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First lessons with MakeCode

and the micro:bit

Lesson 1
Name badge
Recap: what is a computer?

What do computers do?


Where do we find them?
Is a phone a computer?
A game console?
What else do you think has a
computer inside?
Think: what is a micro:bit?

 A tiny computer
 You tell it what to do by writing
instructions in code
 The code is an algorithm, a sequence
of instructions.
 The micro:bit can show words on its LED
display output.
 You can unplug your micro:bit, attach a
battery pack and the code still works
Think: introduction to the BBC micro:bit

Optionally play video: https://youtu.be/u2u7UJSRuko


Think: learning objectives

• I can explain that the micro:bit is


a tiny computer.

• I can explain that computers


need to be given sets of
instructions (an algorithm) in
code.

• I can give the micro:bit


instructions in code to make a
name badge using the LED
display output.
Think: name badge introduction video

Optionally play video: https://youtu.be/teC0wzWF4tI


Introducing the
MakeCode editor
1 Toolbox: find
code blocks
2
2 Workspace:
assemble your
code 3

3 Simulator: test
your code 1

4 Download code 4
to your micro:bit
Create: examine the code

 ‘Forever’ is a loop that keeps


the code running.
 ‘Show string’ scrolls the string
of letters that make up your
name across the LED display
output.
 The code then goes back to the
Teacher: open completed code in editor top of the loop and runs again.
Create: build the code

 Open a new MakeCode project


https://makecode.microbit.org/
Create: coding video

YouTube coding video: https://mbit.io/lessons-name-code-video


Create: coding animation
Create: step-by-step online tutorial

https://mbit.io/tutorial-name-badge
Evaluate

Download your code to a micro:bit

 Does it work as you expect?


 How good is the project?
 Could it have other uses?
 How does it work?
Extend

Add more words or numbers to


express more about yourself.

Add some icons (pictures) using


the ‘show icon’ block to show how
you’re feeling or express your
personality.
Share: revisit the learning objectives

• I can explain that that the


micro:bit is a tiny computer.

• I can explain that computers


need to be given sets of
instructions (an algorithm) in
code.

• I can give the micro:bit


instructions in code to make a
name badge using the LED
display output.
Next steps

Today we used the ‘forever’


loop block and instructions to
make name badges.

Next time we’ll use the ‘forever’


loop block and sequences of
instructions to make animations.
First lessons with MakeCode
and the micro:bit

Visit microbit.org/teach for more


lessons, projects, courses and help
This content is published by the Micro:bit Educational Foundation under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) licence

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