the first international exhibition held in London in 1851

The Great Exhibition and presenting museum alarms

Design and technology

Museum gallery prototypes

Museum gallery artefacts

Push-to-make switches

Offboard components

Input and output design decisions

Museum alarm programming and fault finding

Integrate programmable systems in a product

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

The Great Exhibition was open in 1851 during which months?

The Crystal Palace building was made from ...

When might be good time to hold the exhibition?

Why is it important to know your product well?

What can help people understand how your product works?

to copy someone else’s ideas and products

What is one reason to share your design at an exhibition?

When showing your product to others, what should you do?

What should you do first if your museum alarm control system does not work?

Who might you present your product to at an exhibition?

Starter Quiz