Subject: Design & Technologies
Year Level: 5 to 6
Strand: Design & Technologies Knowledge and Understandings
Investigate how forces or electrical energy can control movement, sound or light in a designed product or system (ACTDEK020)
The images above demonstrate that it caters for a range of different learning abilities ranging from simple to the more advanced
Link:
To the Exploriments website, where there are other apps to investigate, that cover forces, fluids, motion, optics etc http://www.exploriments.com/ipad/SimElectrical_ParallelCombination.html
or is available directly through the iTunes app store
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/exploriments-electricity-simple/id490164401?mt=8
General Capabilities
Literacy
Numeracy
ICT Capability
Critical & Creative Thinking (CCT)
Personal and Social Capability
Cross Curricular Priorities
Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia
Link to other Learning Areas
Science
How to Use in the Classroom
This App, purchased through iTunes for $1.99 allows students to experiment with circuits by either using pre-designed learning circuits where students can begin expanding, adding devices, switches, connecting circuits the way they want to. As students click, drag, add and remove they are receiving instant feedback as to the success of the design. The App also has a built in support page which is full of ideas, tips and tricks for students. It allows the students to experiment with and combine knowledge, gradually building on that existing knowledge as they experiment through trial and error.
This App also allows students to design their own circuits using wires, switches, bulbs, fan and a host of electrical toys. You can select between three circuit arrangements – Series, Parallel 1 (3 branches), Parallel 2 (2 x 3 branches). The selected circuit arrangement combined with the ability to choose between a range of devices gives you almost unlimited variations leading to hours of endless exploration and learning. From here they can adjust, correct and improve their designs, seeing the results of any work immediately.
This is just one app, but exploring with the Exploriments gives countless apps that allow students to experiment with a range of concepts.
