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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Explain how to record sounds and add in sound effects over the top.
- Produce a simple radio play with some special effects and simple edits which demonstrate an understanding of how to use the software.
- Create a document that includes correct date information and facts about the computers and how they made a difference.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of their device and how it affected modern computers, including well-researched information with an understanding of the reliability of their sources.
- Describe all of the features that we’d expect a computer to have including RAM, ROM, hard drive and processor, but of a higher specification than currently available.
Suggested prior learning
Creating media: Stop motion: Using tablets
If your school does not have access to Google, there is also a Microsoft version of this unit.
Lessons
Lesson 1: Playing with sound
Lesson 2: Radio plays
Lesson 3: First computers
Lesson 5: Future computer
Key skills
- Learning about the history
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Key knowledge
To know:
- Radio plays are
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Key vocabulary
background noise
byte
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Unit resources
Vocabulary display – Computing Y6: Creating media: History of computers
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Creating media: History of computers unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
History.
Mathematics: Number – number and place value.
RSE.
English: Writing – composition.
Design and technology.
Suggested next steps
Skills showcase: Inventing a product
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