Learning objective
- To recognise how technology is controlled.
Success criteria
- I can understand that people control technology.
- I can
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National curriculum
Computing
Pupils should be taught to:
- Use
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Cross-curricular links
English
Spoken language
Pupils should
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: Brain dump and allow time for paired discussion.
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Extended-mode explainer videos
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Adaptive teaching
For pupils needing extra support
Could be given limited options for what their robot could do if they struggle with generating ideas; could be provided with a word bank and sentence stems to assist with their robot explanation; could use slide 3 of the Presentation: Robot design as a guide for how to label their design.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should explain how we know whether technology is doing what we asked it to do (i.e. the output); should label and explain their robot’s output.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: recognising that buttons cause effects; recognising
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Vocabulary definitions
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device
Equipment created for a certain purpose or job.
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input
A way of telling the computer what to do.
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 16th July, 2024
