DT Resources

NSW SYLLABUS - Digital Technologies outcome ST1-11DI-T

FOCUS: Stage 1 of the Digital Technologies strand focuses on digital systems and their components. Students investigate how digital systems display data and use a sequence of steps and decisions (algorithm) to solve problems. Stage 1 of this strand develops students’ understanding of how digital systems use algorithms to communicate.

INQUIRY QUESTIONS:

• What components might make up a digital system?

• What is data and how can we store and represent it?

• How can we record instructions for others to follow and understand?

Get Smart - Digital Technologies outcome ST1-11DI-T: loads of links, videos and information

FOCUS: Stage 1 of the Digital Technologies strand focuses on digital systems and their components. Students investigate how digital systems display data and use a sequence of steps and decisions (algorithm) to solve problems. Stage 1 of this strand develops students’ understanding of how digital systems use algorithms to communicate.

Fizzics Education: Beebot Robotics K- 2

INCURSION! An introduction to the interactive Beebots platform, great for younger students on how a robot really works!

Inquisitive: Patterns of the Sun

FOCUS: In this Science and Technology lesson, students will observe and record the position of the Sun across a day. They will ask questions, investigate patterns in data, eg photographs, and describe changes they observe in the sky. Watching Ruby's Sunny Day, students will view the different colours in the sky and the changing shadows cast by the Sun. An individual task is to identify and record daily and night time activities. Skills and concepts addressed in this lesson include; exploring and developing questions, observing and collating information and identifying data.

Inquisitive: Weather Collectors

FOCUS: In this Science and Technology lesson, students will identify the work of a meteorologist and understand that science involves gathering data and evidence to develop explanations such as weather forecasting. They will identify why people need to know about short term weather events and will learn about weather collecting instruments. Guided through the design and production process, students will design, make, test and present their own rain gauge. Optional: students use technology, such as a digital paint programme, to design their rain gauge. They record their results using digital photographs. Skills and concepts addressed in this lesson include; identifying human endeavour in science and technology, exploring questions, designing and selecting appropriate materials to produce a working product.

Newcastle Uni: An Introduction to Coding and Computational Thinking

INFO: this is an overview of a workshop but provides information and resources.

Emma Clemens: DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES and the NSW SYLLABUS

FOCUS: article outlining the continuum of DT in Science, the difference between DT and ICLT and growing computational thinking.