Algorithms: Using steps and sequencing to solve problems
Decomposition: Breaking things down into smaller manageable parts
- Story sequence
- Fiction/nonfiction pre-writing
- Text structure
- Grammar
- Individual letter sounds
- Writing process
- Poetry analysis
- Word parts
- PEMDAS
- Mathematical standard algorithms
- Ordered pairs
- Finding groups of ten
- Combining friendly numbers
- Partial sums
- Solving systems of equations
- Experiments
- Labs
- Engineering design process
- Parts of a scientific process
- Dichotomous key
- Chemical reaction (equations)
- Cause and effect
- Constructing timelines
- Historical data sets
- Societal context of a situation
- Geography
- Reading and playing a song
- Algorithmic music/art composition
- Art critique
- One movement or chorus of a song
- Drills
- Steps of a dance
- Game plays
- Celebration handshakes
- Game plays with graphics or diagrams
- Working on a specific part or mechanic of a shot, a swing, etc.
- Language acquisition order
- Grammar
- Word parts: families, roots
Algorithms and Decomposition
Below is a list of examples for how different content areas use the computational thinking skills of algorithms and decomposition.