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Lesson 2: Machine learning

Learning that computers can use algorithms to make informed and calculated predictions.
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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: What do you remember? Recap what decomposition means (breaking things down into smaller parts). Read the slide and remind the children how they used decomposition to predict and write algorithms for the dinosaur game in the previous lesson. Allow time for paired discussion.

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In this unit

Assessment – Computing Y2: Algorithms and debuggingLesson 1: Dinosaur algorithm
Lesson 2: Machine learning
Lesson 3: Through the mazeLesson 4: Making mapsLesson 5: Unplugged debugging
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