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Cs Unplugged: Divide and Conquer
Imagine 31 numbers have been organized in ascending order in a list by a computer program. Now the program has to find a number in the list, but it can only look at one number at a time. Is it easier to find the number now, than if they...
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Code.org: Cs Fundamentals: Lesson 6: Processing
Students complete two unplugged card sorting activities to explore the meaning of processing and its relationship to problem-solving.
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Code.org: Cs Fundamentals: Lesson 4: Debugging With Laurel
Students will practice debugging in the "collector" environment. Students will get to practice reading and editing code to fix puzzles with simple algorithms, loops and nested loops.
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Cs Unplugged: Quick Card Flip Magic
Every item of data that we store and transmit has extra bits added to it to prevent errors. Can you find the error and correct it?
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Cs Unplugged: Product Code Check Digits
Find out how to check dockets at the supermarket and be sure that what is purchased matches the docket.
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Cs Unplugged: Parity Magic
This activity will look at how computers correct errors automatically.
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Cs Unplugged: Unit Plan: Error Detection and Correction
This unit and lessons explores how digital devices detect and correct errors in data, and why sometimes computers can detect errors, but don't have enough information to correct them.