Connected cities teacher guide
This teacher guide provides background for the student challenge of positioning mobile towers to maximise coverage across islands while minimising costs. This task encourages strategic thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration as they work together to find the most efficient and cost-effective solution.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Computational 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 |
| Keywords | problem solving |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Digital Literacy, Critical and creative thinking |
| Organisation | CSIRO. |
| Copyright | © Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 2015-2020. May be subject to statutory licence fee. |
Related resources
-
Connected cities student worksheet
Students take on the challenge of positioning mobile towers to maximise coverage across islands while minimising costs.
-
Rubbish robots teacher guide
This teacher guide outlines the task for students to create an algorithm to coordinate the movements of three robots.
-
Rubbish robots student worksheet
Students create an algorithm to coordinate the movements of three robots, optimising their paths.
-
Classroom ideas: Choose your own adventure (Years 3-6)
In Digital Technologies, students from Year 3 onwards should be planning and implementing projects that include branching (decision-making). Creating a ‘choose your own adventure’ story is an excellent way for students to design and implement a project that makes use of branching.
-
Computational thinking poster
A poster/infographic that gives a brief overview of the concepts related to computational thinking.
-
Classroom ideas: Micro:bit Environmental Measurement (visual and general-purpose programming) (Years 5-8)
Investigating environmental data with Micro:bits: This tutorial shows the coding needed for digital solutions of some environmental issues that can be created using pseudocode and visual programming.
-
CAS Barefoot
A broad collection of online resources to support teachers to develop and implement computational thinking, concepts and computer programming. Free log in required to access materials.
