Tag Archives: Microbit

Teaching logic gates with physical computing

Posted on March 15, 2019 by blogmywiki

I found teaching logic gates one of the trickier parts of the secondary Computer Science curriculum: they’re abstract, dry… not much fun. Year 9 in a girls’ school. Tough crowd. To counter this, I tried to make them a bit … Continue reading →

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micro:bit music experiments

Posted on February 24, 2019 by blogmywiki

I’ve made a few simple projects to turn a BBC micro:bit into (sort of) musical instruments. First, I made a simple arpeggiator. The micro:bit is, of course, only capable of playing 1 note at a time, but take 3 notes … Continue reading →

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Microbit class votes

Posted on April 13, 2018 by blogmywiki

Up to 25 pupils each has a micro:bit which they can use for voting YES or NO to any question. Pupils press button A to answer ‘no’ to a question, or button B to answer ‘yes’. They can shake their … Continue reading →

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Microbit treasure hunt

Posted on April 13, 2018 by blogmywiki

This is a much-simplified version of the MakeCode Hot/Cold game using Python. You hide beacons, players have to find them. You will need: – 2 or more micro:bits with battery packs – a computer with which to program them – … Continue reading →

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The Flu Game

Posted on April 11, 2018 by blogmywiki

Inspired by the totally awesome Hannah Fry’s BBC Four programme on pandemic flu and this also awesome micro:bit project, I present: The Flu Game. You will need: more than 2 micro:bits with battery packs a way of flashing Python code … Continue reading →

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