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