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) |
ACTDIK023
Investigate how data is transmitted and secured in wired, wireless and mobile networks, and how the specifications affect performance
ACTDIP025
Acquire data from a range of sources and evaluate authenticity, accuracy and timeliness
ACTDIP027
Define and decompose real-world problems taking into account functional requirements and economic, environmental, social, technical and usability constraints
ACTDIP028
Design the user experience of a digital system, generating, evaluating and communicating alternative designs
ACTDIP029
Design algorithms represented diagrammatically and in English, and trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors
ACTDIP030
Implement and modify programs with user interfaces involving branching, iteration and functions in a general-purpose programming language |
Technologies & Programming Languages | 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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