Unit Award Scheme

shown knowledge of

1. basic errors and how to find and fix them on a computer

2. why debugging is important

3. how trial and error can be used to solve a problem

demonstrated the ability to

4. identify and fix errors in at least two everyday activities, eg sorting by colour, maths, written sentences

5. ‘understand’, ‘plan’ and ‘test’ debugging an algorithm on the computer program

6. solve a minimum of two errors in simple algorithms on the computer program

7. draw a comic strip about debugging a real life problem

experienced

8. watching a video on computer bugs

9. playing a game where the student needs to spot the ‘glitch’ in an algorithm

10. problem solving with a given program

shown knowledge of

11. what flexible sequencing is

12. who Grace Hopper is and why she is important

13. key facts about the first computer bug

14. the vocabulary ‘bug’ and ‘debugging’.