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Classroom ideas: Micro:bit Environmental Measurement (visual programming) (Years 5-6)

This tutorial shows the coding needed for digital solutions of some environmental issues that can be created using pseudocode and visual programming. It can also be created using general-purpose programming.

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Year band(s) 5-6
Content type Lesson ideas
Format Document
Core and overarching concepts Abstraction, Data acquisition, Data interpretation, Algorithms, Implementation (programming), Specification (decomposing problems), Impact and interactions, Computational thinking, Systems thinking
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

AC9TDI6P02   

Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration

AC9TDI6P03   

Design a user interface for a digital system

AC9TDI6P04   

Generate, modify, communicate and evaluate designs

AC9TDI6P05   

Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input
Keywords Data collection, data representation, data interpretation, DTiF, dtif, DTIF, ACARA, microbit, micro:bit, environment, digital solution, general purpose programming, visual programming, programming
Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs Literacy, Digital Literacy, Numeracy
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Australian Government Department of Education and Training
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Australian Government Department of Education and Training, CC BY 4.0

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