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ARCHIVED Year 4: Digital world: Mindful moments timer
Exploring what mindfulness means and writing design criteria to fulfil a brief to develop a programmed product for timing a mindful moment.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- State and/or describe the advantages and disadvantages of existing products (timers).
- Understand how Micro:bit features could be used as part of a design idea.
- Write a program that displays a timer on the Micro:bit based on their chosen seconds/minutes.
- Suggest where the errors are, if testing is unsuccessful, by comparing the correct code to their own.
- State key functions in the program editor (e.g. loops).
- Cut out a box net carefully, assembling it securely into a box using tape or glue and tabs and ensuring it has a slot for the Micro:bit display.
- Evaluate the immediate appeal of the Micro:bit timer and how it might function.
- Express which stages of the project they enjoyed or found more challenging.
- Explain the need for a company to stand out against competition and/or state the importance of logos in business.
- Recall and describe the name and use of key tools used in Sketchup (CAD) software.
- Fulfill the design requirements of the logo.
Suggested prior learning
ARCHIVED Year 3: Digital world: Electronic charm
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Lesson 1: Mindfulness and existing technology
Lesson 2: Programming timers
Lesson 3: Prototypes
Lesson 4: Brand identity
Key skills
- Writing design criteria for
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- To understand what variables
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