Part of the KS3 computing scheme of work (Years 7 to 9).
KS3 Computing Year 8: Thinking Puzzles: Bebras-style Computational Thinking is a step-by-step online learn guide for Key Stage 3 pupils in Years 7 to 9. It covers what are thinking puzzles? Strategies that work, decomposition: breaking problems down, pattern recognition: spotting rules, abstraction: maps, graphs and models, algorithms: following and tracing instructions, logic and conditions and optimisation: finding the best solution, then brings it all together with mixed retrieval and unit challenge.
There are 23 short steps of about 15 minutes (roughly 6 hours of learning), each made of bite-size explanations with key words, tables and examples, and every bite-size is followed by an activity you check straight away. Key terms include Computational thinking, Systematic, Decomposition, Sub-problem, Pattern recognition, Rule, Abstraction, Graph, Algorithm, Trace, Condition and AND.
