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Microbit Step Counters

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We LOVE using microbits in Primary 6. They are mini computers that you can code. We have used them to display messages, make games and create animations.

In this lesson we created step counters. The microbits have motion sensors so we could programme them to count our steps. We also had the extra challenge of setting a step goal and coding our microbit to react when we reached our step goal. We got to choose and code what our microbits did when we achieved our goal. Some of the microbits played music, displayed an emoji or displayed a message. Here we are testing them out outside.

Visit from S6 AHS Pupils

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Today a group of 6th Advanced Higher Biology pupils from the Anderson High School visited our class to tell us all about the systems of the human body as part of our class topic. We had a brilliant time.

Here is what P6a had to say about it:

“We learned about skeletons, the heart, the brain and the digestive system.”

“It was fun because we got to take turns going around each station. We got to stick labels on a skeleton and the digestive system.”

“We learned about memory and if you hit your head on the part of the brain where the memory is then you lose some memory.”

“We looked at pictures at the brain station and I liked how when we looked at it once we could see one thing and when we looked at it again we could see something else.”

“It was fun to have the 6th years visiting us.”

“They brought in cool equipment.”