Learning objective
- To identify how and why data is collected from space.
Success criteria
- I can recall the meanings of the words
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National curriculum
Computing
Pupils should be taught to:
- Understand
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Cross-curricular links
Mathematics
Measurement
Pupils should be taught to:
- Convert
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Before starting this unit, you might want to check the children can recall: What a branching database is. That filtering data shows only selected data. Logging information means recording data.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could draw a diagram of Earth and Mars, annotating the distance between them.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should also research how long it takes to send a signal to Mars; could research the cost of the Curiosity mission and relate it to the value of another item to reinforce the financial value of the data sent back from the Mars Rover.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: identifying some types of data which
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Vocabulary definitions
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data
Information used for a specific purpose or investigation.
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data transmission
The movement of information from one or more points to another.
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 29th January, 2024
