Sequencing

Guiding Ideas

These learning activities are designed to provide the learner with flexibility and choice in his/her learning.

The learner will be introduced to three tutorials that are at three levels of difficulty (Novice, Intermediate and Expert) which are followed by an educational activity where he/she can apply coding skills.

Within each tutorial, the learner will have the option of selecting a coding language (Blocks, JavaScript or Python).

The learner may choose a tutorial at his/her appropriate difficulty level and language OR choose to complete all tutorials and the educational activity. It will take approximately an hour to complete all the activities.

GUIDING QUESTIONS

• What are the steps to make a PBJ sandwich? Check to see if your steps are same as a classmate. Is the PBJ sandwich the same at the end of the steps?

In most cases, the students are going to have some steps that are different than the others. Really draw attention to doing the steps EXACTLY as said and seeing how each outcome could be slightly different.

• Are there rules in English that have to be followed in order to spell words correctly? Name 2 rules and give an example of each rule. (Other languages may be substituted for English).

Some examples are I before E except after C, every word must have at least 1 vowel, Q is always followed by a U, etc.

• In Mathematics, what is the order of operations? What happens when the order of operations is not followed?

The order of operations are Parentheses, Exponents, Multiply, Divide, Add, and Subtract. If you don’t follow the order of operations, you will not get the correct answer.

• How does changing the sequence of the code affect how it runs?

Code is run in the order it is written. If you write it out of order, the code will run incorrectly or draw an error.