ICT at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 6)
Unit 6C: Control and monitoring - What happens when...?
Section 1: SETTING THE SCENE
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Objectives |
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- key idea: that computers can monitor physical factors
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- Discuss with the class how a variety of cause and effect devices work, eg central heating, security lights, road lights, supermarket freezers. Talk about how the environment is monitored constantly to check if changes have occurred, eg when it gets cold the heating comes on, or street lights come on when it gets dark. Discuss the difference between a timed event and an event that occurs as a result of measuring physical change. Ask the children to identify three systems that use monitoring to control events. Ask them to write a simple desription of how each system might work.
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- learn that devices can monitor physical changes
- that devices cause an event to happen when a change occurs
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Points to note |
Discuss the difference between timed events and events that occur as a result of a physical change, such as temperature, light or sound.
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