iet programmable components
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KS3 scheme of work – www.data.org.uk
• Funded by the IET (FREE!)• Designed by the D&T Association• Year 7, 8 and 9 units of work• Tried and tested• Variety of strategies• High quality resources
https://www.data.org.uk/resource-shop/secondary/11-to-14-years/programmable-components-celebrations/
https://www.data.org.uk/resource-shop/secondary/11-to-14-years/programmable-components-multi-light-and-coin-operated-charity-box/
https://www.data.org.uk/resource-shop/secondary/11-to-14-years/programmable-components-all-in-a-spin/
Principles
Engaging outcomes
Confident practitioner
Up close and personal
Reverse pedagogy
Spiral curriculum
Confident practitioner
• Most of it is in your mind!
• Start small, think big
• Practice makes perfect – have a project on the go
Up close and personal
• Make the invisible visible – models (inc. analogies and similes) are ‘convenient lies’, but useful nonetheless
• Make sure pupils can see what you see – e.g. visualiser, video, images, etc.
Reverse pedagogy
• Start with a ‘black box’
• Frontloading is okay, but can turn beginners off
• Quick wins leading to long gains
Spiral curriculum
• Build on the foundations
• Whole Key Stage• Revisit, expend
and extend• Expansive and
restrictive – a balanced curriculum
Design and technology activity
mainly designing
exploring technolog
y in society
mainly making
designing and
making
Expansive / restrictive curriculum
restrictive expansive
focused practical projects
design, make and evaluate projects
Microcontrollers
Designed for schools:• PICAXE www.picaxe.com - open source
community
• Genie www.genieonline.com - learning package
Designed for industry:• Arduino www.arduino.cc - large community
• Mbed https://mbed.org - cloud programming
Crumble
“The Crumble is an easy-to-use programmable controller. It can drive 2 motors forwards and backwards at variable speeds. It has 4 IO (Input/Output) pads which allow connections to switches, LDRs, low power LEDs and so on…”• uses a Scratch-like
interface
http://redfernelectronics.co.uk/crumble/
Particle Photon
“The Photon is a $19 tiny Wi-Fi development kit for creating connected projects and products for the Internet of Things. It's easy to use, it's powerful, and it's connected to the cloud…”
https://www.particle.io
Teaching electronics and control
• Resources:– Soldering irons (1 each if possible)– Off the shelf or in-house printed circuit
board?
• Models:– Flow of current ≠ flow of water (but is
similar)– Role play:• acting electron paths in series and parallel
circuits• ‘I, Teacher’: programming instructions