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MakeCode

7-11 yrs

Students create their first programs and transfer them to their micro:bits.

Key learning:

  • Understand the micro:bit is a tiny computer which needs instructions in code to make it work.
  • Understand that sets of instructions for computers in a sequence are also called algorithms or programs.
  • Use the MakeCode editor to create instructions in code that the micro:bit can understand and then transfer them to the micro:bit.
  • Know the micro:bit has an LED display output which it can use to show words (as well as numbers and pictures).

Computational thinking:

Algorithms

Computer systems:

Input/output

Programming:

Iteration

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