Micro:bit Educational Foundation

What is your school playground like 🔎 ? Primary schools throughout the UK are getting involved in the BBC micro:bit - the next gen campaign playground survey, in conjunction with the Office for National Statistics since receiving their free BBC micro:bits, funded by Nominet. ☀️ It's the perfect summer term project, with up to 7 activities to get involved with and cross curricular activities in Maths and Science as well as lessons on AI and Machine Learning. ⏰ Primary schools have until July 31 to submit their playground survey findings and the results will be shared in the Autumn term. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d4FaP3qN #BBCmicrobit #BBCplaygroundsurvey #microbit #primaryteachers #primaryschools #UKteachers #ks2 #primaryeducation #digitalskills #primaryteaching #teacherresources #primaryschool #codingforkidsuk #MicrobitChampionsUK #codinguk

📣Teachers! Don’t forget you only have until Wednesday 31 July to submit your data and take part in the BBC and Office for National Statistics nationwide playground survey 📊. ✅ You can complete just one or all seven of the activities with your class. ✅ All activities come with lesson plans and downloadables. ✅ Fun end of term activities! https://lnkd.in/djUG5xir #BBCPlaygroundsurvey #microbit #bbcmicrobit #microbitChampions #primaryteacher #primaryschool The BBC micro:bit the next gen campaign is funded by Nominet and supported by our partners: OKdo, Farnell Electronics, Arm, Lancaster University Microsoft and more.

Head of APAC Waris Candra was thrilled to attend The Nantou County Government's first do your: bit Hackathon with Guangfu Elementary School in Taiwan.  More than 100 Elementary and Junior High schools participated in this event, with 24 finalists competing at the hackathon final. Finalists displayed the props, computers, posters and other elements of their project and personally explained the use of the micro:bit and their creative concepts. Each proposal not only integrated SDGs, but also used technology and aimed to solve problems in the community. A Pinglin Elementary School team won the Presidential Education Award this year. They developed a "smart anti-fall walking cane", which is equipped with a sensor device and a time step alarm buzzer. It can not only track the amount of exercise of the elderly, but also In the event of a fall, the crutch will also send a message to the preset emergency contact person or care unit as a warning. The successful event was also featured on local news: https://lnkd.in/dmxBt8fw showing how popular do your :bit challenges are in combining creativity, problem solving and technology. Huge congratulations to all who took part 👏 👏 👏 👏 #microbit #MicrobitChampions #doyourbit #DoYourBitWithMicrobit #SDGS #GlobalGoals #sustainability #STEMeducation #STEAM #STEM

We joined the National STEM Festival, with EXPLR Media and the U.S. Department of Education, to bring the creativity of the micro:bit to even more people throughout the US. The National STEM Challenge encouraged U.S. students in grades 6-12 to develop a STEM project that tackles a real-world challenge. The top 150 National Champions headed to the National STEM Festival in Washington, D.C., co-presented by the U.S. Department of Education and EXPLR, to showcase their projects to some of the US’s most influential leaders. With support from Jim Egenreider from Virginia Tech and Invent VA, the workshop was facilitated by KID Museum, Liza Manfred and Annalise Phillips and hosted by Mckinley Institute Of Tech, whose students supported educators in the workshop as well as demonstrated their projects at the school. Kari Byron, co-founder of EXPLR Media with Jenny Buccos, and former host of Mythbusters, also attended and helped attendees get hands-on with the micro:bit. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dWMNYb8K #microbit #teachers #elementaryteacher #stemed #stemeducation #steam #stemaeducation #csforall #csteacher

Did you know you can code and use the thermometer on the micro:bit to learn more about temperature 🌡 ? Check out our thermometer / measuring temperature ideas below and add your own in too! #teachers #codeclub #microbitChampions #microbitChampion #BBCmicrobit #PrimarySchool #PrimaryTeacher #ElementaryTeacher

🆕 NEW! Printable MakeCode blocks cut-out cards Print these cards and cut them out to create a useful resource for planning micro:bit projects, group work, when micro:bits or laptops are unavailable, for homework tasks and in displays🖨️. 👉This resource includes commonly-used MakeCode blocks such as those used in First lessons with MakeCode and the micro:bit 👍. https://lnkd.in/dKS9rRFV #teachers #coding #microbitChampions #microbitChampion #primaryteacher #elementaryteacher #codingforkids

Pupils from Downpatrick Primary School in Northern Ireland have been busy collecting data for the BBC micro:bit Playground Survey 📊. Comparing surface temperatures in your playground is a simple activity that gets you outside using your micro:bits & links to maths & science 🙌. It's the perfect summer term project with up to 7 activities to get involved with and contribute to a nationwide survey with the Office for National Statistics. ☀ Take part and submit your data now! https://lnkd.in/d9DZTyb3 The BBC micro:bit - the next gen campaign is funded by Nominet #BBCmicrobit #BBCplaygroundsurvey #microbit #primaryteachers #primaryschools #UKteachers #ks2 #primaryeducation #primaryteaching #teacherresources #primaryschool CCEA Education Authority (Northern Ireland)

🎼Exploring music with the BBC micro:bit 🎶 On World Music Day (21 June) you can use the micro:bit to explore music through coding. Read how BBC micro:bit music projects have been used in classrooms around the world 🌎. #Teachers #worldmusic #STEAM #coding #microbit #microbitChampion #MicrobbitChampions #primaryteacher #elementaryteacher #musicteacher

✨ Teaching children about AI can be challenging, but starting with Machine Learning is a great way to get pupils to understand the tech around them. CBBC presenter, Tilly, tells us more about why she has such an interest in AI and how we can help pupils get started 🦾. 👉 Two of the BBC micro:bit Playground Survey activities allow you to explore the concept of machine learning with your class 💻. They are designed to be a straightforward introduction to this topic. 1⃣ Tracking our physical activity - wear micro:bits in the playground! An exciting whole class data collection activity that uses the BBC micro:bit as a wearable activity tracker to identify pupil’s physical movements in the school playground 🏃♂️. https://lnkd.in/d5Srz52d 2⃣ Exploring machine learning - use 2 micro:bits to create an ML model!  An active & engaging data collection activity that uses the micro:bit machine learning tool to demonstrate how real-world data samples are used to train machine learning models 💻.  https://lnkd.in/dKGTtqdh Head to BBC Teach to learn more about the BBC micro:bit Playground Survey and how you can get involved with a fun nationwide activity this summer term. #primaryteachers #BBCPlaygroundSurvey #primaryschools #ks2 #microbitChampions #primaryteacher #primaryschool

📣We've updated micro:bit classroom to make teaching coding to your students even easier! Not only can you: ✅ run whole class MakeCode/ Python coding lessons ✅ share code with students ✅ help students debug ✅ track & save student's progress But now you can also: 🆕 answer pupils queries easily with our 'raise hand' feature 🆕 add ‘completed code’ during setup for any classroom session Watch our handy video with the two new features added or learn more on our website: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/exd42ZRf #microbit #coding #makecode #teacherresources #computerscience #computing #teachertips #primaryteacher #middleschoolteacher #csteacher #edtechteachers #elementaryteacher