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Unit of work

Electrical conductors

Computational thinking, Computer systems, Design & technology, Programming, Sciences | MakeCode | 7-11 yrs

Lesson 5

Review & reflection

Introduction

In this ‘unplugged’ lesson, pupils reflect on their learning in this unit and write an algorithm to test the electrical conductivity of materials using the BBC micro:bit. 

Learning objectives

  • To decompose a problem into smaller steps
  • To write a flowchart algorithm that uses selection
  • To know and identify inputs and outputs

You will need

Downloadable resources:

  • Lesson plan
  • Lesson slides

Other resources:

Student work from previous lesson, printouts of slides, paper - large sheets, paper - writing

Lesson plan