High School Math and Software Development

Course

Computational Thinking

Subjects

Math

Robotics & Coding

Grade Levels

Duration (hours)

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Overview

This unit continues students’ understanding of computational thinking (CT) by having them apply computational thinking skills to problems in mathematics and software engineering. The framework students will use to accomplish this is the software development process.

Standards

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSN.Q.A.2

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSN.Q.A.3

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.IF.B.5

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.BF.A.1

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSG.GMD.A.3

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSG.MG.A.1

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSG.MG.A.2

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSG.MG.A.3

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.ID.A.2

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.IC.A.2

Cyber Connections

Computational Thinking

Decomposition

Coding/Programming

Secure Communications

Digital Citizenship

Information Literacy

Hardware and Software

Lessons

Using Computational Thinking to Solve Small Problems in Mathematics

Task 1: Are Double Stuf Oreo™s Really Double the Stuff?

In this task, students will mathematically determine if Double Stuf Oreo™ cookies are truly double the stuff. Even though we will not develop software to solve this problem, we will still use the software development cycle to guide our progress.

Software Development Process
Computational Thinking
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Data Representation
Automation

Task 2: Even or Odd

In this task, students are going to learn how to create a simple app for young children. This app will determine if a given number is even or odd.

Computational Thinking
Software Development Process
Even or Odd Numbers
Task 3: Lowest common denominator finder
In this task, students are going to make an app that finds the lowest common denominator.
Computational Thinking
Software Development Process
Lowest common denominator

Using Computational Thinking to Solve Medium Problems in Mathematics

Task 1: Feeding the hungry

In this task, you are going to use the software development process to determine (a) if there is enough food in your county or parish to help the hungry and (b) how you can best get the food to them.

Computational Thinking
Parallelization
Data Representation
Food
Task 2: The Game of Nim
In this task, students are going to create an app that plays Nim, a simple game with many variations.
Computational Thinking
Software Development Process
Data Collection
Automation
Machine Learning

Using Computational Thinking to Solve Large Problem in Mathematics

Task 1: Avoiding Gerrymandering

In this task, students are going to redraw the congressional districts for your state. The goal is to redraw them using the simplest geometric shapes possible so that the districts make more sense to the common person yet they still follow the districting rules for your state.

Gerrymandering
Computational Thinking
Parallelization
Data Collection