DIY micro:bit metal detector (Years 5-6)
This activity shows one way to incorporate Digital Technologies into a goldfields unit in an authentic way using a micro:bit.
Additional details
Year band(s) | 5-6 |
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Content type | Lesson ideas |
Format | Document |
Core and overarching concepts | Implementation (programming), Data acquisition, Data interpretation, Specification (decomposing problems), Algorithms, Digital systems |
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI6K01
Investigate the main internal components of common digital systems and their function
AC9TDI6K02
Examine how digital systems form networks to transmit data
AC9TDI6P01
Define problems with given or co developed design criteria and by creating user stories
AC9TDI6P05
Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input |
Technologies & Programming Languages | Electronic programming boards |
Keywords | data collection, data interpretation, algorithms, implementation, micro:bit, digital systems, peripheral device, DTIF, DTiF, dtif, ACARA |
Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Literacy, Numeracy, Digital Literacy |
Organisation | Australian Government Department of Education and Training |
Copyright | Australian Government Department of Education and Training, CC BY 4.0 |
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