Starting out with real programming
The Arduino Ninjas programme is a carefully sequenced series of online lessons focussed 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.
