Year 7 - Computational Thinking

Oscar has an idea for a game he wants to write in Scratch. He is not sure how to start, so he decides to plan it first. He wants to break his main idea down into lots of small ones. This is called...

• Abstraction

• Decomposition

• Pattern Recognition

• Algorithm design

What do we mean by COMPUTATIONAL THINKING?

• Understanding a complex problem and developing possible solutions.

• Breaking a task into smaller tasks.

• Selecting a computer to use.

• Focusing on what is important, ignoring what is unnecessary.

Define ALGORITHM

• Looking for similarities and trends.

• A sequence of instructions.

• Breaking a task into smaller tasks.

What is abstraction?

• Breaking down a complex problem or system into smaller, more manageable parts

• Adding detail to make a problem more complex

• When you ignore the unnecessary detail in a problem

What do these items have in common?

• Decomposition

• Pattern identification

• Abstraction

• Algorithm

What are instructions to find hidden treasure an example of?

• Decomposition

• Pattern identification

• Abstraction

• Algorithm

What do these natural objects illustrate?

• Decomposition

• Pattern identification

• Abstraction

• Algorithm

An architect sells the plans for a house to a developer who wants to build a housing estate of 15 similar houses. What is this an example of?

• Decomposition

• Pattern identification

• Abstraction

• Algorithm

What is a LEGO instruction leaflet an example of?

• Decomposition

• Pattern identification

• Abstraction

• Algorithm

What do these items have in common?

• Decomposition

• Pattern identification

• Abstraction

• Algorithm