5-6: Creating digital solutions: Problem-solving processes
Design and create digital solution that uses a visual programming language.
Additional details
Year band(s) | 5-6 |
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Content type | Scope and sequence |
Format | Web page |
Core and overarching concepts | Algorithms, Implementation (programming), Specification (decomposing problems) |
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
ACTDIK007
Identify and explore a range of digital systems with peripheral devices for different purposes, and transmit different types of data
ACTDIP019
Design, modify and follow simple algorithms involving sequences of steps, branching, and iteration (repetition)
ACTDIP020
Implement digital solutions as simple visual programs involving branching, iteration (repetition), and user input
ACTDIP021
Explain how student solutions and existing information systems are sustainable and meet current and future local community needs |
Technologies & Programming Languages | Scratch, other programming languages, Robotics and drones, Electronic programming boards |
Keywords | computational thinking, problem-solving, digital systems, algorithms, scope, sequence, scope and sequence |
Organisation | ESA |
Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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