pxt-calliope/docs/lessons/magic-8.md
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magic 8 lesson

a fortune teller game with the BBC micro:bit.

Topic

If (Conditionals)

Prior learning/place of lesson in scheme of work

Learn how to creating conditionals, if condition do to conditionally run code depending on whether a condition is true or not. We will be learning how to create a fortune telling app using local variable and conditionals (If), input on shake as well as simple commands, such as show string, show number, and clear screen.

Documentation

if (true) {}
Math.random(3)
input.onGesture(Gesture.Shake, () => {})
basic.showNumber(7)
basic.clearScreen()
basic.showString("Hello!")

Objectives

  • learn how to show a string on the LED screen
  • learn how to show a number on the LED screen
  • learn how to learn how to turn off all the LED lights on the LED screen
  • learn how to use the input on shake
  • learn how to learn how to create a local variable to store data so that you can use it later in your code
  • learn how to learn how to return a random number
  • learn how to learn how to conditionally run code depending on whether a condition is true or not