looper blocks lesson

Learn to control blinking LEDs.

Topic

For Loop

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Class

Year 7

Prior learning/place of lesson in scheme of work

Learn how to control a blinking LED. We will be learning how to create a blinking app using the for loop as well as simple commands, such as plot and pause.

Documentation

for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {}
basic.showNumber(0)
basic.pause(100)

Objectives

• learn how to repeat code a fixed number of times
• learn how to show a number on the LED screen, one digit at a time (scrolling from left to right)
• learn how to pause program execution for the specified number of milliseconds
• learn how to arithmetic operators operate on numbers and return a number