Micro:bit
139 lessons found.
"So, you want to work for the DNI"
This is an introduction to the CyberSecurity aspect of National Intelligence
“Weather” you know or not…. Classroom temperature is a hot topic!
This lesson merges weather, microbit, programming and social impact. Does the temperature of a classroom matter? Yes! In …
Algorithms Unplugged
This lesson/activity is an introduction of algorithms. Students will be in small groups and assign someone as a 'bot' …
Algorithms Unplugged
students will be learning how to create an algorithm/sequence by giving set directions to their 'bot' (another student) …
Analog and Digital Signals Project
This is a project for students to experience the differences between analog and digital waves. Students will be …
Battle your CuteBot
Get ready to battle your CuteBot car! Develop code for your Microbit using loops, variables, and conditionals to …
Civilizations by the mile
Civilizations by the mile is a 6th grade social studies lesson with a focus on comparing and contrasting the different …
Coding and Microbits
In this lesson the students will be introduced to the website MakeCode with programing the microbit simulator. To start …
Communicating Through History: MicroBit Morse Code
Students will read articles and then construct a timeline of the progression of communication technology in the …
Creating a Scoreboard with Microbits
Create a scoreboard you can use with your microbit. Create a program that you can use to keep score with your games.
Critical Infrastructure 1
Students will be able to explain what Critical Infrastructure is, what are common components that belong to critical …
Critical Infrastructure 2
Students will be able to demonstrate foundational knowledge and skills that are related to cybersecurity
Cryptology with micro:bits
This activity will introduce the Caesar Cipher to students on makecode.micro:bit.org. Students will explore the Caesar …
Cybersecurity - Hand Introduction and Confidentiality
Introduction to the GenCyber Hand concepts - also includes Confidentiality topics.
Cybersecurity Training part II
How are devices that are not physically connected able to communicate? micro:bits will be used to help students …
Data: Patterns, Cause and Effect
Students will discover, explore, model and communicate patterns found within data. This lesson/activity will incorporate …
Digital and Analog Activity Project
This is a project for students to experience the differences between analog and digital waves. Students will be …
Do you want to build a robot
Students will learn about robots, how to program a microbit and create a microbit pet.
Egg Drop
Using the MicroBit students will make a safe container for an egg drop. Instead of an egg, the students will be using …
Egg Drop Experiment using Microbit
Students will investigate and design an experiment that explores Newton’s 2nd Law, momentum and impulse using a …
Encrypted Messages to Mars
"The NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) is an international network of antennas that provide the communication links between …
ESP Problem Solving: A Problem Solving Model
This is an introductory lesson to the problem-solving process. The goal is for students to see that they, in a manner …
Evolution of the Telephone
Students spend several periods looking at the development of communication over the past 200 years.
Exploring Outputs with an RGB Light Strip
In this lesson you will be introducing the connection of color with computer science through the use of a micro:bit and …
Exploring Potential and Kinetic Energy by Using Hot Wheels and Micro:bits
Students will be exploring potential and kinetic energy (how mass and velocity changes KE, when does an object have the …
Fat Bear Fishing
My 5/6 grade class will use micro:bits to design a predator/prey program on micro:bits that assigns each device a fish …
Fraction Racing
Students engineered mint mobiles to race through a micro bit timing gate. The data was then collected and plotted on a …
Fundamentals of Cyber Safety
Students will listen to a short presentation about three of the six cybersecurity hand concepts. Students will then be …
Game of Life Spelling
This lesson is meant to introduce what coding is to elementary aged students and how to use block code. Students will …
Geocaching with Microbits
Geodynamics powers the Earth’s magnetic field, which is magnetic north. There is also a true north which is the Earth’s …
Getting Active with Microbit
They are introduced to variables and develop their understanding through a mixture of unplugged and practical …
Getting started with Micro:bit
Students will explore the functions of the MIcro: bit. Students have not had experience with this and I have very …
Getting the bugs out!
Help! Can you debug the Microbit code? We will look briefly at Grace Hopper to see the origins of debugging. Then …
Getting to Know You, CPU
Students will be introduced to Micro:Bit technology and have the opportunity to program the Micro:Bit to share some …
Half Life Radioactive Decay with Micro:bits
Introduce basic programming of the micro:bit while reiterating the integration of math in physical science exploring …
Health Care Devices
In this lesson students are reminded about the ever growing uses of technology devices within the healthcare profession, …
Health Care Devices
In this lesson students are reminded about the ever growing uses of technology devices within the healthcare profession, …
How safe are we? ¿Qué salvo estamos?
