4 – Quiz Project – Bourne to Code

Develop the Programming & Development, Algorithms Learning Strands:

The code below sets the brightness to 255 when Button A button is pressed – this is the maximum brightness for the LED on the microbit.
To represent 255, 8 bits are required in binary.
In computer science we call 8 bits a byte.
When Button B is pressed the LED is set to 5 which isn’t very bright.
You should write this program on your micro:bit. Can you add additional blocks of code so that is acts as a dimmer switch?

Project based learning will allow you to explore new concepts through practical activities.
These are larger projects than the practical tasks which require you to plan and develop a solution.
Some projects will be completed in pairs although this initial one will be completed individually.
When you are given the project you will start by identifying what your solution will need to do.
You will use success criteria to do this.

Success criteria should be identified before starting to produce the solution.
The success criteria will state what the product should do once it has been created.
Initially you should read the task and then split it up into a number of criteria that you can measure.
At the end of the project, you will evaluate your product against the success criteria that you have identified.

Over the lesson you are going to create a maths quiz which can be played on the micro:bit
What success criteria should we define for our maths quiz?
Write down 3 success criteria in a blank word document.

Variables are like empty boxes which allow us to temporarily store data in
In a computer system they are named locations in memory which allow computers to store data
If we wanted to store your first name we could take a box and name it ‘firstName’. You could then store your first name in that box.
In a maths quiz, what variables do you think will need to be used?
Write down 3 possible variables you could use in your program, add them to your word document.

4 – Quiz Project