Welcome to a new episode where we're shifting our focus to a critical topic: Standard Algorithms. Today we'll be covering Period 13, where our learning intentions are to describe standard algorithms and implement a linear search to check if an item exists in an array.The What & Why of Algorithms 🧠We'll start by introducing standard algorithms as common, repeatable solutions to recurring problems in computer science. Think of them as recipes for solving specific tasks, like searching for an item, counting occurrences, or finding the minimum or maximum value in a list. Knowing these algorithms gives you a powerful toolkit for solving problems efficiently.We'll then dive into our first algorithm: the linear search. We'll explain the concept with a simple, relatable example—imagine looking for a specific card in a shuffled deck. You'd check each card, one by one, until you found the one you were looking for. This is exactly how a linear search works: it checks each element in an array sequentially until it finds the target item.Hands-on Practice 🧑‍💻We'll review the provided code for a "Linear Search to see if an item exists in an array". We'll walk you through each line, helping you understand how the code translates the linear search concept into a working program.You'll then get to practice by typing up and testing this example code. We'll follow this up with hands-on tasks from your booklets: Task 9, Problem 1a from "Software Design and Development Booklet v1.4.pdf" and Task 2a from "Kings Park Booklet.pdf". These tasks will solidify your understanding by having you apply the linear search algorithm to new problems. For those who need a bit of extra help, we'll provide a simpler array to search and encourage you to explain the purpose of each line of code in plain English. This will help you internalize the logic of the algorithm. By the end of this episode, you'll have a firm grasp of what an algorithm is and how to implement a basic linear search.

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