KS3 Computer Science: Computational Thinking Topic

Fully resourced KS3 Computational Thinking topic.

Contains:

• 4 lessons
• 1 recap lesson with online quiz

All 4 topic lessons follow the structure of:

• Multiple-choice starter task
• Learning objectives
• Information slides
• Knowledge check tasks (paper / mini whiteboards)
• Main lesson task
• Answer slides (where necessary)
• Plenary task

Lessons:

• Lesson 1 - Abstraction (real-world examples, example scenario)
• Lesson 2 - Decomposition (real-world examples, example scenario)
• Lesson 3 - Pattern Recognition (real-world examples, example scenario)
• Lesson 4 - Algorithmic Thinking (real-world examples, example scenario)
• Lesson 5 - Topic Recap (keyword recap, True/False challenge, online quiz)