Micro:bits

Easy to follow coding ideas that are interactive and can be incoroprated into home life.

Teacher: Karyn karyn@motec.nz

Understanding Micro:bits

The micro:bit helps you understand how computers work. When you type on your laptop or touch the screen on your phone, you’re using an input device. Inputs allow computers to sense things happening in the real world, so they can act on this and make something happen, usually on an output like a screen or headphones.

In between the input and the output, there is the processor. This takes information from inputs like buttons, and makes something happen on outputs, like playing a song in your headphones.

These videos explain how the micro:bit’s inputs, outputs and processor work just like the ones on your phone or computer:

Make your own Beating Heart

Have a go at making your own code using the micro:bit simulator (you can do it all online).
Open up the micro:bit simulator by clicking this link microbit simulator
Then in another tab open up the microbit at home beating code (click on the 3 dots at the side and it will do this for you)
Follow the tutorial to make you own beating heart.

Make your own Dice

Try making a dice.
Open up the micro:bit simulator by clicking this link microbit simulator
You can use this when playing a game with your whanau.

Try out many more ideas from this link.... microbit.org/get-started/home-learning/

Email - karyn@motec.nz if you have any queries or would like to share your projects. Have fun.