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.

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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.