Push-to-make switches

Design and technology

Museum gallery prototypes

Museum gallery artefacts

Offboard components

Input and output design decisions

Museum alarm programming and fault finding

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.

How is a bulb represented in a circuit diagram?

Which of these can be used for making a push-to-make switch?

Why might we use a push-to-make switch in a museum alarm?

Which of the following do we use electricity for?

The different parts which make up an electrical circuit are called circuit {{}}.

Which circuit component does this image show?

In an electrical circuit, an open switch __________ the circuit.

Which of the following are circuit components?

Which of the following is an electrical conductor?

Push-to-make switches

Lesson outcome

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