Lesson Five – Disco Lights
This computing teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise writing sequences of commands to create a procedure that can be used to control a set of lights that can be displayed during a disco party.
The class can select and write a procedure that can be entered into a control box that will match a song played at a disco when controlling a set of party lights.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise writing sequences of commands to create a procedure that can be used to control a set of lights that can be displayed during a disco party
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and explain how to change the sequence of lights in a procedure to match a specific function and templates to select and record the sequence of outputs to match a set of lights that can be displayed during a disco party.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to write sequences of commands to control a set of lights that can be displayed during a disco party.
This lesson is part of a computing scheme of work to get the children to practise selecting and entering commands to control different procedures and outcomes to match specific functions when using light. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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