Micro:bit: Start Coding with the JavaScript Blocks Editor
Find out more about computer science, check out the lesson plans and projects to get your students starting to code the Micro:bit.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 3-4, 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Tools for learning, Student challenges |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Implementation (programming), Algorithms, Digital systems |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI4K01
Explore and describe a range of digital systems and their peripherals for a variety of purposes
AC9TDI4K02
Explore transmitting different types of data between digital systems
AC9TDI4P03
Generate, communicate and compare designs
AC9TDI4P04
Implement simple algorithms as visual programs involving control structures and input
AC9TDI6K01
Investigate the main internal components of common digital systems and their function
AC9TDI6K02
Examine how digital systems form networks to transmit data
AC9TDI6P05
Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input |
| Keywords | Micro:bit, Code editor, Visual programming, Transition, General purpose programming, Java, Peripheral device, Webpage Micro bit, Microbit |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Design and Technologies |
| Organisation | Micro:bit Educational Foundation |
| Copyright | Copyright Micro:bit Educational Foundation. May be subject to Copyright Act statutory licence. |
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