Year 6 Home Learning IPC Topic: What Price Progress?Advances in science and technology are transforming the way that we live our lives. This is nothing new, technology is developing more rapidly than ever before.Is technology essential to the way we live today? Is there any negative impact from developing new technologies?
This is a topic you have already studied. Show us what you have learned. Expand on what we have already taught you.YOU MUST COMPLETE ALL THE THREE GREY ACTIVITIES AND ONE OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES
Write: A Balanced Argument Design and Create: Make Us Smile! Research: Ada LovelaceWrite a short, balanced argument discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the technology you use today.Recall the interesting discussions we had about this topic in class. What is good and what is bad about how technology affects your life today?When writing your argument, remember to use an appropriate structure and vocabulary.
This video could help you: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zm3nvcw
It is time to get creative!We all need something to smile about in this current climate. Your task is to design and make a product that will make someone smile.You should draw and label your design, source the produ;cts from around your house and then make your product.Once you have made it, you can test it out on someone in your house.Finally, evaluate your product. What went well? How and why would you make any changes?
Who was Ada Lovelace?What was she know for?What can you find out about her earlier life and her influences?What area of technology did she develop?
This website can help:https://www.famousscientists.org/ada-lovelace/
Purple Mash: slideshow and quiz task set.:https://www.purplemash.com/ - tab/ada_lovelace
Compose: Happy Music 2Beat: htt ps://www.purplemash.com/ - app/tools/2beat 2Sequence: https://www.purplemash.com/ - app/tools/2seqYou can ‘invent’ and develop your own piece of music. Find somewhere in your house that makes you feel happy and consider why it makes you feel this way.Which sounds evoke happiness? Try to transfer this feeling into a short piece of music. Look around your house; can you identify items that could help you to make ‘music’? For example, you could drum on the table top, shake a box of rice, gently tap a fork against a glass, click your fingers, attach elastic bands to a tissue box and twang.When you test each sound, think about how it makes you feel. Is it a happy sound? Try the Purple Mash Apps aboveDo you need to play it faster? Slower? Harder? Softer? (consider the tempo, melody and volume).Once finished, play it to a member of your family and ask them how your music made them feel?If you wanted to find out more about how to record your musical masterpiece using standard musical notations the following website can help you: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zp9wk2p/revision/1Research: Everyday Technology Investigate: Daily Technology UseChoose an everyday piece of technology:The home computer, a calculator, a vacuum cleaner, a games console etc. Can you trace it back through time? What are its origins? Who was the original inventor/creator? How has the technology changed at each stage in its development? Were there any changes to the design that were unpopular? Why do you think this was?
How reliant are we on technology? Do you know how often we use it in our everyday lives?Your task is to keep a log of what technology you use in a typical day.From the moment you wake up until you go to bed, write down: What technology you use What you have used it for What time you have used it and for how long for
Even making a cup of tea or cleaning your teeth can involve using technology.
Some of these activities involve logging on to purplemash.com. Use the same username and password as you do at school. Login details should be stuck in your Reading Journal. If you need a reminder, please contact the school.
