Looking for a Digital Technologies term unit plan that covers Digital Systems? This Australian Curriculum V9 Aligned Foundation Digital Systems Term Unit Plan has got you covered!

This Done for You Unit Plan Includes:

• Lesson Overview
• 10 Lesson Plans (designed to be used as 1 lesson per week)
• 110 Slides (all slides correspond to the lesson plans)
• Interactive Games
• Printable Games
• Activity Sheets
• 5 Project Based Lessons (including a brief introduction to Design and Technologies Curriculum content)
• Early Finisher Activities
• Varying Activity Options (includes plugged & unplugged options based on available resources - if you don't have many/any digital system resources, I've got you covered with alternative options!)
• Self-Assessment Sheet
• Assessment Rubric
• Student Engagement Tasks
• Editable Features (some slides are editable!)
• BONUS: General Digital Assessment & Reporting Spreadsheet (use in excel or Google Sheets)
• Please note: Lesson 3 & 4 require the use of a digital system with the capability to take photos and record audio (a laptop will do). All other lessons have alternative options should you lack resources.

Lessons:

• Lesson One: What are Digital Systems?
• Lesson Two: Digital System Exploration (General - students are introduced to varying digital systems, their features and uses)
• Lesson Three: Digital System Exploration (Cameras/Taking Photos - extension students are prompted to upload photos to a document)
• Lesson Four: Digital System Exploration (Microphones/Recording Audio - extension students are prompted to upload audio to a document)
• Lesson Five: Digital System Exploration (Introduction to Robotics & Algorithms)
• Lesson Six: Project (Making a Model of a Digital System to be used in a role play scenario). In this lesson students are introduced to, and explore, the Engineering Design Process (Ask, Imagine & Plan)
• Lesson Seven: Project continuation - In this lesson students learn about and explore the 'Create' step of the Engineering Design Process (students begin creating their digital system model)
• Lesson Eight: Project continuation - In this lesson students continue creating their models. They also learn about and explore the 'Experiment' and 'Improve' steps of the Engineering Design Process
• Lesson Nine: Project continuation - In this lesson students create and practise their role play scenario including their model of a digital system
• Lesson Ten: Project continuation - In this lesson students present their role plays

Lesson Length

• Each of the lessons is designed to run for approximately 50 minutes, however, if you have more time, you can extend them over a longer period. There are 10 lessons which are designed to last a term (one per week). However, if you use this during an 11 or 12 week term, you can extend more in-depth lessons over 2 weeks (Lesson 5 would be great to do this with as there is quite a lot of content) or you can extend the number of weeks students have to complete and present their projects (lessons 6-10).

This Resource is Perfect For:

• Teachers who are new to teaching Digital Technologies as a specialist
• Teachers who are required to teach Digital Technologies in the classroom
• Experienced teachers who want a break from planning!

Australian Curriculum Links: Digital Technologies

• recognising digital systems that they interact with at home and school, for example smartphone, laptop or programmable toy
• playing with (with guidance) and using different digital systems to explore what they do for a purpose
• taking photos, with permission, to share with others
• recording, with permission, audio or video, to share with others
• making a model of a digital system, using it in a role-play scenario and describing its features, for example a cardboard box with a keyboard and screen with app icons

Australian Curriculum Links: Design and Technologies

• generate, communicate and evaluate design ideas, and use materials, equipment and steps to safely make a solution for a purpose