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Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Daisy, Brownie, or Junior Coding Basics badge requirements.

Items Needed:

• Origami paper, at least enough for two sheet for each scout
• Print your choice of Origami step by step instructions
  • ESL Vault Instructions
  • Lincolnwood School District Instructions
  • Teachers Pay Teachers Free Downloadables

Instructions:

When making paper animals, following a clear sequence of instructions can help save time and reduce mistakes. This is similar to computer code, where a computer needs step-by-step instructions written in code to perform tasks.

1. Take a square piece of paper and fold it into the shape of a your chosen origami without any cutting, gluing, or looking at references.
2. Reflect on the process: How did it go? What was easy? What was difficult? How long did it take?
3. Take another piece of paper and fold it into your chosen origami again, this time using step-by-step instructions.
4. Reflect again: How do the two compare? Which process was easier or faster? Which process would you choose if you had to do it again?

Explain that the instructions we followed is an algorithm, step-by-step instructions.

For Brownies and Juniors – explain Sequencing: You must follow the algorithm in the right order to reach the correct ending. If we changed up when we folded things, would we get the same origami? That’s called sequencing: following the steps in the right order.