Description

Overview:

In this lesson students create their own system for representing information. They begin by brainstorming all the different systems they already use to represent yes-no responses. They then work in small groups to create a system that can represent any letter in the alphabet using only a single stack of cards. The cards used have one of 6 different possible drawings (6 animals, 6 colors, etc.) and so to represent the entire alphabet students will need to use patterns of multiple cards to represent each letter. Students create messages with their systems and exchange with other groups to ensure the system worked as intended. In the wrap-up discussion the class reviews any pros and cons of the different systems. They discuss commonalities between working systems and recognize that there are many possible solutions to this problem and what's important is that everyone use the same arbitrary system to communicate.

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