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Unplugged Activity | Algorithms

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(Amy Hirotaka - Code.org)
Lesson six teaches algorithms

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and gets across how important it is to be as clear as possible.

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This lesson has two parts.

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The first uses tangrams,

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which are puzzle pieces that look like this.

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If you don't have tangrams,

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you or your students can cut them out by hand.

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Students will have to explain, to a fellow classmate, how to

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arrange tangrams in a specific pattern,

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but the second student isn't able to see what the original pattern is.

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In the second half of the activity,

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we ask students to figure out how many

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different ways they can fold a piece of paper

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to create 16 identical rectangles.

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Then, you'll discuss how multiple solutions

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can lead to the same end result

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and why some solutions are better in certain situations.