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Advanced Sequencing | 5.1 Engage

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Advanced Sequencing | 5.1 Engage

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Watch the video What is the Internet - BBC Learning. (Link: https://youtu.be/VBKa9Ay8ebs)

Discuss how technology and the internet have changed how people live and work. Use the following questions to guide a discussion.

How did people send information and talk before technology and the internet?

Possible answers: Mail, telephone

How has the internet made sharing information easier?

Possible Answers: Sharing via the internet is faster, you don’t have to waste gas or travel

How else has the internet changed our lives? (positive or negative)

Possible Answers: People can stay inside all day because of the internet and technology.

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Advanced Sequencing | 5.1 Engage

A

B

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Activate Prior Knowledge by engaging the class in a discussion about efficiency. Draw a point on the board and label it A, then draw another point and label it B. Then draw a straight line between the dots. Then draw another line but with some curves, turns, and swirls. These line will represent the path way of traveling from point A to B. Read the following steps of the problem to the class:

You are in a car and traveling from here, Point A and you need to get there, Point B, but you have very limited gas.
Which path would you take? (Call on a few students and ask them to explain their answer.)
Ask the class if they agree or disagree with their classmates reasoning.

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Efficiency

to avoid wasting time, energy, or power

An efficient program will use the least amount of commands when possible.

Which sequence below is more efficient? Why?

Advanced Sequencing | 5.1 Engage

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Sequence your morning routine

Wake up
…
Arrive at school

What do you do after you wake up and before you get to school?

Advanced Sequencing | 5.1 Engage