Intro to Programming with Tracy the Turtle and micro:bit

Course Overview

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MODULES - 9

• Tracy's World

  Students learn about the world Tracy lives in and how to form commands that she will understand!

• Moving Tracy Efficiently

  Students build on the commands they've learned to instruct Tracy around all parts of her world.

• Designing and Communicating Solutions

  Students explore useful ways to break down large problems to write readable and successful programs.

• Controlling Tracy with Variables

  Students learn to use variables and user input to control their Tracy commands.

• Intro to micro:bit

  Students learn the basics of the micro:bit, such as how to light up and change the brightness of LEDs and how to use variables to write more versatile programs.

• Making Decisions

  Students use if-else statements and while loops to instruct Tracy to make decisions based on conditions.

• Program Control with micro:bit

  Students combine control structures, such as if/else statements and loops, with the micro:bit built-in and external sensors to write programs that react to the outside world.

• Tracy Challenges

  Students put together all they've learned to create more advanced programs!

• Advanced micro:bit

  Students explore all of the capabilities of the micro:bit on their own as they research, explore, and teach their peers about new sensors.