From binary to pixels, from laser-cut jewellery to 3D design, from AI to coding logic — this is where you stop just using tech and start building it.
Eight units. One semester. Every single one is hands-on.
Binary, pixels, how computers work. Every pixel starts as 0s and 1s.
Adobe Illustrator. Design keychains and jewellery. Cut them on a real laser cutter.
How computers manage files, devices, and data. Essential digital skills.
AI images, prompt engineering, ethics. How AI works and how to use it wisely.
Scratch projects. Sequence, selection, iteration. Learn to read and write code.
Image manipulation, compositing, and editing. Professional design skills.
Tinkercad. Design and prepare models for 3D printing.
Collect, clean, analyse, and present data. Turn numbers into stories.
Your screen is a grid of tiny dots called pixels. Each pixel's colour is stored as binary numbers — just 0s and 1s. Red, Green, Blue — each channel uses 8 bits (0–255). Combine them and you get 16.7 million colours. That's how computers turn binary into everything you see.
Now it's your turn. Create something amazing in 32 × 32 pixels.
Paint, erase, fill. You have 32 × 32 pixels (that's 1024) — make something epic.
Binary, AI, laser-cut jewellery, 3D printing, image editing, coding — this is the subject where you actually make things.
NPGHS • Year 9 • Digital Technologies