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STEM Foundations

10 lessons, around 2 hours

  1. 1

    An algorithm is a list of clear steps that, if followed in order, takes you from

    12 min

  2. 2

    Data is anything you record about the world

    12 min

  3. 3

    A network is a set of points and the connections between them

    12 min

  4. 4

    A pattern is a thing that repeats

    12 min

  5. 5

    A system is a set of parts that affect each other, working together to produce s

    13 min

  6. 6

    Every machine that does useful work takes something in, does something with it,

    12 min

  7. 7

    Most of life is doing the same thing again and again

    12 min

  8. 8

    Until now, every algorithm we have looked at runs in a straight line, top to bot

    12 min

  9. 9

    If a computer could only run one moment at a time, it would be useless

    13 min

  10. 10

    We have spent nine lessons separating the ideas, algorithm, data, network, patte

    14 min