Teach students about how abstractions make work more efficient and structures in coding. Your planning can be done in minutes and your students will love these activities.

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This easy-to-prep resource includes:

• two complete teacher lesson plans including possible modifications for differentiation.
• definition of abstractions.
• examples of abstractions in daily life.
• coding structures: loops, conditionals and sequences using visual block-based languages (which can be done offline).
• unplugged coding opportunities based on visual block-based coding.
• advantages & disadvantages of computer use.
• potential future computer use impacts.
• using the design process.
• assessment tools for students and teachers.
• student pages in a variety of formats.
• suggested answers and answer keys.
• a digital version of all the student pages that use Google Slides. You must download the PDF file and use the access link in the file to get your digital copy.
• an alignment guide for Alberta Outcomes.

This lesson aligns with:

• Alberta Science Curriculum © 2022 Grade 6 (new outcomes)

This lesson supports:

• learning about how to simplify instructions or steps.
• learning about visual block-based coding (but this is unplugged).

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