Donate
Search Avatar
Avatar
CLOVER Logo
Start learning with CLOVER
Professional Resources
Menu
Clear
Search Icon

Ready to Launch

By the end of this activity, you will learn the definition of decomposition in computer science, how to break down regular objects into small parts, and the importance of simplifying complex problems through decomposition.

Decomposition means breaking big problems down into smaller, easier parts. When programmers decompose code, they make the code easier to read and reuse.  From household items to rockets to code, anything can be decoded!

Overview
Grades 5-8
60 min
Topics
Computer Science

Related products

More activities like this

Cloud Computing

Grades 3-8
30 min

Viewing Your Farmland with Stereoscopic Technology - Activity 1

Grades 5-12
45 min

Break it Down! Using Decomposition

Grades 3-8
45 min

Ready to Launch

Grades 5-8
60 min
Course

Media Design

Grades 5-9
4 activities

Creating a Virtual Farming System - Activity 4

Grades 5-12
45 min

Patterns, Puzzles, & Tesselations

Grades 3-8
45 min

Functions and Variables

Grades 6-12
60 min

Inspire Kids to Do List

Grades Pre K-12
15 min

Tech Changemakers - 9. During the Workshop

Grades 6-12
15 min

Mission: #GAMECLOVER

Grades 3-8
45 min

Code Your Morning Routine

Grades 3-8
30 min

Sequence a Drone Delivery

Grades 3-8
45 min

Design Methods

Grades 6-9
30 min

Fun Fact Factory - Introducing Arrays

Grades 6-9
45 min

Object - Oriented Programming

Grades 6-12
60 min

Code Your Quilt

Grades 5-8
90 min

Artifical Intelligence Unplugged

Grades 5-8
45 min

Code Your Ride

Grades 5-12
60 min

How Does the Internet Work?

Grades 6-12
30 min

Cipher Space

Grades 3-8
30 min
Course

What is Computer Science?

Grades 3-5
5 activities
Course

Coding in Python

Grades 8-12
5 activities

IoT in the Physical Environment

Grades 3-8
30 min

Computer Languages

Grades 3-8
15 min

Cooking Code

Grades 3-8
2 hrs

Tech Changemakers - 4. Foundational Knowledge

Grades 6-12
15 min

Pitch and Evaluation

Grades 6-9
30 min

Brainstorming

Grades 6-9
30 min

Code Your Communication

Grades 3-8
30 min

Tech Changemakers - 10. After the Workshop

Grades 6-12
15 min

Control Flow and Conditional Statements

Grades 6-12
60 min

Code Your Garden

Grades 5-8
60 min

Computer Hardware and Software

Grades 3-8
15 min

Touring Your Virtual Farming System With Mozilla Spoke and Hubs - Activity 5

Grades 5-12
45 min

Jumping Sprite - Introducing Functions

Grades 5-8
60 min

Tech Changemakers - 1. Why Are You Here?

Grades 6-12
15 min

Plotting Your Farmland with Equirectangular Maps - Activity 2

Grades 5-12
45 min
Course

Virtual Agriculture

Grades 5-12
5 activities

Photo Editing

Grades 5-8
45 min

Say My Name - Introducing Variables

Grades 5-8
60 min

What is a Computer?

Grades 3-8
30 min

Introduction to Python Coding

Grades 6-12
60 min

Typography

Grades 6-9
30 min

Enumerations

Grades 6-12
30 min

Coding a Catching Apples Game - Introducing Conditional Code

Grades 5-8
60 min

Artificial Intelligence

Grades 3-8
30 min
Course

Computational Thinking

Grades 3-8
4 activities

Graphic Design

Grades 6-9
45 min

Tech Changemakers - 2. Assembling the Team

Grades 6-12
15 min

How Do Satellites Communicate?

Grades 6-12
30 min

Game Design

Grades 5-8
60 min

Scientific Expedition in CS

Grades 6-8
45 min

Tech Changemakers - 3. Team Building and Bonding

Grades 6-12
15 min

Tech Changemakers - 8. Registering and Finalizing Your Workshop

Grades 6-12
15 min

Digital Citizenship

Grades 3-8
30 min

Prototyping

Grades 6-9
30 min
Course

Tech Changemakers

Grades 6-12
10 activities

Quiz Show Game - Introducing Parameters

Grades 6-9
60 min
Course

Coding in Scratch

Grades 5-12
10 activities

Code a Spirograph - Introducing Loops

Grades 5-8
60 min

Algorithms

Grades 3-8
45 min

Abstraction - It Matters!

Grades 3-8
30 min

Coding a Ping-Pong Game with While Loops

Grades 5-9
60 min

Make a Maze Game with Logical Operators

Grades 5-9
60 min

Tech Changemakers - 5. Community Research

Grades 6-12
15 min

Design Thinking

Grades 6-9
30 min

Code a Maze in Scratch - Introducing Commands

Grades 5-8
60 min

Robot Dancing

Grades 5-8
60 min

Code Your Walk

Grades 3-8
45 min

Tech Changemakers - 6. Building Community Partnership

Grades 6-12
15 min

Tech Changemakers - 7. Designing Your Workshop

Grades 6-12
15 min

Fact or Fiction

Grades 3-8
60 min
Course

Computer Science Unplugged

Grades 3-12
12 activities
Curriculum

Google x 4-H Computer Science Curriculum

Grades 1-12
5 activities
Course

Design & Technology

Grades 5-8
5 activities

Digital Art

Grades 6-9
15 min

Number Guessing Game - Introducing Types & Initializers

Grades 6-9
45 min

Using Your Equirectangular Map as a Virtual Background - Activity 3

Grades 5-12
45 min