Year 6 - Design and technology
Museum alarm programming and fault finding
Systems and control: sensor alarms
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Unit Summary
This unit develops pupils' programming and control knowledge, with a focus on monitoring. Debugging and troubleshooting will be introduced. Pupils will learn how to integrate a BBC Micro:bit in a product and use sensors to program a light display.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to program a micro:bit alarm system and test faults in a circuit.
Key Notes
- Micro:bit alarm systems can be programmed in many ways using Tinkercad.
- When testing circuits, one component should be tested at a time.
- There can be many reasons why a circuit does not work.
- Electrical components must have the correct current flow.
Vocabulary To Learn
- millisecond: one thousandth of a second
- accelerometer: a device that measures how quickly something is speeding up or slowing down
- fault finding: testing electrical equipment to check whether it's working safely and correctly
- logical: thinking in steps, using what you already know, and coming up with sensible solutions
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Connected circuits will always work.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Micro:bit alarm systems can be programmed in many ways using Tinkercad. When testing circuits, one component should be tested at a time.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'millisecond'
one thousandth of a second.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Connected circuits will always work. Correction: Circuits need to be checked that the connections are accurate and the components all work.
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