Driving Innovation with Microbits and Cars

What your school gets

Everything a teacher needs to teach Driving Innovation with Microbits and Cars this year.

In class

10 lessons, ready to teach Each one planned step by step, taught from the board with the same lesson open on each student's device.
Quizzes and assessments A short quiz with every lesson.
Progress and resultsWhat each student has completed, and how they did.
CertificatesFor portfolios, open days and reports home.
Try the first lesson: Build your Traffic Lights

On paper

Teacher Resource BookThe whole course laid out for the teacher, lesson by lesson, ready to print.
The sample lesson's pages

The whole books come with the course, in each class's Resources.

The course, module by module

10 lessons in 8 modules. The lesson marked Sample opens in full.

1 Week 1 2 lessons · about 1 hour

1 Build your Traffic Lights Sample lesson Quiz
2 Microbit Traffic Lights Quiz

2 Week 2 1 lesson · about 1 hour

3 Build your Move Motor Sensor Car Quiz

3 Week 3 1 lesson · about 1 hour

4 Line Following Car Quiz

4 Week 4 1 lesson · about 1 hour

5 Move Motor Measure Quiz

5 Week 5 1 lesson · about 1 hour

6 Autonomous Car Quiz

6 Week 6 1 lesson · about 1 hour

7 Tilt Remote Control Car Quiz

7 Week 7 1 lesson · about 1 hour

8 Traffic Lights and Car Communication Quiz

8 Week 8 2 lessons · about 2 hours

9 Attach the Move Motor Klaw Quiz
10 Robot Car Claw Quiz

What students learn

This module enables students to explore the innovative use of Microbits and cars. It begins with building and programming traffic lights, followed by constructing a Move Motor Sensor Car. Students then learn to program the car to follow lines, measure distances, and navigate around objects. The module culminates in the assembly and programming of a Move Motor Klaw. Teachers should encourage experimentation and creativity throughout, and provide guidance during complex assembly processes.

By the end of the course, students can

Construct and program Microbit traffic lights to execute a sequence.
Assemble and program a Move Motor Sensor Car with Microbit.
Program a line-following car using sensor values and conditional statements.
Utilise the sonar sensor on the Move Motor Car to measure distances and transmit the results to another Microbit.
Program distance sensors on the Move Motor Car to detect and navigate around objects.

What you'll need

Used in some of the lessons. Students can share in groups of two or three.

Chromebook/Laptop/PC Microbit Move Motor Car Move Motor Klaw Phillips Screwdriver Traffic Lights Kit