Using a microbit to make an LED light flash

Using a microbit to make an LED light flash

From Friday, October 14, 2022 9:00 AM
to Friday, October 14, 2022 10:30 AM

St Mark's Special School

Other

English

Piercetown, Newbridge, Kildare, IRL

The students will create an electrical circuit using crocodile clips, a micro:bit and an LED light.

When the circuit is complete they'll go to https://microbit.org/join to learn how to use code to make the LED light flash on and off. 

    Primary school Secondary school Other (see description)
    Basic programming concepts Visual/Block programming

Longitude: -6.804385
Latitude: 53.181735
Geoposition: 53.181735,-6.804385

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