The activity continues to explore CT through a puzzle-like activity. The learner will create his/her favorite dinosaurs (or any other animal) from pieces of paper and translate them to standardized instructions. While making the instructions, the learner will think in terms of:

• decomposition,
• pattern recognition,
• abstraction, and
• algorithms.

This is the second activity in the series of Computational Thinking (CT) activities. The two other activities are:

1. A Day Trip to the Zoo, and
2. Lama to the Rescue.
   

A teacher with previous CT teaching experience can do this as a stand-alone unit. However, it is recommended to do the 'Day Trip to the Zoo' activity first in order to learn the theory better.

This digital copy includes four printable pages with detailed instructions to do the activity and cut-outs for the activity.

CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards:
Grades K-2 (Ages 5-7)

• 1A-AP-08 Model daily processes by creating and following algorithms (sets of step-by-step instructions) to complete the task
• 1A-AP-11 Decompose (break down) the steps needed to solve a problem into a precise sequence of instructions

Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-11)

• 1B-AP-11 Decompose (break down) problems into smaller, manageable subproblems to facilitate the program development process.

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