Microbit - Coding Challenges 1.1 (Mr. Glenn) 

To complete these tasks you will want two tabs open:

  1. Make Code Editor
  2. The Firefly Project Page

What event will make this code run?

What does this program simulate?

How does it work?

How could you innovate this?

Tutorials for Week 1

Today we will learn to build some very simple programmes and download them onto the Microbit Hardware.

Example of Smiley Buttons

What different events have you used to make your programmes run?

How could you innovate these projects?

How could they be adapted for a different purpose?


Share your code and your answers into the ClassNotebook in OneNote.

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Learning Intentions

Can I program a simple computer?

Success Criteria

I can create a simple program

I can test and improve with iterations

I can explain my coding choices

I can share my learning