I am planning to work with Spanish speaking students and parents after school,using your resources show them what to …
I Am a Weather Watcher
Students will become weather watchers. They will journal the weather everyday and document the temperature using the …
I Can Create a Thermometer
Students will be able to experiment with micro-bits. Then students will be able to create the code for taking a …
I've got a secret!
Bee Boop Bee Boop! This lesson will explore cryptology and ciphers. We will reserach the topic using a scavenger hunt …
Importance and use of compasses
This lesson will probably take one block day, or 85-minute class. It will be a hands-on activity filled class that …
Input/Output
In this lesson students will be translating mathematical functions into computer programming functions to solve. This …
Input/Output what's it all about?
Students will learn the definition of input/output as it relates to computing and will use the Micro:bits to demonstrate …
Intro to Coding a Microbit
In this lesson the students will be introduced to the website MakeCode with programing the microbit simulator. To start …
Intro To Coding a Microbit
Students will be introduced to block coding using the website makecode.org. They will code a virtual microbit by …
Intro to Cybersecurity HAND Concepts Part 2
This lesson will take two days to go over the 6 parts of the hand in relation to cybersecurity. We will do a general …
Introduction to Micro:bits
Students will learn what micro:bits are and how they can be used. They will also learn how to code their own micro:bits. …
Introduction to problem solving: It's getting hot in here
Students will use micro bit and/ or Lego EV3 with temperature sensor to record temperature in the room and outside of …
Introduction to the microbit
This lesson will teach 5th & 6th grade elementary students how to program and use a microbit. Learners will be able to …
Is data for the birds?
Students will explore probability and coding by coding the Micro:bit to generate random responses similar to flipping a …
Is data for the Birds?
Students will program a Micro:bit and as a species counter, and to log the data that is collected. Then they will …
Is Data for the Birds?
Use the micro:bit as a step counter to measure and mark the planets' relative distances from the Sun.
Lesson 8: How does a cup’s surface affect how light warms up a liquid inside the cup?
This is modified from OpenSciEd under the Creative Common 4.0 License. We carry out an investigation to test the …
Life Sciences Through micro:bits
Students will participate in a discussion post regarding confidentiality on Canvas. “What do you think confidentiality …
Litter Hunt
In this lesson, pupils develop their understanding of the micro:bit by using the buttons and sensors on the device to …
Magic 8 ball
Make your own magic 8 ball! Students will code a micro:bit in makecode.org to tell other's 'fortunes'.
Making a Pepper’s Ghost Illusion using Microbit Technology
This lesson is going to be a supplemental lesson to our OpenSciEd Light and Matter unit that we are implementing this …
Micro bit Block Programming - 'Customizing Displays'
This lesson focuses on the LED array and how to customize graphics plus LED intensity. Students will program in Block …
Micro Bit Block Programming: 'Hello World'
This lesson introduces the basic components of the microbit, a beginners program, and teaches how to download a program …
Micro-Pythag
This lesson will walk students through the process of writing a micro-bit program to solve basic math problems. It will …
Micro:bit Level Up
This lesson provides an introduction to micro:bits and 4 levels of activities to learn about the possibilities of the …
Micro:bit Step Counter
This lesson focusses on coding concept variable with and lesson from Code.Org. The students will program the micro:bit …
Micro:bit Temperature Reading
Students will program micro:bits to measure temperature readings in Celsius and then convert to Fahrenheit either using …
Micro:bits / Makerspace
The lesson is for coding with micro:bits. It is written broadly for implementation as an activity for a whole group of …
Micro:bits / Makerspace
The lesson is for coding with micro:bits. It is written broadly for implementation as an activity for a whole group of …
Micro:bits on the Fly with Lego Cars
Students will explore how sensors are used in our lives and what they could measure. Students will build a Lego car and …
Micro:bits: Happy Birthday
Turn your micro:bit into a music player. Code musical notes using simple commands. Listen to your program using …
Micro:bits: Sequencing
The students will use Micro:bit blocks to create the image of snow when shaken. This will be done with sequences, …
Microbial Computer
Students will play Conways Game of Life after studying microbial behavior. Students will use The game of life to …
Microbit Activity with Expressions and Solving Equations
Students will incorporate the use of microbits to help them understand how to utilize parentheses. This will help …
Microbit Basic Multiplcation and Division
Students will create an online microbit “project” about basic multiplication and array’s. The project will focus on one …
Microbit Basic Multiplication and Division
