Bits & Bytes JR Explorers

In Bits and Bytes this week, we covered the following topics:

• Conductivity

  • What’s conductive and what’s not conductive

• The Makey Makey controller

  • Using the controller in Scratch
  • Creating a custom controller of Play-Do and other materials
  • Making an instrument keyboard controller
  • Creating a glove controller
• Hardware vs Software

• The Micro: Bit controller

  • Using Microsoft MakeCode blocks
  • Displaying images on the screen
  • Getting input from the controller
  • Detecting shaking and jostling
  • Playing sounds
  • Transmitting Messages via Radio
  • Playing audio through headphones

To continue learning after the camps, your Ninjas can:

Continue to learn to use Microsoft MakeCode to develop digital content such as games and robotics. Microsoft MakeCode has many uses, one of which was Micro: Bit, but it can also be used to create games in MakeCode Arcade and code in Minecraft Education Edition. MakeCode can be found here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/makecode.