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Unplugged Activity | Real Life Algorithms:[br]Paper Airplanes

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This lesson is called Real Life Algorithms.

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Algorithms describe things[br]that people do everyday. Cookie recipes and

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directions for building a birdhouse are both[br]everyday algorithms. Today we're gonna make,

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create, and test an algorithm for a paper[br]airplane. But first, we need to break this

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big project into easy to follow small steps.[br]For making a paper airplane, we need to decide

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what steps to take and in what order to take[br]them. You'll create your algorithm by first

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cutting apart the pictures. Next, you'll select[br]the 6 pictures that show the steps needed

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to make a paper airplane and arrange those[br]pictures in the correct order. After you have

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everything in order, you will trade algorithms[br]with another student team to test out the

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algorithm to see if the algorithm works. A[br]well designed algorithm is super important

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to making the best paper airplane.

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When we want to make chocolate, there are many big

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steps to that process. And each of those big[br]steps has its own set of smaller steps. And

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there are different recipes, or algorithms,[br]depending on how we want the chocolate to

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taste. Each step is important, even the small[br]ones. So without one step, the rest of them

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cannot be completed. Creating algorithms that[br]others can understand is really important.

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That's why each step has to be written down,[br]so no matter who does it, the result is the same.