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DT Challenge - 7/8 Python - Networking with Micro:Bit

Learn how to code the micro:bit to use the radio! In this DT Mini Challenge, you can create wireless networks to send pictures and messages around the room! You'll start by sending simple messages, but work up to making your own interactive games with your friends! Dive on in and you'll be sending secret messages in no time!

To do the challenge offline use this guide to support students.

Additional details

Year band(s)	7-8
Content type	Tools for learning, Student challenges
Format	Interactive
Core and overarching concepts	Computational thinking, Algorithms, Implementation (programming)
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)	AC9TDI8K01 Explain how hardware specifications affect performance and select appropriate hardware for particular tasks and workloads AC9TDI8K02 Investigate how data is transmitted and secured in wired and wireless networks including the internet AC9TDI8P01 Acquire, store and validate data from a range of sources using software, including spreadsheets and databases AC9TDI8P04 Define and decompose real-world problems with design criteria and by creating user stories AC9TDI8P05 Design algorithms involving nested control structures and represent them using flowcharts and pseudocode AC9TDI8P06 Trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors AC9TDI8P07 Design the user experience of a digital system AC9TDI8P08 Generate, modify, communicate and evaluate alternative designs AC9TDI8P09 Implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language
Technologies & Programming Languages	Python
Keywords	Data: Collection, Representation, Interpretation, Specification, Algorithms, Implementation, Interactions, Australian Computing Academy, Python, DT Challenge
Organisation	Australian Computing Academy
Copyright	University of Sydney. Creative Commons BY 4.0.