Grundy Tech Bytes: BBC Micro:bit

Grundy Tech Bytes feature user-friendly technology that can be used in homes, libraries, and classrooms. These videos were created to show fun ways of using STEM technologies at home or in the classroom. Most of these technologies utilize the 4 C's: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication.

For this session, we used the following website: https://microbit.org/get-started/first-steps/introduction/.

This program is part of Grundy Library's STEMtastic Learning Initiative. The STEMtastic Learning Initiative is made possible through the generous support of The Bristol Complex Community Advisory Committee (CAC).

Please see below for educational standards.

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PA Educational Standards
Computer Science
Standard - 1A.AP.08 Model daily processes by creating and following algorithms (sets of step-by-step instructions) to complete tasks.

Standard - 1A.AP.09 Model the way programs store and manipulate data by using numbers or other symbols to represent information.

Standard - 1A.AP.10 Develop programs with sequences and simple loops, to express ideas or address a problem.

Standard - 1A.AP.11 Decompose (break down) the steps needed to solve a problem into a precise sequence of instructions.

Standard - 1A.AP.12 Develop plans that describe a program’s sequence of events, goals, and expected outcomes.

Science and Technical Subjects
Standard - CC.3.5.6-8.C Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.

Standard - CC.3.5.9-10.C Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks, attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text.

Standard - CC.3.5.11-12.C Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text.