Learning objective
- To understand what decomposition is and how to apply it to solve problems.
Success criteria
- I can decompose a problem.
- I can use decomposition
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National curriculum
Computing
Pupils should be taught to:
- Design,
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Cross-curricular links
Physical Education
Pupils should be taught
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should identify two key features of the game and think about how to code them.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should think about extra features they could add to their game and how they might code them, e.g. adding further obstacles for the bug to bump into or making their bug bigger or smaller; could write a step-by-step explanation of how to decompose a piece of code.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: understanding what the different code blocks
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Vocabulary definitions
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abstraction
Identifying the important detail and ignoring irrelevant information.
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algorithm design
Creating a formula or set of instructions to solve the problem.
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 28th March, 2024
