Lesson 3: Fetch, decode, execute
Learning how the Mars rover follows instructions by understanding how computers work, including their RAM and ROM.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Display the Presentation: Key vocabulary bingo and hand out whiteboards and pens (one each). Ask the children to divide their whiteboards into nine boxes and write one of the words from the slide in each square.
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Richard is a Year 6 Teacher at St. Pancras Primary School. Richard’s passion for teaching was recognised when he received Suffolk’s ‘Raising The Bar’ award for Innovation 2016. With his class he made the world’s first guided VR:360 school tour and also a 3D-printed asthma inhaler that Tim Peake tweeted about whilst he was aboard the ISS which led to a meeting back on Earth. His love of robotics saw him coach a rookie robotics team to win the UK finals of RoboCup where they then went onto the world finals in Brazil.
Richard’s Key Stage 2 lesson on building a smart school finishes our topic on ‘Big Data’ encouraging pupils to consider the advantages and disadvantages of using technology.
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