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DT Challenge - 7/8 Python - Smart garden

Learn how to program a BBC micro:bit using Python — no experience required. Learn the basics of programming in Python with our full BBC micro:bit simulator. Create a Smart Garden device to monitor the health of your plants, measuring temperature and wiring up a simple soil moisture sensor.

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Year band(s) 7-8
Format Interactive
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)
AC9TDI8K03   

Investigate how digital systems represent text, image and audio data using integers

AC9TDI8K04   

Explain how and why digital systems represent integers in binary

AC9TDI8P02   

Analyse and visualise data using a range of software, including spreadsheets and databases, to draw conclusions and make predictions by identifying trends

AC9TDI8P03   

Model and query the attributes of objects and events using structured data

AC9TDI8P01   

Acquire, store and validate data from a range of sources using software, including spreadsheets and databases

AC9TDI8P05   

Design algorithms involving nested control structures and represent them using flowcharts and pseudocode

AC9TDI8P06   

Trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors

AC9TDI8P07   

Design the user experience of a digital system

AC9TDI8P08   

Generate, modify, communicate and evaluate alternative designs

AC9TDI8P09   

Implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language
Technologies & Programming Language​s Python
Keywords Data Collection, Representation, Interpretation, Specification, Algorithms, Implementation, Interactions, Australian Computing Academy, Python, DT Challenge
Organisation

Australian Computing Academy
Copyright

University of Sydney. Creative Commons BY 4.0.

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