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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify some types of data the Mars Rover could collect (for example, photos).
- Explain how the Mars Rover transmits the data back to Earth and the challenges involved.
- Read any number in binary, up to eight bits.
- Identify input, processing and output on the Mars Rovers.
- Read binary numbers and grasp the concept of binary addition.
- Relate binary signals (Boolean) to a simple character-based language, ASCII.
Suggested prior learning
Data handling: Investigating weather
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Mars Rover
Lesson 2: Binary code
Lesson 3: Computer architecture
Lesson 4: Using binary – numbers
Lesson 5: Using binary – text
Key skills
- Learning that a separate
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Key knowledge
To know:
- Mars Rover is
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Key vocabulary
8-bit binary
addition
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – Computing Y5: Mars Rover 1
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit "Data handling: Mars Rover 1".
Vocabulary display – Computing Y5: Mars Rover 2
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Mars Rover 1 unit.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Maths – convert between different units of metric measure. Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Solve practical problems.
Science – describe the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the sun in the solar system.
Suggested next steps
Skills showcase: Mars Rover 2
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