9-10: User design and programming: Robotics and embedded systems

Choose from a selection of four projects to explore programming and designing a digital solution to suit an identified need or solve a problem.

Year band(s)	9-10
Content type	Scope and sequence
Format	Web page
Core and overarching concepts	Abstraction, Specification (decomposing problems), Algorithms, Implementation (programming), Interactions (user design)
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)	ACTDIP038 Define and decompose real-world problems precisely, taking into account functional and non-functional requirements and including interviewing stakeholders to identify needs ACTDIP039 Design the user experience of a digital system by evaluating alternative designs against criteria including functionality, accessibility, usability, and aesthetics ACTDIP040 Design algorithms represented diagrammatically and in structured English and validate algorithms and programs through tracing and test cases ACTDIP041 Implement modular programs, applying selected algorithms and data structures including using an object-oriented programming language ACTDIP042 Evaluate critically how student solutions and existing information systems and policies, take account of future risks and sustainability and provide opportunities for innovation and enterprise
Technologies & Programming Languages	Robotics and drones, Electronic programming boards, other programming languages
Keywords	robotics, embedded systems, scope, sequence, scope and sequence
Organisation	ESA
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated.