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Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 3: The Internet of Things

Learning how data analysis can improve city life.

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Learning objective

To identify how data collection can improve city life.

Success criteria

I can identify the meaning of the term

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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

Select,

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Cross-curricular links

Geography

Human and physical geography

Pupils should

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display slide 1 of the Presentation: The Internet of Things, which shows information about the ‘Internet of Things’. Discuss the poster with the children and ask if they can identify any of the devices. Play the video Life simplified with connected devices on slide 2 and ask the children to make notes on mini-whiteboards about…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

May need help with reading the text on the screen. Could draw and annotate their smart cities.

Pupils working at greater depth

Can research new ways data could be used to improve towns and cities.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: making links between the Internet of

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Vocabulary definitions

big data

Massive deposits of information that continue to be collected through the internet, used by data analysts to investigate, analyse and determine ways to improve businesses.
computer simulation

Computer generated imitation of something such as a program test or product prototype.

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In this unit

Assessment - Computing Y6: Big Data 2

Lesson 1: Transferring data

Lesson 2: Data usage

Lesson 3: The Internet of Things

Lesson 4: Designing a smart school

Lesson 5: Smart school presentation

Originally created by:

Richard Williams

Computing specialist

Richard is a Year 6 Teacher at St. Pancras Primary School. Richard’s passion for teaching was recognised when he received Suffolk’s ‘Raising The Bar’ award for Innovation 2016. With his class he made the world’s first guided VR:360 school tour and also a…

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