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Lesson 5: Programming a scoreboard

Programming a micro:bit as a scoreboard for a rock, paper, scissors tournament.
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Using the Knowledge organiser and arrange the children into pairs.

Hand out a copy of the Knowledge organiser to each pair.

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In this unit

Assessment – Computing Y5: Micro:bitLesson 1: Tinkering with BBC micro:bitLesson 2: Programming an animationLesson 3: Polling programLesson 4: Programming a pedometer
Lesson 5: Programming a scoreboard
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