DT Challenge - 7/8 Arduino - Sound
Let's make our own devices with the Arduino! We'll take a deep dive into building devices from the ground up, and you'll see how all pieces of technology are built! Learn how to create a temperature monitor, or a musical instrument, or make an automatic torch! Jump right in and let's make some noise!
To do the challenge offline use this guide to support students.
Additional details
Year band(s) | 7-8 |
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Content type | Student challenges |
Format | Interactive |
Core and overarching concepts | Implementation (programming), Abstraction, Specificiation (decomposing problems), Algorithms |
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
ACTDIK015
Examine how whole numbers are used to represent all data in digital systems
ACTDIP027
Define and decompose real-world problems taking into account functional requirements and economic, environmental, social, technical and usability constraints
ACTDIK024
Investigate how digital systems represent text, image and audio data in binary
ACTDIP030
Implement and modify programs with user interfaces involving branching, iteration and functions in a general-purpose programming language |
Technologies & Programming Languages | Electronic programming boards |
Keywords | Data: Collection, Representation, Interpretation, Specification, Algorithms, Implementation, Interactions, Arduino Australian Computing Academy, Arduino |
Organisation | Australian Computing Academy |
Copyright | University of Sydney. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
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