Creating a digital start line and finish line with micro:bits (Years 7-8)
The following activity suggests one-way Digital Technologies could be integrated into a unit where vehicles are being designed and produced. Coding examples are provided in three ways: pseudocode, visual programming and general-purpose programming (Python/micro-python).
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 7-8 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Document |
| Core and overarching concepts | Implementation (programming), Data acquisition, Data interpretation, Specification (decomposing problems), Algorithms, Digital systems, Computational thinking, Impact and interactions, Systems thinking |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI8K02
Investigate how data is transmitted and secured in wired and wireless networks including the internet
AC9TDI8P04
Define and decompose real-world problems with design criteria and by creating user stories
AC9TDI8P09
Implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language
AC9TDI8P10
Evaluate existing and student solutions against the design criteria, user stories and possible future impact |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | Electronic programming boards |
| Keywords | Algorithms, general-purpose programming language, pseudocode, visual programming, DTIF, DTiF, dtif, ACARA |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Literacy, 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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