a device that measures how quickly something is speeding up or slowing down

testing electrical equipment to check whether it's working safely and correctly

thinking in steps, using what you already know, and coming up with sensible solutions

Museum alarm programming and fault finding

Design and technology

Museum gallery prototypes

Museum gallery artefacts

Push-to-make switches

Offboard components

Input and output design decisions

Integrate programmable systems in a product

The Great Exhibition and presenting museum alarms

This unit develops pupils' programming and control knowledge, with a focus on monitoring. Debugging and troubleshooting will be introduced. Pupils will learn how to integrate a BBC Micro:bit in a product and use sensors to program a light display.

Systems and control: sensor alarms

Physical activity and equipment requiring safe use

Use of equipment that may require supervision for safety, e.g. scissors in KS1, needles, paint, knives, cooking.

Which code should be replaced by repeat code to make the accelerometer code work?

What type of file is downloaded onto the micro:bit?

the green wire is only attached on one end

to blame the battery when something doesn’t work

to use clear steps to find what’s wrong in the circuit

What does it mean to fault find logically?

Which of these is used to measure how bright it is?

What does a magnetometer in a micro:bit do?

Which of these is an input on a micro:bit?

pressing this sends a signal to the micro:bit

a sensor that can detect direction or magnetic fields

the LDR senses how bright or dark the room is

the light level is sent to the micro:bit as input

the micro:bit uses code to decide what to do with the light level

the LED lights up as an output to sound the alarm

Put these steps for how a museum alarm can work in the correct order.

Museum alarm programming and fault finding

Lesson outcome

Content guidance