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Flowol

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Flowol

Flowol is a control program used in Years 4, 5 and 6 at Radstock

• Flowol 3 website
• Flowol 3 Data Harvest website
• Flowol 3 Mimics page
• Flowgo interface page on Data Harvest website

On screen videos showing different techniques in Flowol

Click on 2.9 for videos using Flowol 2.9 and 3 for videos using Flowol 3.

2.9	3	How to build a basic Flowol procedure using Start, Stop, Outputs and Delay
2.9	3	How to use an input like a switch to control an output such as a light. This also shows how to edit procedures by moving boxes.
2.9	3	How to create two parallel procedures which start at the same time. This also shows how to edit procedures.
2.9	3	How to break a long procedure up into two subprocedures.
2.9	3	How to find mistakes by slowing Flowol down so that procedures run more slowly.
2.9	3	How to create a repeating procedure.
2.9	3	How to build a procedure using an AND command- useful for simulations of alarms which need two switches to be pushed before they sound.
2.9	3	How to use Flowol to control motors by running forwards and backwards and at different speeds.
2.9	3	How to create a procedure which counts how many times an action has taken place.

Using Flowol

• Techniques in Flowol. A guide to procedures and their uses. Describes when to use parallel processing and when to use sub-procedures with example diagrams. Also includes a brief explanation of how to use Flowol 2.90.

Modified Schemes of Work using Flowol Mimics

• ICT 4E Modelling Effects on Screen modified to use Flowol rather than Logo. Note that at Radstock logo is taught in Year 3 and the beginnings of control in Year 4.
• ICT 5E Controlling Devices modified to use Flowol rather than Logo.
• ICT 6C Control and monitoring – What happens when...? modified to use Flowol rather than Logo.
• Comparison of teaching control over 2 and 3 units- some possibilities of the mimics which could be used. The mimics include the extra mimics that are available from Data Harvest.

Some examples of completed work

Textease file by Year 6 children showing sub procedures and use of percentages to control a motor in a Fairground ride. Clearly laid out with clear explanation of what each sub procedure is designed to do.

Textease file by Year 6 children showing sub-procedures in a Fairground Ride. Clearly laid out, but no explanation of why or how the subprocedures were used. Percentages used to control the speed of the motor

Textease file by Year 6 children showing sub procedures in a Fairground Ride. Layout not so clear as above, but percentages are used and there is a short explanation of why the model was controlled in this way.