DT Challenge - 7/8 Python - 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) | 7-8 |
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Content type | Tools for learning, Student challenges |
Format | Interactive |
Core and overarching concepts | Computational thinking, Algorithms, Implementation (programming) |
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI8K01
Explain how hardware specifications affect performance and select appropriate hardware for particular tasks and workloads
AC9TDI8K02
Investigate how data is transmitted and secured in wired and wireless networks including the internet
AC9TDI8P01
Acquire, store and validate data from a range of sources using software, including spreadsheets and databases
AC9TDI8P04
Define and decompose real-world problems with design criteria and by creating user stories
AC9TDI8P05
Design algorithms involving nested control structures and represent them using flowcharts and pseudocode
AC9TDI8P06
Trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors
AC9TDI8P07
Design the user experience of a digital system
AC9TDI8P08
Generate, modify, communicate and evaluate alternative designs
AC9TDI8P09
Implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language |
Technologies & Programming Languageās | Python |
Keywords | Data: Collection, Representation, Interpretation, Specification, Algorithms, Implementation, Interactions, Australian Computing Academy, Python, DT Challenge |
Organisation | Australian Computing Academy |
Copyright | University of Sydney. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
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The MicroPython guide to BBC micro:bit
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BBC micro:bit MicroPython documentation
The BBC micro:bit is a small computing device. One of the languages it understands is the popular Python programming language. The version of Python that runs on the BBC micro:bit is called MicroPython. This documentation includes lessons for teachers and API documentation for developers.
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