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Classroom ideas: Micro:bit Environmental Measurement (visual programming) (Years 5-6)

This tutorial shows the coding needed for digital solutions of some environmental issues that can be created using pseudocode and visual programming. It can also be created using general-purpose programming.

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Year band(s)	5-6
Content type	Lesson ideas
Format	Document
Core and overarching concepts	Abstraction, Data acquisition, Data interpretation, Algorithms, Implementation (programming), Specification (decomposing problems), Impact and interactions, Computational thinking, Systems thinking
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)	AC9TDI6K01 Investigate the main internal components of common digital systems and their function AC9TDI6K02 Examine how digital systems form networks to transmit data AC9TDI6P02 Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration AC9TDI6P03 Design a user interface for a digital system AC9TDI6P04 Generate, modify, communicate and evaluate designs AC9TDI6P05 Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input
Keywords	Data collection, data representation, data interpretation, DTiF, dtif, DTIF, ACARA, microbit, micro:bit, environment, digital solution, general purpose programming, visual programming, programming
Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs	Literacy, Digital Literacy, Numeracy
Organisation	Australian Government Department of Education and Training
Copyright	Australian Government Department of Education and Training, CC BY 4.0