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LEARNING PATHWAY Learning to program with Mr Bit
Mr Bit Tutorials explain how to create programs and the Exercises give you practice in developing programming skills. Here is a suggested pathway which helps you build up your expertise in simple steps.
You don’t need the actual micro:bit to get started -
START Tutorials
How to use Mr Bit
Skip this if you don’t yet have a micro:bit
How to build a simple program
How to make images and animate them
How to time images and messages
Now try Exercises
Create a flashing image
Control images with inputs
A repeating animation
Show a message with a gesture
Although the tutorials and exercises have clear instructions on how to build programs, remember not to stop there but use your imagination to make a program work slightly differently: Try using different inputs or outputs, or try altering the conditions that trigger the action.
Images in a timed sequence
Sequence of fading images
Using a counter
How to make instructions in a sequence
How to make graphs on the LEDs
Gesture control of images
Graph control with level input
Gesture control of sequence
Control LEDs brightness
Random number game
Random images game
Using a touch input
How to use variables and random numbers
Random message game
Random image game
Random image game
Counting game
Measuring acceleration
Multiplication tables
How to count events
Calculate squares
Count rapid events
Creating tunes for the micro:bit
How to create tunes to play on the micro:bit
Bat and ball game
How to calculate new data from numbers
Images and animations number game
Measuring time with buttons
Dodging game
Detecting game
Catching game
Catching game
Building program instructions:
Some harder games to build
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