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National Center on Intensive Intervention: Identify and Sort Common Objects
This individual or small group activity helps teach the common core standard of sorting common objects into categories to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent. Materials and detailed instructions are included.
University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Sorting Algorithms
Many clever algorithms have been devised for sorting values into order efficiently. In this activity students compare different algorithms to sort weights to simulate how computers devise sorted lists.
University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Sorting Networks
A student team activity that demonstrates an approach to parallel sorting, or how much computation can be done at the same time. It can be done on paper, but the lesson becomes more meaningful if the learners do it on a large scale,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Curious George Stem: Sort It Out! Lesson Plan
A activity where students will talk about how to sort different objects based on their characteristics. After viewing a clip from Curious George, students sort and label objects into categories.
Read Works
Read Works: Lessons: Lesson 2: Sorting Into Predetermined Groups
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students to sort items into existing categories using the book My Big World Book by Roger Priddy.
University of Auckland School of Computer Science
Morris: Sorting
A description of simple sorting algorithms such as insertion and bubble sorts.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sorting Shapes
Clean Up this Mess! The classroom shapes are in one big heap. Students will work in teams to come up with a way to sort the shapes by attributes and create a visual representation to model their thinking. Pictures and videos of the...
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Sorting Shapes [Pdf]
This task challenges a students knowledge of 2-dimensional geometrical shapes to sort shapes and to design a shape that has a given set of attributes.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Sorting the Gulf Ecosystem
In this activity, students sort images of organisms into categories such as birds, reptiles, plants, invertebrates, etc. Next they examine the provided poster of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and categorize organisms they identify. A...
Curated OER
Google for Education: Children and Technology: Sorting
Students learn about data sorting, and by what criteria can one sort things by different algorithms such as selection, insertion and bubble sort.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Size Sorting on the Big Screen
SWBAT sort objects by size. The instructor will use a Promethean board (interactive projection) to facilitate this lesson.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: So Many Squares! Red & Blue Sort It Out
SWBAT sort squares by color into 2 sets or groups.
Read Works
Read Works: Classify and Categorize Kindergarten Unit: Adding to Sorted Groups
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big Animal Book by Roger Priddy in which students learn to sort items into predetermined categories. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are...
University of Hawai'i
University of Hawaii: Bubble Sort
This page explains how a bubble sort works along with examples and source code.
University of Auckland School of Computer Science
Morris: Bin Sort
A description and demonstration of the bin sort algorithm.
Read Works
Read Works:classify/categorize Kindergarten Unit: Sorting to Predetermined Groups
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big World Book by Roger Priddy in which students learn to sort items into predetermined categories. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are included....
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Sort and Count Ii
The purpose of this task is for students to sort the same set of objects according to different attributes and to practice counting to tell the number of objects in a set. The teacher should accept any way the child wants to sort the...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Litter Critters Learn to Sort and Recycle
Learn the basics of recycling with the Litter Critters! Kids will sort trash into four different litter categories: recyclables, compost, electronic waste, and landfill waste. In Easy Mode, users sort trash into one category of litter at...
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Interactive Data Structure Visualizations: Quick Sort
A visualization / animation of a quick sort at work. The animation will work in either automatic mode or a mode where the user can drive. The animation can be found under the "Efficient Sorts" link in the left panel.
University of Auckland School of Computer Science
Morris: Quick Sort
A description and demonstration of the quick sort algorithm.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Sort and Count I
Students will have fun moving around the room and comparing items using sorting cards. They will become familiar with the math vocabulary more/less/same and most/least.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Fuzz Bugs Counting, Sorting, & Comparing
Fuzz Bugs is fun activity for Pre-K and Kindergarten children to practice counting, sorting, and comparing. Kids will interact with funny little Fuzz Bugs to complete several tasks that include: categorizing by color, counting to ten,...
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