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WorksheetsYear 7 - Computational Thinking
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
A multiplication sum can be written as an addition sum to make it easier to do. What is this an example of?
Decomposition
Pattern identification
Abstraction
Algorithm
What comes next? What is this an example of?
Decomposition
Pattern identification
Abstraction
Algorithm
A cow has 4 legs. A sheep has 4 legs. A horse has 4 legs.
You can replace these three sentences with one: These animals have 4 legs.
What is this process an example of?
Decomposition
Pattern identification
Abstraction
Algorithm
A LEGO toy has been taken apart to find out what pieces it is made from. What is this an example of?
Decomposition
Pattern identification
Abstraction
Algorithm
What is a recipe an example of?
Decomposition
Pattern identification
Abstraction
Algorithm
