DLCS18.5.2

Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 5

DLCS18.5.2

Create an algorithm to solve a problem while detecting and debugging logical errors within the algorithm.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • an algorithm is a logical set of steps to solve a problem.
  • detecting and debugging logical errors within an algorithm will ensure the algorithm serves to solve a problem successfully.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • create an algorithm to solve a problem while detecting and debugging logical errors within the algorithm.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • debugging an algorithm is searching for logical errors within the algorithm.
  • an algorithm is a set of steps to solve a problem.
  • how to create an algorithm to solve a problem while detecting and debugging logical errors within the algorithm.

Vocabulary

  • algorithm
  • debug
  • detect
  • logical errors

COS Examples

Examples: Program the movement of a character, robot, or person through a maze. Define a variable that can be changed or updated.

Aligned Learning Resources

Gumball's Coding Adventure
Storytelling
Fashion and Design
Art
Sports
Music & Sound
Game Design
Sorting Algorithms
Sorting Networks
Minimal Spanning Trees
Divide and Conquer
Finite State Automata
Robot Race
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