Arduino Ninjas - White Belt

Starting out with real programming The Arduino Ninjas program is a carefully sequenced series of online lessons focused around computational thinking and is ideally suited for students exploring the Year 7 and 8 Digital Technologies curriculum. It is a self-paced, free to access course that uses the Arduino Uno microcontroller and a selection of sensors and actuators to explore the ideas of Decomposition, Generalisation, Abstraction, Pattern Recognition and Algorithms. Participants will need an Arduino Uno and a number of different add-ons to complete this course. You may already have these or you may purchase a custom kit from the Education Futures Academy. Participants should have completed Arduino Ninjas – Intro Belt before enrolling in this White Belt level. For this White Belt course you will need: A computer (Windows, Mac or Linux) to run Arduino IDE An Arduino Uno or Nano A breadboard 2 LEDs Some resistors (220 ohm and 10k ohm) An RGB LED board (common cathode (common negative)) A push to make switch A seven segment display An infra-red (IR) proximity sensor (FG-51) Some interconnecting wires This White Belt course will take around 3 to 5 hours to complete.