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DT Challenge - 5/6 Blockly - Networking with Micro:Bit

Learn how to code the micro:bit to use the radio! In this DT Mini Challenge, you can create wireless networks to send pictures and messages around the room! You'll start by sending simple messages, but work up to making your own interactive games with your friends! Dive on in and you'll be sending secret messages in no time!

To do the challenge offline use this guide to support students.

Additional details

Year band(s)	5-6
Content type	Tools for learning, Student challenges
Format	Interactive
Core and overarching concepts	Computational thinking, Algorithms, Implementation (programming)
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)	AC9TDI6K01 Investigate the main internal components of common digital systems and their function AC9TDI6K02 Examine how digital systems form networks to transmit data AC9TDI6K03 Explain how digital systems represent all data using numbers AC9TDI6K04 Explore how data can be represented by off and on states (zeros and ones in binary) AC9TDI6P01 Define problems with given or co developed design criteria and by creating user stories AC9TDI6P03 Design a user interface for a digital system AC9TDI6P04 Generate, modify, communicate and evaluate designs AC9TDI6P05 Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input
Technologies & Programming Languages	Python
Keywords	Data: Collection, Representation, Interpretation, Specification, Algorithms, Implementation, Interactions, Australian Computing Academy, Python, DT Challenge, Microbit
Organisation	Australian Computing Academy
Copyright	University of Sydney. Creative Commons BY 4.0.