Digital World

Design and make an animal monitoring device 

Design

• Researching (books, internet) for a particular (user’s) animal’s needs.  

• Developing design criteria based on research. 

• Generating multiple housing ideas using building bricks.  

• Understanding what a virtual model is and the pros and cons of traditional and  CAD modelling.  

• Placing and manoeuvring 3D objects, using CAD.  

• Changing the properties of, or combining one or more 3D objects, using CAD.

Make

•Understanding the functional and aesthetic properties of plastics. 

• Programming to monitor the ambient temperature and coding an (audible or  visual) alert when the temperature rises above or falls below a specified range. 

Evaluate

•Stating an event or fact from the last 100 years of plastic history.  

• Explaining how plastic is affecting planet Earth and suggesting ways to make  more sustainable choices. 

• Explaining key functions in my program (audible alert, visuals).  

• Explaining how my product would be useful for an animal carer including  programmed features.

Technical Knowledge

•To know that a ‘device’ means equipment created for a certain purpose or job and  that monitoring devices observe and record. 

• To know that a sensor is a tool or device that is designed to monitor, detect and  respond to changes for a purpose. 

• To understand that conditional statements (and, or, if booleans) in programming  are a set of rules which are followed if certain conditions are met.