Activities: Flowcharts: Simple Instructions and a Decision

After you made a simple flowchart to show a sequence of events/instructions, add a small complication. eg

1. Draw a chart to show how to walk from where you are now to get the red book from the table and back to your original position.
2. Follow the flowchart instructions exactly as though you are a robot and don't know how to do the task without instructions. 

It could look something like this...

Stand up

Walk 10 steps to the table

Pick up the book

Is it a red book?       NO YES

Turn around

Walk 10 steps back to your chair

Sit down

Were the steps in order? Where they all correct? Did you leave any steps out?

Try some more complex tasks

If you have a group, swap flowcharts and follow each others instructions.

Does that make it easier to notice missing or incorrect information?

What would happen if a flowchart was wrong in a factory?