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?

Introduction

What will you need for this lesson?

Are you ready to learn?

Equipment

Content guidance

Supervision

Worksheet