Micro:bits: Happy Birthday

Turn your micro:bit into a music player. Code musical notes using simple commands. Listen to your program using earphones and crocodile clips and wish your friends or family a happy birthday!

Author: Ryan Olson

Subjects: Computer Science, Music

Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8

CS Domain: Algorithms and Programming

CS Principle: Recognizing and Defining Computational Problems

Materials: Micro:bit

Tag: micro:bit

OVERVIEW

Activity Overview:

Turn your micro:bit into a music player. Code musical notes using simple commands. Listen to your program using earphones and crocodile clips and wish your friends or family a happy birthday!

Meta description

Subject Area: Computer Science, Music
Grade Level : 3-5, 6-8
Computer Science Domains:
- Algorithms and Programming
Computer Science Principles:
- Recognizing and Defining Computational Problems
Materials:
- Micro:bit
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Lesson Plan

Overview

Turn your micro:bit into a music player. Code musical notes using simple commands. Listen to your program using earphones and crocodile clips and wish your friends or family a happy birthday!

ASSESSMENT PRE/POST-TEST

Can you use simple commands such as play, notes, and keys?

OBJECTIVES

learn how to setup the micro:bit as a music player learn how to code music on the micro:bit

CATCH/HOOK

It’s your friend’s birthday. Can you code a program that with wish them a happy birthday with music?

ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS

Let’s use music blocks to play sounds on our micro:bit.

    Start by adding the code that includes a single musical chord with e the ‘play’ block.

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   Insert the chord “C’.  
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   Click ‘run’ to see if your code works.

   Now keep adding musical chords with the ‘play block.’  Place the appropriate chord blocks, “D”,”F”, and “G” to finish the first part of the song.  Keep everything to a “1/4” beat.

   Place a ‘pause’ block at the end of the first part with the value of “100”.

   Start the second part of the song, looking for the appropriate notes and pauses.

   Click ‘run’ to see if the code works as expected.

   Once you’ve finished, connect your micro:bit using pins P0 and GND.  Connect using earphones or a speaker with crocodile or spring clips.

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REVIEW

Play your song over speakers or earphones using crocodile clips. Challenge yourself by coding another one of your favorite songs.

STANDARDS

Type	Listing
CS Domains	Algorithms and Programming
CS Principles	Recognizing and Defining Computational Problems
Other Content Standards