Do Now Activity The Game with no rules

Do Now Activity – The Game with no rules • • • I have Four Orange Fish ✓ I have Five Orange Cats ✓ I have Twelve Silver Snakes ✓ I have Nine Blue Pigs X I have Eight Orange Crocodiles X I have Twenty one Purple Crocodiles Good – Identify the four parts of Computational Thinking 24/02/2021 ✓ Outstanding – Apply Computational Thinking to given problems

Unit 8 Algorithms Lesson 1 Good – Identify the 4 parts of Computational Thinking Outstanding – Apply Computational Thinking to given problems Computational Thinking = A way to take a complex problem, understand what the problem is and develop possible solutions.

Computational Thinking 24/02/2021 Click Good – Identify the four parts of Computational Thinking Imag e Outstanding – Apply Computational Thinking to given problems

Computational Thinking 24/02/2021 How does it work? Open the following http: //games. thinkingmyself. com/ Complete the tasks and fill in page 2 Good – Identify the four parts of Computational Thinking Outstanding – Apply Computational Thinking to given problems

Computational Thinking 24/02/2021 • Decomposition: breaking down a complex problem or system into smaller, more manageable parts. • Pattern Recognition: looking for similarities among and within problems. • Abstraction: focuses on the important information only, ignoring irrelevant detail. • Algorithms: a step-by-step solution to the problem, or the rules to follow to solve the problem. Good – Identify the four parts of Computational Thinking Outstanding – Apply Computational Thinking to given problems

Computational Thinking – Task 1 Page 3 You are meeting up with a group of friends this afternoon. All of you like different things, but you have been put in charge of finding something to do that will keep most of your friends happy. Think of some questions could you consider in order to come up with a plan? Good – Identify the four parts of Computational Thinking 24/02/2021 Consider: Time Money Weather Friends Interests From this information, do you think that you and your friends could decide more easily where to go and what to do – in order to keep most of your friends happy? Outstanding – Apply Computational Thinking to given problems

Computational Thinking – Task 2 Page 3 24/02/2021 Look at the videogame screen to the right. What do you need to consider in order to complete the level as efficiently as possible? Possible questions to consider E. g. What items do I need to collect? Good – Identify the four parts of Computational Thinking Outstanding – Apply Computational Thinking to given problems