Sorting Socks is Algorithm Complexity
This lesson introduces some simple ideas about algorithms and their complexity through a series of exercises involving a collection of socks.
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11 - 13CATEGORIES:
Computing, Mathematical Applications, Technology
Animation with Object Efficiency
This lesson shows how an object made of connected parts can be animated by displaying it as a series of graphic images.
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Data Representation: Millions of Colors
By first creating, and then playing a card game, students learn how additive color is represented as binary and hexadecimal numbers.
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14 - 17CATEGORIES:
Computing, Mathematical Applications, Technology
Coloring Discrete Structures
This lesson introduces students to areas of mathematics that computer scientists use to do computational problems.
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11 - 13CATEGORIES:
Computing, Mathematical Applications, Technology
Vector Graphics Use Functions
This lesson introduces vector graphics and functions through a collaborative design activity.
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14 - 18CATEGORIES:
Computing, Mathematical Applications, Technology
The Boat and the Beetle
This lesson further develops principles of floating and sinking to young learners.
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Recursion: Smaller Sibling Pyramids
Recursion, Iteration (Looping), and Concurrency. In the first of two sessions (at most an hour each), students are asked to calculate a simple summation by themselves, based on a procedure they ar
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Graphics: Bits and Points
Computer graphics dominates young people’s lives. Their worldview is heavily influenced by pixels.
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Graphics: Calculating Color
In a digital world we take color for granted. Through off-computer activities, students learn the difference between additive and subtractive color, and how images are generated on screen and tran
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Boolean Algebra is Elementary
Sherlock Holmes delighted in saying ‘It’s elementary, my dear Watson’. This lesson provides a brief overview of how Boolean algebra provides the basis for artificial intelligence reasoning.
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