Students will create an online microbit “project” about basic multiplication and array’s. The project will focus on one …
Microbit Basics
This is an introductory lesson that I used with my 5th & 6th grade students. This lesson introduces students to basic …
Microbit compass
THIS A DRAFT-Student will program a microbit that locate magnetic north, south, east and west. They will create …
Microbit Escape Room Puzzle - Magnetic Alarms
In this project, you and a partner will create an alarm that will go off when a magnet is moved away from the microbit. …
MicroBit Guitar
Students will use a combination of block coding (Scratch) and physical computing (MicroBit) to create a cardboard …
MicroBit Guitars
Students will create a 'guitar' from cardboard, aluminum foil, and a micro:bit and explain how energy is converted from …
MicroBit Multiplication
In this lesson students will work on their multiplication math fact fluency and practice coding using a MicroBit. …
Microbit Music: Debugging
This lesson will provide students with the opportunity to debug computer code. Students will be provided with the …
Microbit programming
Creating a program for their microbit 'pets'. Their program must include noise, pictures and words/phrases
Microbit programming-Creating a Micropet
Students will create a micropet and then program it to perform various outcomes depending on what they do to it. …
Microbits Introduction
This lesson is used to introduce microbits to students. Students will be able to code with inclusion of sequences, …
Miscommunication in Communication
For the Nature of Science students are practicing going through steps in scientific inquiry. Students need to …
Modeling Plate Motions using Microbit Technology
This lesson is going to be a supplemental lesson to our OpenSciEd Plate Tectonics unit that we are implementing this …
Modeling the Phases of the Moon
In this lesson, students are introduced to computer science through the use of Micro:bits to create a model of the lunar …
Modeling the Solar System with a Micro:bit
Use the micro:bit to create a kinesthetic model of the solar system. Students will be given an example at the beginning …
Modeling the Solar System with a microbit
Use the micro:bit to create a kinesthetic model of the solar system. Students will be given an example at the beginning …
Moving the LED with Microbits
In this project, you and a partner will code a program that can make an LED move left, right, and up on the microbit …
Multiplication with MicroBits
This activity allows students to practice their multiplication fact fluency while also covering computer science …
Nature art
This lesson is an introduction to computational thinking and the BBC micro:bit. Students learn how to create nature …
Nature Art: Merging Nature, Algorithms, and Programming in an inclusive environment
This lesson is an introduction to computational thinking and the BBC micro:bit. Students learn how to create nature …
Nature of Science & Life Science / micro:bits
Students will participate in a discussion post regarding confidentiality on Canvas. “What do you think confidentiality …
Nursery Rhymes and Microbits
This lesson uses familiar nursery rhymes to introduce secondary students to the concepts of coding, sequencing, and …
Nursery Rhymes and Microbits Pt. 2
This lesson uses familiar nursery rhymes to introduce secondary students to the concepts of coding, sequencing, and …
Nursery Rhymes and Microbits Pt. 3
This will be the end of this mini unit, students will present to their classmates the nursery rhyme that they have coded …
Order of Operations MICRO: BIT Calculator
Students will learn how to solve expressions with order of operations Students will practice solving expressions using …
PE Cryptic Decoding
Students will be divided into groups/teams of 3-4. Once they are divided up, each group will be sent out to start at a …
Penguin Lab
Students will construct an penguin home to prevent the phase change of an Ice-Cube Penguin. Students will code 2 …
Phase Change Lab (Temperature and Particle Movement)
The goal of this lesson is to recognize the relationship of thermal energy and temperature. As thermal energy of water …
Plant Growth Experiment with Micro:bits
Students will plan an investigation into what plants need in order to grow. Students will measure the height of their …
Plant Growth Lab
Students will plan an investigation into what plants need in order to grow. Students will measure the height of their …
Power walkers
Students will program a mirco: bit to count steps while walking and then while power walking. They will compare the two …
Probably... Theoretical v Experimental Probability
Students will use pre-made coding in order to record experimental probability data and compare it to what they have …
Pythagorean Microbit Challenge
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Radio Communicating with Microbits
In this project, you and a partner will code a program that is capable of sending a coded message to each other. Each of …
Radio Kindness
Sharing and receiving kindness is a good way to support your well-being and that of your friends. In this activity you …
Representing Information
This lesson introduces the concept of sending bits of information from one place to another.
