• Humans make decisions every minute. Big decisions, like what to believe, who to like, and what to do with our life; and small decisions like what to eat, when to sleep, and whether to pet our cat when it meows.
• Sometimes we act logical.
• Sometimes we act very illogical.
• The bigger the decision, the more complex it gets, with many different factors to consider.

• Most of the time, our decisions are simple, and follow a certain kind of logic.
• For example: How do you decide when to get up for school?
• This depends on a few factors:
• How long does it take you to get ready, and how long does it take you to get to school?
• If getting ready takes 40 minutes and getting to school takes 20 minutes, then you should likely be getting up at least 60 minutes before school. Logic! (and some math)

• Computers make decisions every nanosecond (a billionth of a second!). They act very logical, even if we don't always understand what they're doing.
• Before we can start to program computers, we have to start to think like a computer.
  Image by Max Pixel is licensed under CC0
  
• Computers think in logic, and computer logic involves a lot of yes/no scenarios (also known as boolean: true/false or 1/0).
• Flowcharts are a great way to start training our brains to think logically.

We use flowcharts to diagram a step-by-step approach to solving a task or making a decision.

• A basic flowchart includes a few things:
• A Starting Point - Usually rounded.
• Decisions - Where we decide things. A Yes/No question in a diamond shape.
• Processes - Where something happens. Usually square.
• One or more End Points - This is the end result of our flow chart. Often rounded
• Check out the wiki page for more parts of a flowchart.

• We read flow charts by starting at the Start, then following the arrows. At each decision, make a choice and follow the arrow. Continue until you reach and End point.
• Flow charts can be as simple or complex as needed. Sometimes the arrows loop back to the start, sometimes they stop in a dead-end.

Flowcharts are a powerful problem-solving tool. The following comic, although intended to be funny, provides a very good reminder that we can solve our own problems if we think hard, try different things, and search online:

"Tech Support Cheat Sheet" by xkcd is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.5

• How to survive a zombie apocalypse
• How to decide if you need... a flow chart
• Am I a horse?
• Photography flowchart
• Is it dystopia?
• So you need a typeface

• Pick a topic. It could be silly, serious, helpful, or entirely random.
• Make a flow chart. Be sure to have a starting point, plenty of decisions, arrows, and results.
• Be as creative as you'd like: feel free to include colours, graphics, fonts, etc.
• How do you make a flowchart? You have many options:

• 
  https://creately.com/creately-start

• 
  https://miro.com/signup/
• You can also use your favourite graphics program.
• Or pen and paper!

• Once you have completed your flowchart, upload it as an image file to this unit as evidence of your learning.