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4 Teachers Lesson Plans For :MOVE mini For The microbit

donnison

Unlock your students potential with these 4 Robotics Lesson Plans for :MOVE mini for the BBC microbit, written by a Teacher for Teachers. They offer classroom-ready lesson plans designed specifically to help you deliver the curriculum at Key Stage 3....
- 9 May 2019
Teachers Lesson Plans For ACCESS:bit For microbit

donnison

Unlock your students potential with these 2 free Lesson Plans for the Kitronik ACCESS:bit for the BBC microbit. Students will learn how to code the micro:bit to control an access barrier with these classroom-ready teaching resources.They have been de...
- 9 May 2019
Classroom Ready Lesson Plans For The :GAME ZIP 64 For microbit

donnison

Unlock your students potential with our 5 Lesson Plans For The :GAME ZIP 64 for BBC microbit. Written by a Teacher for Teachers. They are classroom-ready lesson plans designed specifically to help you deliver the curriculum at Key Stage 3. While thes...
- 2 May 2019
micro:mag - Unofficial micro:bit Community Magazine

jomoenginer

I did not see this posted anywhere else, so hopefully this is not a duplicate. There was a post on LinkedIn from Parallax regarding their cyber:bot being featured in the latest micro:mag, and I was taken aback since I was not aware the little bo...
- 9 Apr 2019
microbit Games - Controlling Movement On The LED Matrix

donnison

Do you have an urge to write some microbit games but don't know how to start, maybe this will help. Learning how to code some basic gaming functions could be all you need to overcome coders block. Let's take it back to basics and learn a couple of ke...
- 4 Apr 2019
[PROJECT] BBC Micro:bit – 16-button True-Tone Sound Sequencer & Synthesizer by Cabe

Catwell

16-button sequence synthesizer. An easy build, for sure. (via me) I wanted to take the last project a few steps into another direction. I’ve gone from melodies to specific notes. I wanted the user to decide what they hear, so to speak. I’v...
- 21 Mar 2019
[PROJECT] BBC Micro:bit – 8-Button Melody Synthesizer by Cabe

Catwell

This is the Multi-button Synth in "button play mode." (UPDATE: The next version of this project is done, see the "16-button sequence synthesizer.") What’s the logical next step to a synthesizer? Playing multiple sounds or melodies. Ac...
- 3 Mar 2019
[PROJECT] BBC Micro:bit – Atari Punk Console by Cabe

Catwell

The Atari Punk Console, a name that Kaustic Machines dubbed, is an astable square wave driving a monostable oscillator. This was done with two 555 timer ICs, typically. The output was sound that resembled those produced by the old Atari 2600. It’s or...
- 21 Feb 2019
[PROJECT] BBC Micro:bit – Valentine-ish Compatibility Tester aka Galvanic Skin Sensor by Cabe

Catwell

Happy Valentine's Day 2019!!! It occurred to me that I should probably make it heart themed, for Valentine's Day. So, here it is. It responds to the galvanic skin response with a heart shape that grows in size.Download the Microbit GSS Heart fil...
- 3 Feb 2019
[PROJECT] BBC Micro:bit – ADVANCED Light Theremin by Cabe

Catwell

(Above) The Advanced Theremin as I had it set up. I placed the sensors separate to allow each hand to control a tone. (via me) The last BBC Micro:bit Theremin project had you create a single channel for sound. This, “ADVANCED,” Theremin w...
- 24 Jan 2019
Parallax Cyber:bot for Micro:bit Preview Webinar

jomoenginer

So, Parallax is collaborating with the National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center to create a cyber:bot using the BBC micro:bit and the Parallax Boe-Bot chassis. Since this is using the micro:bit, MicroPython is used to program the bot...
- 24 Jan 2019
[PROJECT] BBC Micro:bit – Light Theremin by Cabe

Catwell

A shot of the complete circuit. (via me) Digital musical instruments are in every facet of music today. Arguably, you can trace digital music’s origin to the original Theremin. Today, the Theremin is more of an art installation than a practical ...
- 21 Dec 2018
[Project] micro:bit game - CATch the MOUSE!

