Description

Overview:

In this lesson students look at a simple example of how a computer could be used to complete the decision making step of the data problem solving process. Students are given the task of creating an algorithm that could suggest a vacation spot. Students then create rules, or an algorithm, that a computer could use to make this decision automatically. Students share their rules and what choices their rules would make with the class data. They then use their rules on data from their classmates to test whether their rules would make the same decision that a person would. The lesson concludes with a discussion about the benefits and drawbacks of using computers to automate the data problem solving process.

Subject:

Computer Science

Level:

Middle School, High School

Grades:

Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9

Material Type:

Lesson Plan

Provider:

Code.org

Provider Set:

CS Discoveries 2019-2020

Date Added:

09/10/2019