5-6: Digital systems: Connecting digital components
Examine digital systems that have internal and external components that perform different functions.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Scope and sequence |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Digital systems |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
ACTDIK014
Examine the main components of common digital systems and how they may connect together to form networks to transmit data
ACTDIP017
Define problems in terms of data and functional requirements drawing on previously solved problems
ACTDIP020
Implement digital solutions as simple visual programs involving branching, iteration (repetition), and user input |
| Keywords | Scope and sequence, scope, sequence, digital components |
| Organisation | ESA |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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