straytech

Despite the micro:bit Education Giveaway Challenge being over, one of my teams decided to release their game to the element14 community for everyone to try and enjoy!This game requires no modification or additional circuit design, and can be played b...
- 10 Dec 2018
Microbit Education Give -Away, Lesson Plan, Getting Started

ienjoyteaching

Teacher: Denise Wright Lesson Plan : Ocean Bay Middle School, Myrtle Beach, SC What ages and/or grade-level(s) it's aimed toward The microbit lessons we used in our coding group were appropriate for , middle school, grades 6 through 8...
- 5 Dec 2018
micro:bit @Årstadalsskolan

petersvedman

Hello again. Well, today was a bit of a fail. I was all set to make our ideas at least work a littel bit, but it all ended in tears. Well, almost. I had to raise my voice four times, and other teachers have probably by now figured out the reason...
- 3 Dec 2018
Micro:Bit in the game-design classroom : Play Test!

straytech

For those Just now joining the micro:bit fun, I am a college professor in game design, and have been involved with various maker and hacker groups for many years. I have been blogging about my experience introducing the micro:bit platform to college ...
- 3 Dec 2018
My journey with Micro:bit

andyforeverest

I have been teaching programming and electronics for more than two years now. Using the Arduino ecosystem. And I loved it. And most kids older than 5th grade loved it too. But I found that, for younger kids it was a challenge. So I incorporated Scrat...
- 3 Dec 2018
Micro:Bit Creatures - creating a kinetic scene with Micro:Bits

julianrendell

This was originally posted to our makerspace forum (https://forum.makeit.zone/t/micro-bit-creatures-creating-a-kinetic-scene-with-micro-bits/818 ); any updates are most likely to arrive there first. This project was inspired and enabled by the E...
- 3 Dec 2018
The Return of Micro:bit’s Son or How My Students Fared In Their Projects

zren

And now the continuation of the previous blog. As I mentioned there are ten micro:bit kits, and that allows me to have ten teams. Each team chose a different project and they had three weeks to finish them and present a quick three-minute summar...
- 3 Dec 2018
Micro:bit The Revenge! or How I introduced the Micro:bit to my students

zren

A couple of weeks ago I began a journey of discovery, followed by my merry band of sixth graders. We were on a quest to discover the wonderful properties the micro:bit could offer us on this trip into uncharted territory.I shared with you what my fir...
- 3 Dec 2018
micro:bit @ Årstadalsskolan

petersvedman

Hello! This is post #3 about our micro:bit project at Årstadalsskolan in Stockholm.I would characterize the project as a partial success so far. We have had some hiccups on the way that has delayed the project a few weeks, and the kids and I hav...
- 2 Dec 2018
A bit micro with Micro:bit

jaypage

The students at Goodna State School were excited to undertake a new unit of learning with the BBC Micro:bit, thanks to element14 and their Great Micro:bit Education Giveaway. The Australian Curriculum was introduced a few years ago however, the...
- 2 Dec 2018
Micro:bits - teacher professional development! Share the joy!

nsouthwell

There have been a few hiccups along the way... but when doesn't that happen!? I have been noting my journey using Adobe Spark, a free online tool.Here is my link to what happened! https://spark.adobe.com/page/XkK80vP6mordc/ Thanks for givi...
- 2 Dec 2018
[PROJECT] RGB lamp

andyforeverest

Hardware setup An RGB LED is made of three LEDs: a red one, a blue one and a green one. Some RGB LEDs have the anode terminal (or "+" terminal) in common and some have the cathode terminal (or "-" terminal) in common. The one we are going to u...
- 1 Dec 2018
[PROJECT] Color mixing with a RGB LED

andyforeverest

Color mixingRGB LED - description and typesColor mixing program Color mixingOne can display a certain color by mixing only three basic colors: Red, Green and Blue. Adding different levels of each color we get many colors. If all colors are OFF,...
- 1 Dec 2018