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Unplugged - Real Life Algorithms - Paper Airplanes

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    Unplugged Activity | Real Life Algorithms:
    Paper Airplanes
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    This lesson is called Real Life Algorithms.
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    Algorithms describe things
    that people do everyday. Cookie recipes and
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    directions for building a birdhouse are both
    everyday algorithms. Today we're gonna make,
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    create, and test an algorithm for a paper
    airplane. But first, we need to break this
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    big project into easy to follow small steps.
    For making a paper airplane, we need to decide
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    what steps to take and in what order to take
    them. You'll create your algorithm by first
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    cutting apart the pictures. Next, you'll select
    the 6 pictures that show the steps needed
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    to make a paper airplane and arrange those
    pictures in the correct order. After you have
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    everything in order, you will trade algorithms
    with another student team to test out the
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    algorithm to see if the algorithm works. A
    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
    steps has its own set of smaller steps. And
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    there are different recipes, or algorithms,
    depending on how we want the chocolate to
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    taste. Each step is important, even the small
    ones. So without one step, the rest of them
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    cannot be completed. Creating algorithms that
    others can understand is really important.
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    That's why each step has to be written down,
    so no matter who does it, the result is the same.
Title:
Unplugged - Real Life Algorithms - Paper Airplanes
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English
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01:44

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