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Algorithms, troubleshooting and programming

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Famous for more than Five Minutes - NEW LOOK Mathematicians

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Objectives

History

  • Explore changes within and beyond living memory.

Computing

  • Understand how algorithms are implemented as programs on digital devices, and that programs execute by following precise and unambiguous instructions.
  • Create and debug simple programs.

Lesson Planning

Compare modern and older methods of programming.

Teaching Outcomes
 To research and compare methods of computer programming between the times of Lovelace and Turing and the present day.

Children will:

  • Compare modern with older methods of programming.
  • Learn how to write a simple program.
  • Debug pre-written symbolic algorithms.
  • Create algorithms to solve problems.

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