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Data logger cases

I can make a data logger case to securely hold a micro:bit and electrical components.

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Data logger cases

I can make a data logger case to securely hold a micro:bit and electrical components.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Cases need to hold the components together safely and securely.
  2. Cases need to be finished carefully.
  3. Cases need access to the inputs and outputs of the circuit.

Keywords

  • Case - a covering of a product

  • Components - different parts of a product

Common misconception

Cases are just boxes for a data logger to fit into.

Cases need to display the micro:bit, some of the components and fit the battery packs


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Have some examples of disassembled electrical items with cases to be displayed. Cases for micro:bits or alternative microcontrollers would be particularly effective.
Teacher tip

Equipment

Range of recycled materials, recycled boxes of different sizes (but not too large), cardboard, micro:bit circuits and components

Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - equipment

Supervision

Adult supervision required

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is a case for a data logger?
the coding of a product
Correct answer: the covering of a product
the circuit of a product
Q2.
What does a data logger do?
Collects information and stores it on paper
Collects information and stores it on a laptop
Correct answer: Collects information and stores it on a microcontroller
Q3.
Before folding card, what shaping technique could help create a neat fold?
cutting
Correct answer: scoring
curling
Q4.
What is a design specification?
Correct answer: a list of requirements for the product
a list of costs of the finished product
a list of colours to use in a design
Q5.
Which of these can help safely make a hole in card?
hacksaw
Correct answer: sticky tape
staple
sticky tack
Q6.
Which of these is an output component on a micro:bit?
push button
Correct answer: LED display
microphone
Correct answer: speaker

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4 Questions

Q1.
What is the function in the data logger design specification?
how to reduce, reuse and recycle materials
what it will be made of
Correct answer: how it will log data
Q2.
Turning a recycled box inside out allows us to:
increase the size of the case
make the case stronger
Correct answer: decorate the case later
Q3.
Which will be the main material used to make the data logger case?
Correct answer: cardboard
aluminium
cling film
Q4.
The case will not be glued together yet because …
Correct answer: the electrical components still need to be added.
decoration still needs to be added.
the micro:bit hasn’t been measured yet.

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