Relationship of curriculum content to TapeBlocks resources
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Learning Area or dimension of the curriculum |
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Content description |
Additional comments |
Section of the TapeBlock website related |
Science: Strand: Science understanding – sub-strand: Chemical sciences
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Year 4 |
AC9S4U04 examine the properties of natural and made materials including fibres, metals, glass, and plastics and consider how these properties influence their use |
Metals / conductive and non-conductive materials including foam and plastics.
Related content with Design and Technologies Years 3 and 4 see below |
TapeBlock: Creative Circuit Making for All describes what TapeBlocks are, and materials needed to create TapeBlock circuits.
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Science: Strand: Science inquiry - Questioning and predicting
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Year 4 |
AC9S4I01 pose questions to explore observed patterns and relationships and make predictions based on observations.
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For example, Why do circuits work when assembled in one way but not in a different way?
Related content with Design and Technologies Years 3 and 4 see below |
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Years 3 and 4 |
AC9TDE4K02 describe how forces and the properties of materials affect function in a product or system |
producing models using materials, tools and equipment to show how to control movement, sound or light.
deconstructing a product or system to discover how movement, sound or light can be controlled, for example taking apart a torch or buzzer, or exploring circuit design.investigating the properties of materials to solve problems |
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Design and Technologies Strand: Processes and production skills - Investigating and defining |
Years 3 and 4 |
AC9TDE4P01 explore needs or opportunities for designing, and test materials, components, tools, equipment, and processes needed to create designed solutions |
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Science Strand: Science understanding – sub-strand: Physical sciences |
Year 6 |
investigate the transfer and transformation of energy in electrical circuits, including the role of circuit components, insulators, and conductors |
Related content with Technologies: Digital Technologies Year 5 and 6 and Digital technologies Years 5 and 6 (see below) |
TapeBlock: Creative Circuit Making for All describes what TapeBlocks are, and materials needed to create TapeBlock circuits. |
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Years 5 and 6 |
AC9TDE6K02 explain how electrical energy can be transformed into movement, sound or light in a product or system |
Related content with Year 6 Science: Physical sciences |
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Digital Technologies Strand: Knowledge and understanding - Data representation |
Years 5 and 6 |
AC9TDI6K04 explore how data can be represented by off and on states (zeros and ones in binary |
Related content with Year 6 Science: Physical sciences
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Years 7 and 8 |
AC9TDE8K03 analyse how force, motion and energy are used to manipulate and control engineered systems |
This is more about the finished products or prototypes that can be made with TapeBlocks such as adding a fan, vibration etc. |
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Digital Technologies Strand: Knowledge and understanding – sub-strand: Digital Systems
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Years 7 and 8 |
AC9TDI8K02 investigate how data is transmitted and secured in wired and wireless networks including the internet |
Circuits and switches are part of the internal components of digital systems |
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Digital Technologies Strand: Knowledge and understanding – sub-strand: Data representation
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Years 7 and 8 |
AC9TDI8K03 investigate how digital systems represent text, image and audio data using integers |
explaining how circuits can perform binary operations represented as on/off states, for example showing how circuits with 2 switches can represent AND or OR gates |
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