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Coaches! You know how your phone or iPad knows to switch the screen orientation when you turn the device on its side? That's a tiny accelerometer that's giving it data about how it's oriented. On microcontrollers like the ones on this page, they can be used to control lights, sound, and even collect data about athletes. I'm happy to brainstorm ways to integrate this sort of tech into your games and and activities. The students can code a little with me, then play a lot with you.
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Smack Down
Gotta be fast! How can we incorporate some quick coding and making into a reaction time game? Let's brainstorm this!
Running Art
Look at art in motion! This runner uses GPS tracking to create art based on the data generated by runs through San Francisco. (In the photo, Frida Kahlo graces the City.) Cross-country? PE? What do you say? The Bourn Idea Lab can set this up for you. Let your athletes run their way to artistic expression!
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Balance
This balance board is a simple piece of 1x10 wood and a section of PVC pipe. Using an accelerometer like the one in your phone, the CPX microcontroller has been coded to award a light for every few seconds of being in balance. Touch down, and you lose lights; stay balanced for all ten lights, and get a celebration light pattern.
Have the students code, play, then revise the code for more play.
Motion
This skirt has neopixel lights sewn into it. The CPX microcontroller's accelerometer responds to motion and impact by sending different light patterns to the neopixels. Let's find a way to motivate those fabric artists in Fitness and Wellness!
Motion
This strip of neopixel lights is being controlled by the CPX's accelerometer. It could be used to show an athlete's balance, it could be mounted in a goal to celebrate points scored, it could serve as a countdown indicator in a game, and much more.
Counter
A device like a Micro:bit can be programmed to count pitches, shots, or steps. It can also measure the max acceleration of a ball or a player's arm, as it is doing in this video.
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