Exploring digital systems unplugged: networks (Years 5-6)
Simple ideas for learning about a digital systems such as a network, unplugged.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Document |
| Keywords | algorithms, digital systems, peripheral device, computational thinking, systems thinking, DTiF, dtif, DTIF, ACARA |
| Organisation | Australian Government Department of Education and Training |
| Copyright | Australian Government Department of Education and Training, CC BY 4.0 |
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