BBC micro:bit 27 projects for students: level 1 - simple projects

The BBC micro:bit is a credit sized computer based on a highly popular and high performance ARM processor. The device is designed by a group of 29 partners for use in computer education in the UK and will be given free of charge to every secondary school student in the UK. micro:bit automatically.

This book is about the use of the BBC micro:bit computer in practical projects. The BBC micro:bit computer can be programmed using several different programming languages, such as Microsoft Block Editor, Microsoft Touch Develop, mikroPython, and JavaScript.

The easy and popular Block Editor programming tool is used in this book. This is a graphical programming tool which is ideal for the beginners such as the year 7 students in UK. The book covers more than 27 tested and working projects using the Block Editor programming.

The following are given for each project: 

  • Title of the project 
  • Description of the project 
  • Aim of the project 
  • Difficulty level 
  • Program listing 
  • Results 
  • Try for yourself. 

The complete Block Editor graphical programs are given for each project. In addition, the operation of the projects are described briefly in each section. Students are encouraged to go through the projects in the order given in the book.

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Subject(s)Computing, Programming, Algorithmic Thinking
Author(s)Dogan Ibrahim
Age11-14
Published2016
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Shelf reference007 IBR
ISN/ISBN9781526205094
Direct URLhttps://www-dev.stem.org.uk/xa7fx

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