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Classroom ideas: Micro:bit environmental measurement (visual and general-purpose programming): years 5-8

Text Classroom ideas: Micro:bit environmental measurement (visual and general-purpose programming): years 5-8

TLF ID A002190

This tutorial shows ways in which environmental factors such as lighting and temperature can be measured and improved using micro:bits and sensor boards, and programmed using pseudocode, visual programming and general-purpose programming.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • Teaching and learning
Year level

5; 6; 7; 8

Topics Air pressure Temperature Sustainable development Data processing Data representation Carbon dioxide Problem solving Computer programming Innovation Loudness Light meters Algorithms Computational thinking Programming languages Transmission control protocols User interfaces Visual programming
Learning area
  • Technologies
  • Digital Technologies

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Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
  • Organization: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
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  • Contributor
  • Name: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
  • Organization: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
  • Description: Author
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: https://www.acara.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
  • Organization: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: https://www.acara.edu.au/
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Text
Rights
  • Australian Government Department of Education and Training Creative Commons Attribution 4.0