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by David Kang
KS2 Week 9: button events, Basic blocks, LED signals and testing. 15 core questions plus 5 stretch questions on pause, sequence and A+B reset.
#year_6#computing#microbit#makecode
20 questions
One question set, multiple game modes. Tap any game to see it in action. Not sure which to pick?
Answer to place stones and capture territory.
Pick a tile, answer, hit bonuses and steals.
Battleship. Sink every enemy ship to win.
Pass the potato before the fuse runs out.
Buy low, sell high, before the news breaks.
Take the wages, or take the whole vault.
Answer, then shoot for the top corner
You need an 'on button A pressed' block. Which MakeCode group should you open?
You want a ready-made heart picture. Which group contains 'show icon'?
Read the blocks. What will the LED display show when you press A?
Look at this event block. Which action runs the instructions inside it?
You want to draw your own LED picture, one square at a time. Which block should you use?
Look at the lit squares. What picture will this program show when you press B?
You press A and a happy face appears. Which part is the OUTPUT?
A button press is the input. A picture is the output. What happens in the PROCESS?
A shows a happy face. B shows a confused face. You change only B's picture to a heart. What will A show now?
You want an event to run when B is pressed instead of A. What should you change?
Your visitor should go right. Read this program. Which way will its arrow point when B is pressed?
A means 'I am ready'. B means 'I need help'. Which test checks that BOTH signals work?
You meant to make one event for A and one for B, but both purple blocks say A. What should you fix first?
A micro:bit LED display has 5 rows of 5 lights. How many lights can you choose from in 'show leds'?
Which action is an INPUT for the button programs you made today?
STRETCH: Read this B program from top to bottom. Which picture appears FIRST when you press B?
STRETCH: The program uses 'pause (ms) 1000'. How long does that pause last?
STRETCH: You want the large heart to stay on screen longer before the small heart appears. What should you change?
STRETCH: Look at this reset program. How do you run it?
STRETCH: After 'clear screen' runs, what has happened?
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Keep the tile or give it to a rival team.
Answer correctly to move your piece.
Texas Hold'em. Answer to draw better cards.
Pick a chest. Big bonus, or lose it all.
Catapult a rival castle or repair your own.
Climb the mountain, or push a rival off it.