Role of Compass on Society
This lesson will combine technology and social studies to understand the role the compass has played in the discovery of …
Scientific Technologies
Students research a field of science that interests them and the technologies that are used to solve-problems in that …
Scranimal Island (This lesson will span across the 3 lessons in the library.)
Students will listen to the poetry from the book Scranimals by Jack Prelutsky. Students will choose an animal and a …
Sea Creature Safety
• To discover more about the threats faced by sea turtles • To learn about efforts to help them • …
See Ya Later, Alligator: Coding and Ratio Tabless
Students will work in pairs to build ratio tables defining a list of data for distance traveled by various animals over …
Sight Word Bowling
Students will draw a sight word card and then program either a kibo or bee bot to knock down the matching bowling pin.
Sound Wave Basics with micro:bits
This lesson uses MakeCode and micro:bit to analyze sound waves. Students will learn how frequency and volume affect the …
Stepping through the Universe with the Micro:bit
Using Astronomical Units, students will program and use a Micro:bit to measure the AU distances to the scale of their …
Sunlight Sensor
Turn your micro:bit into a light sensor! Using the light level sensor feature of the micro:bit, students will program …
Surprise! We get to have new Pets!
This is an opportunity for students to learn more about coding through creating a micro:pet with a partner, It will …
TALK TO THE HAND - KEEP IT SIMPLE
The students will be able to create a handbook using the Hand Method of CyberSecurity.
TALK TO THE HAND – DEFENSE IN DEPTH
Defense in depth is a strategy that leverages multiple security measures to protect an organization's assets. The …
TALK TO THE HAND – INTEGRITY
The students will be able to create a handbook using the Hand Method of CyberSecurity.
TALK TO THE HAND – THINK LIKE AN ADVERSARY
In this lesson, future CyberSecurity specialists (aka students) will develop a CyberSecurity handbook where they will …
Technology Compare and Contrast
Students will independently or collaboratively compare and contrast technology and how it has changed our lives and how …
Technology Compare and Contrast
Students will independently or collaboratively compare and contrast technology and how it has changed our lives and how …
The Hardware/Software Connection
Students will learn about how hardware needs software in order for it to do something. Students will create a program …
Thinking Cyber
I intend to use the idea of Cyber Security to introduce safe processes when preparing for my class, I do a break-up DBQ …
Use Micro:bit to Gather Temperature Data
This lesson is a part of a multi-day project where students build a small structure designed to interfere with thermal …
Using Microbits to help Students to Visualize the Stages of Mitosis
Using Microbits to help students visualize the stages of Mitosis lesson can be used after the concept of Mitosis has …
Using Microbits to Make a Magic Button
Create a magic trick you can perform to impress your friends. When you move the sticky labels on your micro:bit’s A and …
Using Microbits to measure conductivity of metallic, ionic and covalent bonds.
• Observe the conductivity strength between different types of bonds, metallic, ionic and covalent. • …
Using Microbits to measure light level of sunlight for optimal plant growth
Students will investigate and design an experiment that explores the natural world using microprocessors. They will …
Variables
This lesson introduces the use of variables to store data or the results of mathematical operations. Students will …
Virtual Pet
Students will create a virtual pet using micro:bits and then collect data for their pet as it interacts with its …
Volcano Animation
Students use flowcharts and repetition to explore building a volcanic eruption on a Micro:Bit.
Volcano interactions with Earth's Spheres
In this lesson students will use the microbit to develop volcanic eruptions.
Weather Station
In this activity, students develop a 'weather station' where they collect at least three types of weather data.
What are the chances?
Program and use a Micro:bit 'Coin Flipper' to illustrate probability.
What’s the Weather
Micro bit will project temp - students will graph the data accordingly Arduino will be set up as a weather station
What’s the Weather ?
START HERE - get excited about weather!