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WS01 - Observations: Data is all around us

Technologies, Digital Technologies, Foundation Year

By the end of Foundation students identify familiar products, services and environments and develop familiarity with digital systems, using them for a purpose. They create, communicate and choose design ideas. Students follow steps and use materials and equipment to safely make a designed solution for a school-selected context. They show how to represent data using objects, pictures and symbols and identify examples of data that is owned by them.

By the end of Foundation students show familiarity with digital systems and use them for a purpose. They represent data using objects, pictures and symbols and identify examples of data that is owned by them. 

Knowledge and understanding | Digital systems

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recognise and explore digital systems (hardware and software) for a purpose

Knowledge and understanding | Data representation

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represent data as objects, pictures and symbols

1. Uses objects (shells) to represent the data they are seeing.  

 

2. Explores the functions in a digital application with teacher guidance to appropriately represent the data. 

 

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3. Uses a camera to take a photograph of their understanding.  

 

4. Uses text boxes to highlight key data and demonstrate their understanding.