Maths & literacy with micro:bit - grow digital skills across subjects

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Maths & literacy with micro:bit - grow digital skills across subjects

We bring you projects and plans for maths, language and literacy lessons, news about forthcoming webinars, ideas for EU Code Week, and an inspiring project in Compton, Los Angeles.

Use the micro:bit to liven up your maths lessons 🔢

NEW! Odd and even numbers project

Use your micro:bit to pick a random number, you can decide if it’s odd or even, then get your micro:bit to tell you if you were right.

Times tables tester project

Choose two random numbers by pressing buttons A and B, then shake your micro:bit to find out what the answer would be if you multiplied them together.

Energy cost calculator project

Learn how to work out the cost of energy. This project is great for practising converting watts to kilowatts and minutes to hours.

Units of work

Both the Data handling and Energy awareness units of work involve collecting and analysing real-world data.

Maths projects

Language and literacy with the micro:bit 💬

Poetry generator project

The Poetry generator project creates random phrases that you can use in a poem or to start a story.

Digital flashcards unit of work

Design and program digital flashcards to help you learn a foreign language.

Things to try during EU Code Week 🇪🇺

It's EU Code Week from 14 - 27 October, a great time to try one, or all, of the following:

Professional development course

Using short and friendly videos, our free courses cover a range of topics to do with computing and the micro:bit. They also provide useful teaching resources such as workbooks, activity plans and posters.

micro:bit classroom

You can use micro:bit classroom to run a live code session with your class using Microsoft MakeCode or the micro:bit Python Editor.

Python editor

The micro:bit Python editor was designed for use in the classroom following consultation with teachers and makes teaching text-based programming easy.

Share your ideas

Share your ideas by tagging @CodeWeekEU @microbit_edu, and using #EUCodeWeek #microbit.

News

MakeCode update 🖥️

Microsoft have announced some small updates to MakeCode, including updates to support future work around accessible blocks.

MakeCode update

Sign up to a free webinar 🖊️

Getting started with the micro:bit
Tue 5 Nov 16:00 GMT

Exploring science with the micro:bit
Thurs 7 Nov 16:00 GMT

Exploring the micro:bit Python editor
Tue 26 Nov 16:00 GMT

All our events

Inspiring schools project in Compton 🇺🇸

The Micro:bit Educational Foundation is collaborating with Compton Unified School District, Los Angeles, USA to help bring opportunities to their students to enjoy physical computing and coding.

Compton Unified Schools District

You can share your questions, creations and ideas on our social channels using the #microbit hashtag on X, Facebook and Instagram. For advice on using the micro:bit, visit our help and support pages.

Best wishes,
Anna and the team at the Micro:bit Educational Foundation