Micro:bit missions: Take a chance on me (Integrating Mathematics) (Years 6-8)
This resource comprises two activities that can be used together or if you prefer as individual activities to explore the concept of chance in Mathematics. Students will use computational thinking and use the micro:bit as a digital system to generate and collect data and implement and/or modify a program (pseudocode, visual programming and general-purpose programming).
Additional details
Content type | Lesson ideas |
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Format | Document |
Core and overarching concepts | Implementation (programming), Data acquisition, Data interpretation, Specification (decomposing problems), Algorithms, Digital systems, Computational thinking |
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI8P02
Analyse and visualise data using a range of software, including spreadsheets and databases, to draw conclusions and make predictions by identifying trends
AC9TDI8P04
Define and decompose real-world problems with design criteria and by creating user stories
AC9TDI8P09
Implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language
AC9TDI6K01
Investigate the main internal components of common digital systems and their function
AC9TDI6K02
Examine how digital systems form networks to transmit data
AC9TDI6P01
Define problems with given or co developed design criteria and by creating user stories
AC9TDI6P02
Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration
AC9TDI6P05
Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input |
Technologies & Programming Languages | Electronic programming boards |
Keywords | Algorithms, general-purpose programming language, pseudocode, visual programming, digital systems, DTIF, DTiF, dtif, ACARA |
Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Literacy, Numeracy, Digital Literacy |
Organisation | Australian Government Department of Education and Training |
Copyright | Australian Government Department of Education and Training, CC BY 4.0 |
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