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Computer Science Fundamentals Unit 2 Course A Lesson 1: Unspotted Bugs (2018)

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Title:

Computer Science Fundamentals Unit 2 Course A Lesson 1: Unspotted Bugs (2018)

URL:

https://curriculum.code.org/csf-18/coursea/1/

Content Source:

Code.org

Type:

Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

This lesson will guide students through the steps of debugging. Students will learn the mantra: "What happened? What was supposed to happen? What does that tell you?"

Research shows that some students have less trouble debugging a program than writing one when they first learn to code. In this lesson, we introduce the idea of debugging in a real-world sense. The goal in this lesson is to teach students steps to spot a bug and to increase persistence by showing them that it's normal to find mistakes. In later lessons, students will debug actual programs on Code.org.

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Content Standard(s):

Digital Literacy and Computer Science
DLIT (2018)
Grade: K

1) List the sequence of events required to solve problems.

Examples: Tying shoes, making a sandwich, brushing teeth.

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Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

will identify the order of events related to a specific task.

Teacher Vocabulary:

sequence

Knowledge:

Students know:

certain tasks require a specific sequence.

Skills:

Students are able to:

tell the order of events for specific task.
identify what comes next for specific tasks.
identify a step that is not in the correct order.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

the order of events is important.
events are made up of several different steps.

Digital Literacy and Computer Science
DLIT (2018)
Grade: K

13) Use a design process in a guided setting to create an artifact or solve a problem.

Example: Problem - understanding locations on the school campus. Solution - draw paper or digital maps of the school.

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Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

will find and present solutions to problems.
will use different ways to find solutions.
will test possible solutions.

Teacher Vocabulary:

define
strategy
visualize
perspective
pattern
cause
effect

Knowledge:

Students know:

solving a problem starts with finding and understanding the problem.
there can be more than one idea for a solution.
some ideas may or may not work.

Skills:

Students are able to:

find and define problems in a given context or scenerio such as story, video, in the classroom or school when given support and guidance from an adult.
use multiple strategies to find solutions to a problem when given support and guidance from an adult, such as visualizing, changing perspectives, finding patterns, stating cause and effect.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

they can solve problems in their home, classroom, and school.
there is more than one way to think through a solution to a problem.

Tags:

bug, debug, inference, persistence, prediction, problem solving, unplugged

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Author:

Aimee Bates

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Computer Science Fundamentals Unit 2 Course A Lesson 1: Unspotted Bugs (2018)