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Curriculum Resource Base>  Developing Control Technology at Key Stages 1 and 2

Unit 5E - Controlling devices

This unit focuses on using basic control boxes to control simple devices such as buzzers, small motors and lights.  Children will develop sequences of instructions to achieve a desired outcome.

• Create a procedure to control the lights on a zebra crossing.

• Edit a procedure to make the lights flash for longer or more quickly.

• Look at a flow chart and draw pictures to show what the program will do.

• Match a written programme to a picture showing the effects.

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