Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Abstraction Unplugged Activity

Subject Area

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Grade(s)

3

Overview

This is an unplugged activity in which pupils create simple models from modeling dough or draw quick sketches for a partner to guess what they are representing. In doing so they learn that they are ignoring unimportant details and only including that which is most important, and in so doing are abstracting. Pupils link this idea to what is and is not included in simple computer simulations and games.

PUPIL OBJECTIVES:
I can say what is important and I must include.
I can say what is unimportant and I can ignore.
I can say how a computer program (for example, a computer simulation or game) includes what is important.


TEACHING ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES:
Informal teacher assessment of pupils during the main task and plenary. Focus on understanding of:

Thinking what is important to include.
Thinking what can be ignored.
Being aware that thinking about what is ignored or included in computer simulations and games is an important aspect of design.

    Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 3

    DLCS18.3.2

    Analyze a given list of sub-problems while addressing a larger problem.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:DLCS18.3.2

    Vocabulary

    • sub-problem

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • strategies for analyzing sub-problems from a given list for a larger problem.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • analyze given lists of sub-problems while addressing a larger problem.
    • identify the sub-problems for a larger problem.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • larger problems have sub-problems.
    • it can be easier to solve a large problem if you identify smaller sub-problems to tackle or solve.
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    CR Resource Type

    Learning Activity

    Resource Provider

    Barefoot Computing
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