Technologies · Year 5
34 interactive lessons to explore
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Loops & Repetition in Algorithms
Use loops to repeat steps without writing them over and over.
⏱ 18 min · 12 questions
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Inside a Computer: The Main Parts
Explore the processor, memory, and storage that make a computer work.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Your Digital Footprint
Understand the trail of information you leave online and how to manage it.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Choosing Materials by Their Properties
Match materials to jobs by thinking about their properties.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Binary: How Computers Count
Discover how computers use only 0s and 1s to store numbers.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Naming and Reusing Steps (Functions)
Group steps together, give them a name, and reuse them in a program.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Planning and Managing a Design Project
Learn to break a project into tasks, share jobs, and use time well.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Debugging: Finding and Fixing Errors
Learn how to find and fix mistakes, called bugs, in algorithms and programs.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Structures, Loads, and Forces
Explore how structures hold loads and which shapes are strongest.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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How Networks Share Data
Learn how computers connect in networks and send data in packets.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Gears and Mechanisms
Explore how gears turn together to change speed and direction of movement.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Strong Joins for Strong Designs
Evaluate which joining methods make the strongest, most reliable products.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Input, Output and Storage Together
See how a digital system takes input, processes it, gives output and stores data.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Representing Images with Pixels
Learn how computers store pictures as numbers for each pixel's colour.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Variables: Storing Values
Learn how programs use variables to store and change values like a score.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Simple Electric Circuits
Build understanding of how a circuit needs a complete loop to work.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Spreadsheets and Formulas
Use spreadsheet formulas to calculate totals and answers automatically.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Prototypes and Models
Learn how designers make prototypes to test ideas before building the real thing.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Checking Data Is Sensible
Validate data so a program does not accept wrong or silly values.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Designing With Empathy
Understand users' needs first so your design truly helps them.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Rules That Run the Internet
Discover how shared rules called protocols let computers talk to each other.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Pulleys and Lifting Loads
See how pulleys make heavy lifting easier in machines and designs.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Lists: Storing Many Values
Programs use lists to hold many items in order. Learn how to add, find and count items.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Levers and Turning Force
A lever lets a small push move a big load. Learn how levers and pivots work.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Apps and Permissions
Apps ask for permission to use your camera, location and more. Learn to decide wisely.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Joining Fabric: Stitch, Glue, Fasten
Fabrics are joined in different ways. Compare stitching, gluing and fasteners for a project.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Scale Drawings and Measurements
Learn how designers use scale so a drawing represents a real object at a smaller size.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Logic with AND, OR and NOT
Learn how computers combine conditions using AND, OR and NOT to make decisions.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Keeping Food Fresh
Explore methods like cooling, drying and sealing that stop food spoiling, in food technology.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Searching the Web with Keywords
Learn how to choose good keywords and judge whether search results are useful and trustworthy.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions
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Products That Sense and Respond
Investigate how sensors let products react to the world around them.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Programs That React to Events
Build programs that respond to events like clicks, key presses and timers.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Folding and Flat-Pack Design
Explore how folding and flat-pack designs save space and make things easy to move.
⏱ 18 min · 7 questions
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Sorting Records of Data
Sort records by a field to find the highest, lowest and ordered values.
⏱ 18 min · 6 questions