During the Innovative Designer/Computational Thinker unit, 6th grade students will work with a team to use coding to solve a real world problem using the Engineering Design Process. They will be able to:

• apply general understanding of computer systems to make sense of human-made machines
• use the engineering design process and apply technology to use the best digital tool to solve problems
• develop efficient solutions to computational problems by breaking into sub-problems and identifying parts that can be abstracted and modularized
• troubleshoot to solve problems
• use digital tools to collect and organize information
• understand that computers are systems of inputs, outputs, and processors that can perform many tasks very quickly
• recognize specific terminology such as: Design process (ask, model, explore, evaluate, explain), Criteria, Constraints, Decision matrix, Engineer, Input, Output, Pixel, Binary, Data, Processing, Programming (sequencing, repetitions, conditionals, events, functions, variables)

Students will learn these skills while using Google Classroom, Google Slides, Google Drawings, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Expeditions with VR Viewers, Google Forms, PLTW, Tynker, and Quizlet.

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