Year 7 · Digital Technologies · micro:bit

Year 7 Digital Technologies

Coding with the BBC micro:bit. Play a game, work out how it ticks, improve it, then design and build a brand-new challenge of your own — with a wireless radio extension for two-player games.

Project · micro:bit games

Projects & workbooks

START HERELesson 1
of 2Rock–Paper–Scissors

🎮 Challenge Creator — Lesson 1: Play, Understand & Improve

Play Rock–Paper–Scissors on the micro:bit, work out how its code makes a decision, then improve it. Type your answers straight in — they save in your browser — and code right here in the built-in editor.

Open Lesson 1 🧩 micro:bit editor

Lesson 2
of 2Radio · design · build

🚀 Challenge Creator — Lesson 2: Radio, Design & Build

See how micro:bits talk to each other by radio, then design, build, test and share your own micro:bit game. Picks up where Lesson 1 left off — your answers carry across.

Open Lesson 2 🧩 micro:bit editor

Editor

MakeCode editor

The block & JavaScript editor for the micro:bit, with a built-in simulator. Also embedded inside the workbook.

Open MakeCode Help

micro:bit first steps

What the micro:bit can do — buttons, LEDs, sensors and radio — and how to flash your first program.

Get started