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Year 9 - Design and technology

Circuits in Tinkercad

Functional prototypes: wearable technology

Unit Summary

Pupils will deepen their understanding of systems and control. They will be introduced to engineered fabrics and the associated manufacturing processes. This knowledge and understanding will be applied through the design and manufacture of a wearable technology product.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to combine input, process and output components to create functioning circuits.

Key Notes

  • The context is wearable technology - to keeps pupils safe when travelling to and from school in the dark.
  • Electronic systems have input, process and output components.
  • Tinkercad circuits can be used to design and simulate electronic circuits.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • context: the situation within which something exists or happens
  • systems: a set of related parts or components used to create an outcome
  • CAD: Computer Aided Design
  • simulation: imitate a product or process to test it

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Designing with electonics must always involve physical components and circuits.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

The context is wearable technology - to keeps pupils safe when travelling to and from school in the dark. Electronic systems have input, process and output components.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'context'

the situation within which something exists or happens.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Designing with electonics must always involve physical components and circuits. Correction: Designing with electronics can use physical components, schematics and CAD to test and iterate ideas.

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