In this LESSON you will learn about:

Learning Objectives:
How does a computer organise data or information?  What methods does it use?  In this lesson you will learn about the Bubble Sort method and how it works?
  1. ​​​​Know what a Bubble Sort?
  2. Understand how a Binary Sort works and what the features are.
  3. Take part in Bubble Sort exercises. 

Lesson Overview 

Resources
Starter:
Think of the ways that you can sort / order data, list them in your book.
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Main:
  1. Learn what a Bubble Sort is and how to conduct one, record the method in your books
  2. Now that you know a about a Bubble Sort and how it works, try completing the worksheet 'BS Practice'.  Ensure that you go through each of the steps.  Do not be tempted to skip ahead and guess the answers.
  3. Swap and peer mark another students work.
  4. Try a practically hands on Bubble Sort, your teacher will give you some objects to order, (playing cards, letters, domino etc. or use students' names)
  5. Recap the features of the Bubble Sort and write down any extra notes / points to support your understanding.
  6. Explore the Bubble Sort below created using Python code.  Look at the coding and how the program works.

​​​Plenary:​​
What you learnt today?  Write down three sentences in your book.

A Bubble Sort Coded in Python:
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Home Study:

Research what a INSERTION SORT is