Unit 1: Problem Solving Process

What are some ways that information is input into the computer?

typing keyboard, touch screen, mouse click

What are "Reflect's" questions or power terms?

How to improve? Why did it fail? New problem?

What makes a computer a computer?

It has the following four parts: input, process, storage, output

What are "Define's" questions or power terms?

What problem are you trying to solve? What does success look like? What are the rules?

What are some ways that information is output from a computer?

monitor view, speakers audio, document printout

What are "try's" questions or power terms?

test it out, take action, fact check it

Aluminum Boat's Define

My partner and I find out the rules that we create boat out of aluminum and that it has to hold pennies.

Aluminum Boat's Prepare

My partner and I gather materials (foil and penny) and draw a plan.

Aluminum Boat's Try

My partner and I take action by building the boat and testing it out in the water with pennies.

Aluminum Boat's Reflect

My partner and I think about what went wrong and what went right. How can it improve? Why did it sink?

algorithm

a list of steps needed to finish a task

phone sensor

a measurement added on to a smartphone, examples accelerometer, touchscreen, GPS, camera focus lens,

problem solving process

a way to approach any type of problem by these four steps: Define, Prepare, Try, Reflect

What are "Prepare's" questions or power terms?

brainstorm, plan, compare pros & cons

What are some types of information that a computer stores?

documents, photos, music, date & time

What are some ways a computer is processing?

opening MS Word, clicking to play video or music

accelerometer

phone sensor that measure acceleration