Machine learning using the micro:bit
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Why this why now
Applying programming skills to a physical computing context deepens pupils’ understanding of how code influences the world around them. This approach develops essential problem-solving, logical thinking and creative skills, helping pupils to see programming as more than just on-screen activity. By connecting their code to real, tangible outcomes, pupils gain a clearer sense of technology’s impact and begin to appreciate its role in shaping everyday life in an increasingly digital society.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils have experience of creating block-based programs.
- Pupils understand how physical computers interact and control the environment they are used in.
- Pupils can identify and use sequence, selection and iteration as part of programs.
- Pupils can recognise and use variables and data structures in programs.
- Pupils can explain what computer systems are.
Threads
Why this why now
Applying programming skills to a physical computing context deepens pupils’ understanding of how code influences the world around them. This approach develops essential problem-solving, logical thinking and creative skills, helping pupils to see programming as more than just on-screen activity. By connecting their code to real, tangible outcomes, pupils gain a clearer sense of technology’s impact and begin to appreciate its role in shaping everyday life in an increasingly digital society.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils have experience of creating block-based programs.
- Pupils understand how physical computers interact and control the environment they are used in.
- Pupils can identify and use sequence, selection and iteration as part of programs.
- Pupils can recognise and use variables and data structures in programs.
- Pupils can explain what computer systems are.
Machine learning using the micro:bit
This unit is designed to develop pupils programming skills in a new engaging context: physical computing, using the BBC micro:bit. They will get acquainted with the host of components built into the micro:bit, and write simple programs that use these components to interact with the physical world.
6 lessons in unit
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