Extension: Five Days of Diwali
Sorting Networks & Computational Thinking
Related
Cross-Curricular Links
Year Levels
Y3-4 (Guided)
Y5-6+
Duration
1 lesson
Resources
Differentiation
Make the activity more kinaesthetic by recreating the sorting network on the floor of the classroom or outdoors, then assign each day to a different learner and have them move through the sorting network.
Extension
Guide learners to deepen their understanding of Diwali by researching more about the festival using digital resources and presenting their findings.
Challenge learners to consider how we can adjust the sorting network to accommodate data sets of more or less than six items. How would this change things? How many more rounds would we need?
About Activity
This extension theme pairs with the Using a Sorting Network template activity to focus on significant dates related to Diwali.
Follow the template activity guide along with the content focus of the Celebrating Diwali extension guide to consider each of the five days of the Festival of Lights, then use a simple sorting algorithm to think like a computer to organise the days into order.
Use the extension guide together with the Using a Sorting Network template activity guide and sorting network diagram.
Activity Guide
