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The ACA is joining forces with Grok Learning to form a new organisation Grok Academy. This new organisation will be your one stop shop for all your digital technologies needs. For more information go to grokacademy.org
The ACA is joining forces with Grok Learning to form a new organisation Grok Academy. This new organisation will be your one stop shop for all your digital technologies needs. For more information go to grokacademy.org
Bands: Years 3-4, 5-6
Duration: 2 weeks (4-6 hours)
Make a cool rocket ship with the BBC micro:bit using the Blockly visual programming environment.
Prepare for launch with the micro:bit! Set your sights on the stars by making a rocket ship, complete with countdown. You don't need a real micro:bit to participate. Use our full micro:bit simulator to learn, explore what the micro:bit can do! Blast-off in 3, 2, 1! If you have a micro:bit you can use our resources to build a cardboard rocket.
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Teacher notes
Key concept |
F-2 | 3-4 | 5-6 | 7-8 | 9-10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Digital systems |
(ACTDIK001) | (ACTDIK007) | (ACTDIK014) | (ACTDIK023) | (ACTDIK034) |
Implementation |
(ACTDIP011) | (ACTDIP020) | (ACTDIP030) | (ACTDIP041) |
A handy reference for all of the images you can quickly display on your micro:bit!
A cheatsheet for how to do simple tasks on the micro:bit.
