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In this project you will make a pedometer to count your steps. You will have to make a strap for your shoe, so that you can wear your micro:bit. You will also learn the concept of storing data in a variable.
In this project you will make a pedometer to count your steps. You will have to make a strap for your shoe, so that you can wear your micro:bit. You will also learn the concept of storing data in a variable.
Equipment: micro:bit (with battery pack)
Elastic band (for attaching micro:bit to shoe)
Card and pens for decorating
For the coding, go to:makecode.microbit.org/
Coding
In this extension activity, you will code your micro:bit pedometer to measure the distance you have run.
In this extension activity, you will code your micro:bit pedometer to measure the distance you have run.
Knowing your pace count is a basic orienteering skill. You can use the scale on the map to calculate how far you need to go. Then you can use your pacing to measure that distance. Firstly, measure 10m on the ground. Then count how many double paces you take to travel the 10m. Double pacing is where you only count every time your right foot (or left) hits the ground. I take 6 double paces, when running, every 10m. So one double pace is roughly 1.7m. This number then can be used in your coding to work out how far you have travelled. Click here for a video on double pacing.
Coding
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