Computational Thinking

Computational Thinking means to

• break a task into smaller parts

• make a robot dance

• understand a complex problem and develop possible solutions

• use a computer to make a code

Select all that are a part of the computational thinking process.

• Decomposition

• Algorithm

• Abstraction

• Pattern Recognition

• Coding

Decomposition is

• finding similarities throughout the problem/problems.

• focusing only on the important parts of the problem.

• breaking the problem down into smaller parts.

• creating step-by-step instructions to solve similar problems.

Pattern Recognition is

• breaking the problem down into smaller parts.

• focusing only on the important parts of the problem.

• creating step-by-step instructions to solve similar problems.

• finding similarities throughout the problem/problems.

Abstraction is

• breaking the problem down into smaller parts.

• focusing only on the important parts of the problem.

• creating step-by-step instructions to solve similar problems.

• finding similarities throughout the problem/problems.

An algorithm is

• breaking the problem down into smaller parts.

• focusing only on the important parts of the problem.

• creating step-by-step instructions to solve similar problems.

• finding similarities throughout the problem/problems.

What does using computational thinking help us do?

• think like a computer

• help us solve complex problems

• make a sandwich

How did you use computational thinking in the bridge project?