[Edu-sig] lessons in computational thinking

[Daniel Ajoy]

http://www.google.com/edu/computational-thinking/lessons.html

These lessons were developed by The Integrating Computational and Creative Thinking (IC2Think) Project at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, NE. The IC2Think project is supported by the National Science Foundation under project ID NSF 1122956.  It is also supported in part by the University of Nebraska’s Center for Computational Creativity and the Office of Research and Economic Development.

     Core Subject: English-Language Arts
     Subject: Language
     Grade: 5-8
     Type: Lesson

     Writing a Story

     Collaborate with others to build a story. Afterwards, find the "bugs" in the story and fix them to give the overall story a more logical flow.


     Core Subject: English-Language Arts
     Subject: Language
     Grade: 3-6
     Type: Lesson

     Ciphering a Sentence

     Develop a cipher and encode a sentence and develop an algorithm for encoding and decoding.


     Core Subject: All
     Subject: All
     Grade: 1-6
     Type: Lesson

     Exploring Your Environment

     Gather data about a place or environment, organize the data in a table and look for patterns.


     Core Subject: All
     Subject: All
     Grade: 3-6
     Type: Lesson

     Machine Testing

     Develop a strategy for testing a mysterious new machine.


     Core Subject: All
     Subject: All
     Grade: 1-6
     Type: Lesson

     Guessing Game

     Play a guessing game with your friends and develop a process for efficient guessing.