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Apps that help protect wildlife
ICT P4 Term 2, Theme 4: pp. 44–53
GoalDescribe how different programs and apps can help protect wildlife, and imagine an app of my own.
New words
wildlife · animals and plants that live in natureaugmented reality · a phone view of the real world with extra information added on topGPS · a system that uses satellites to find where something isdata display · turning numbers into a chart or map that is easy to understand
Explanation
Every program has its own job: a word processor for writing, a spreadsheet for numbers, a drawing program for pictures. Some programs and apps even help protect wildlife. Scientists use GPS to learn where animals travel, and the places are saved as data. A data display then turns these numbers into a map or a chart that everyone can understand. A phone game can use this information so that the player learns about an animal’s day. Augmented reality lets a phone camera show the real room with extra information on top, such as a picture and a few facts about an animal. A person who loves nature and is good with computers can join the two to protect animals. We only describe everything here, so you do not need a device.
Idea
What it does
How it can help animals
Phone game
lets players learn something fun
people care more about animals
GPS
finds a place with satellites
shows where animals travel
Data display
turns numbers into a chart or map
scientists see patterns easily
Augmented reality
adds information to the real view
shows facts about an animal
Worked examples
A pretend game called “Desert Fox Diary”: each day the player learns where the fox sleeps and where it eats. The fox’s real places come from GPS data.
With a grown-up, Seif points a phone at an empty table. The real table stays on the screen, with a small picture of a turtle and three facts on top. This is augmented reality: the turtle is not really there.
A class counts the birds at a park pond on three days: 5, then 3, then 6. A chart makes the numbers easy to compare: the most birds were seen on Monday.
Class activity
Design your app. On paper, draw a rectangle that looks like a phone screen. Give your app a name, say who it is for, describe it in three words, and write one way to use it. Then think: which job joins something you love with computer skills?
Practice
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What does a data display do?
It turns numbers into a chart, a map or a picture that is easy to understand.
2
What does augmented reality add to the real world?
Extra information such as pictures and facts.
3
Which tool uses satellites to find where an animal is? Say the letter.
A, GPS.
4
Imagine a job that joins computer skills with a love of nature. What could the person make?
Answers differ, for example an app, a game or a map that teaches about animals.
