Criterion C Hacking Hardware

Design - Hardware Hacking

Task 3 - Creating the solution (criterion C)

Creating an Arduino controlled Mood Lamp - Shai-Li Ron

Assessment criterion C: Creating the solution

Maximum: 8

Students create a solution. At the end of year 5, students should be able to:

• 1. construct a logical plan, which describes the efficient use of time and resources, sufficient for peers to be able to follow to create the solution

  2. demonstrate excellent technical skills when making the solution

  3. follow the plan to create the solution, which functions as intended

  4. fully justify changes made to the chosen design and plan when making the solution

a. present the solution as a whole

Notes

• • When changes have been made to the solution, students must describe and justify each change.

  • Technical skills: A student’s level of technical skill can be determined using the following two factors:

  • the complexity of skill demonstrated

  • the level of guidance needed from the teacher to complete the task

The teacher should determine an age-appropriate level of technical skill demonstrated by the student using a “best-fit” approach. A clarification is detailed below.

Minimal technical skills: Simple skills are demonstrated and the student requires a great deal of assistance after they have received initial instruction on how to use tools.

Satisfactory technical skills: Simple and complex skills are demonstrated and the student requires some assistance after they have received initial instruction on how to use complex tools.

Competent technical skills: Complex skills are demonstrated and the student generally works independently, requiring some guidance after initial instruction.

Excellent technical skills: A wide range of complex skills are demonstrated and the student works independently, requiring minimal guidance after initial instruction.

Adapted from Stevenson https://sites.google.com/site/stevensonstechnologyclassroom3