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someone. The blocks in Figure

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will do that.

Note that the icon of the micro:bit on the left side

of the screen allows you to simulate the code,

including “shaking” it.

The code begins with an on start block

which will run once, and two on gesture event

blocks that wait for input (whether the logo has

been touched, and whether the accelerometer

has detected a shaking motion). Experiment

with adding more blocks to do different things

as the board moves around. You might want to

try different gesture inputs (tilt it, flip it, etc.),

and explore adding more-advanced logic and

gestures, by nesting one input inside the other.

The micro:bit can also ...