Learning about Digital Systems

You can also Record your answers on paper and take a photo on the next page.

Digital systems help us find Digital solutions 

Digital systems help us every day. For example the smart phone that can help us communicate with our family and friends or the GPS that makes sure we don’t get lost or the library scanner that lets us take out books to read.

Information that is processed and sent out by a computer system or device

Physical components that make up a computer system

A collect ion of instructions, data or programs that tell the device how to work

Sort the pictures below into Input and outputs 

Use the Pen to circle the Digital Systems you find in the picture below.

Write the answers in your book and take a photo of the page.

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1. My Digital Systems is a template that can be shared with the class. <br/>2. The book explores a number of areas of Digital Systems including components, old and new technology, inputs and outputs and software and hardware. It also challenges students to create a Digital System of the future.<br/>4. The book features a number of questions that students can answer plus a rubric that links to the Australian Curriculum. These pages will assist teachers in making their judgements. <br/>5. This book is part of a series on Digital Technology. Other titles include Learning to Code, My Garden Walk and My Data Story.

What do these digital systems do and how do they help us

Don’t forget to Label your components 

Can you prototype your creation with cardboard, LEGO or in Minecraft?

Technology often changes. Can you match the old and new technology 

Take a photo of the following components of a digital system and match the labels

Sort the the pictures below into software and hardware

You are going to the beach for the day and would like to record the all the fun.

1. What would be the the best digital system to use?

Record your answers on the following page

2. What need did the digital system meet?

3. What are the advantages of using that digital system for this purpose?

A digital system is made up of hardware and software components that transform data in a digital solution

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