To know what an algorithm is To write an algorithm for a dance routine To give clear, unambiguous instructions Lesson Resources Lesson Slides Dance routine planning sheet Action Algorithms! Lesson 1 – Crazy Characters Lesson 2 – Recipe Algorithms Lesson 3 – Sharing Sweets Lesson 4 – The Human…
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Action Algorithms! – Lesson 5 Objectives To know what an algorithm is To write an algorithm for an action sequence To understand that computers follow programming languages or ‘code’ Lesson Resources Lesson Slides Symbol cards – Full page versions – For teacher demo if needed Symbol cards smaller version – 2 sets per group Symbol algorithms…
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Action Algorithms! – Lesson 4 Objectives To know what an algorithm is To write an algorithm To use an algorithm To improve an algorithm Lesson Resources Lesson Slides The Human Crane – Children’s cards The Human Crane – Teacher’s cards The Human Crane – Worksheet 1 The Human Crane – Worksheet 2 The Human…
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Action Algorithms! – Lesson 3 A note about this lesson This lesson has been taken and adapted from Barefoot Computing. Barefoot resources are made available under Open Government licensing. THE ORIGINAL LESSON PLAN CAN BE FOUND HERE. You can access more resources by creating a FREE account on the Barefoot website. You can do this easily…
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Action Algorithms! – Lesson 2 Objectives To know what an algorithm is To write an algorithm for a recipe To understand and explain debugging To be able to debug an algorithm Lesson Resources Lesson Slides Smoothie photo recipe cards Recipe photo cards Recipe algorithms task sheets Action Algorithms! Lesson 1 – Crazy Characters Lesson 2…
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Action Algorithms! – Lesson 1 A note about this lesson This lesson has been taken and adapted from Barefoot Computing. Barefoot resources are made available under Open Government licensing. THE ORIGINAL LESSON PLAN CAN BE FOUND HERE. You can access more resources by creating a FREE account on the Barefoot website. You can do this easily…
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