Lesson 1: Algorithms and Flowcharts

Understand what algorithms are and how they relate to mathematics, and learn to write simple algorithms in English and represent them visually using flowchart diagrams.

You can find instructional slides below:

Student Resources

Lesson 1 Worksheet (1 per student)Google Doc, PDF, MS Word

VCAA Mathematics 2.0 Curriculum Coverage

This lesson partially addresses the Level 5 – Number content descriptor VC2M5N10: design algorithms involving a sequence of steps and decisions that will sort and classify sets of shapes according to their attributes, and describe how the algorithms work.

The above content descriptor is fully addressed by completing the entire sequence of lessons in this course.

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