Problem solving

Parsely Game Book

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As the parser, you’ll take on the role of a computer game with a limited vocabulary. One by one, the players will give you commands like GO NORTH, LIGHT LAMP or GET SWORD, which you’ll follow to the best of your ability.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Content Area:

ELA

Business/Technology

Play Time:

20 min.

Report of a Workshop on the Scope and Nature of Computational Thinking

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Copies: 1

This report summarizes a workshop on the nature of computational thinking held February 19-20, 2009 in Washington, D.C., under the auspices of the National Research Council's (NRC's) Committee for the Workshops on Computational Thinking. The workshop was structured to gather inputs and insights from computer scientists, information technologists, and disciplinary experts knowledgeable about how computational thinking might be relevant to their domains of expertise.

Author:

National Research Council of the National Academies

Report of a Workshop on the Scope and Nature of Computational Thinking

Blackout

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It was a hot, summer night in the city when the power went out. Everything changed...but that was not necessarily a bad thing. Not normal can be fun.

Author:

John Rocco

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:07

I Want My Hat Back

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Bear's hat is gone. None of the animals have seen it. He is starting to become despondent, until his memory is sparked by a deer who asks just the right question.

Author:

Jon Klassen

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:09

Nelson Mandela

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This is the story of a young boy who grew up to become president of South Africa. His lifelong quest was to establish equality for people of all colors.

Author:

Kadir Nelson

Grade Level:

Elementary

Length:

00:10

Bink and Gollie: Best Friends Forever

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Copies: 7

Our favorite heroines are back to ask some big questions. Does royal blood flow through Gollie's veins? Can Bink grow tall enough to reach the peanut butter? Can the two of them, together, astonish their friends and neighbors by breaking a world record?

Clever shenanigans abound in this third book starring the marvelous companions introduced in the New York Times best-selling and Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning Bink & Gollie.

Author:

Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee

Lexile:

420L

Bink and Gollie: Two For One

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Copies: 7

Your favorite marvelous companions are back!

Meet them at the fair in this delightfully droll sequel to the New York Times bestseller and Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Bink and Gollie.

The state fair is in town, and now Bink and Gollie -- utter opposites and best friends extraordinaire -- must use teamwork and their gray matter to navigate its many wonders. Will Bink win the world's largest donuet in the Whack-a-Duck game? Will Gollie wow the crowd in the talent show?

Author:

Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee

Lexile:

270L

Bink and Gollie: Two For One

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The fair is in town and these two very different girls -- but best friends extraordinaire -- use teamwork to navigate its many wonders.

Author:

Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:14

Problem Solving Part 2 (2004)

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--review of Part 1
--the discovering patterns strategy is used to solve a problem discovering patterns in number sequences.
--the making lists and charts strategy is used to solve a problem with disparate and incomplete information
--the drawing pictures and diagrams strategy is used to solve a problem about the number of poles needed to build a fence

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:21

Problem Solving Part 1 (2004)

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--the five steps to problem solving: read and re-read the problem, identify important information, choose a strategy, solve, check the answer
--the six strategies to choose from: guessing and checking, using a simpler related problem, discovering patterns, drawing pictures and diagrams, making lists and charts, working backwards

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:19

Problem solving

Problem Solving Part 2 (2004)

Problem Solving Part 1 (2004)

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