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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Mathematics

Measurement

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, check the children can recall: What a branching database is. Filtering data will show 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 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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Knowledge outcomes

Orbits planet Earth and is its only natural satellite.

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Vocabulary definitions

  • binary code

    A code used in computers based around the values of 1 and 0.

  • data

    Information used for a specific purpose or investigation.

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Assessment - Computing Y5: Mars Rover 1

Lesson 1: Mars Rover

Lesson 2: Binary code

Lesson 3: Computer architecture

Lesson 4: Using binary - numbers

Lesson 5: Using binary - text

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