2025 #CSforMA: Bring Computation to Life with the micro:bit by Diane Horvath

Class Equipment List

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Slides

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John

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I love to help people discover how much fun coding, science, and engineering can be.

Diane Horvath

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Technology Integration Specialist/Makerspace at Blake Middle School /Medfield Public Schools

Previous taught Special Education in Wellesley and Lexington.

Originally from Milwaukee:) I love crochet and making things!

Please share a picture or video of your projects. What are your observations, experiences, or questions you have? Hit the Plus sign to post. Feel free to respond to others as well by adding a comment.

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Bit:Basic (very cheap add-on for V1 micro:bit to add a speaker)

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Ring:bit Expansion Board (cheaper & simpler option to WuKong)

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Adds a power off/on switch

3 AAA on the back

3 Sets of Pins for attaching servos and neopixels

BirdBrainTechnologies Mechanism

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Engineering with Paper

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Tool Guides

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Tiny Technique Videos

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Exploratorium Cardboard Techniques

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CodeJoy: How to make a windmill

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Mr. Lovell's micro:bit Arcade Games

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Cora Yang

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Jasmine Florentine (Paper Engineer/micro:bit)

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Invent to Learn

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Free Project Videos/ Lesson

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MIT Makerspace

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Offer workshops for lasercutting, vinyl cutting, 3D printing, circuits/physical computing.

Open source Laser Cutting Library

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Caine's Arcade

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Cardboard arcade inspiration with short video - Neil

Cuttle.xyz

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This one thanks to Diane! A fabulous 2D Design vector graphics tool

MA Teacher STEM Fair

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In case you are interested....date is Saturday, October 4, 2025 at Patriot Place Conference Center from 9:00 - 1:00. It's a FREE event and families are invited.

https://sites.google.com/view/ma-teacher-stem-fair

Makedo Line Folder

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Great tool for small hands and perforating cardboard folds.

Canary Cardboard cutter

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Great for clean cardboard sawing without x-acto blade dangers

The Great Exchange

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School material store for large discounts only for non-profits and teachers

Yowawertz - Cardboard Creations

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Young girl from the Philippines who makes the most amazing cardboard games and how-to videos!

Last Year's 2023 Computation to Life Workshop

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WPI STEM Education Center

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Prof Dev in Worcester through WPI for STEM

MakerSpace in Nashua

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MakeItLabs in Nashua is awesome! They are located at 25 Crown St, Nashua NH.

CSTA New England Summit 2025- Rhode Island College: 7th and 8th November

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Join CSTA (Limited $10 membership available for first timers )

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Use the code: Massachusetts10 for the discount.

MassCUE!

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MassCUE is another terrific organization. They offer PD, in the summer and during the school year, as well as conferences. The Fall Conference is held over two days the end of October at Gillette Stadium, inside where the luxury boxes are! It is great! It covers a lot of different things, disciplines, educator ideas... You can volunteer for a short period of time and go for free that day, if I remember correctly.

Printable MakeCode Cards

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Good Starting Investigation Cards

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New Accessibility MakeCode Features

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Accessibility- keyboard navigation and themes

Code helpers- code evaluation, error explainer

Understanding AI -Create AI

https://makecode.microbit.org/beta

Control B- regions — for workspace
Control Enter is a right click

https://microbit.org/accessibility/

— Statement will have 3 guides and tutorials to come

** still looking for test users

Themes- dark mode is here for accessibility

https://makecode.microbit.org/--eval

Have to sign in due to AI components

— used to evaluate a student tutorial/program

You can copy and paste a program to evaluate with AI

Aka.ms/ashleyrps

You can create you own checklist

Error Eplainer

http://aka.ms./errorexample

PRIMM

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Computational Thinking [Concepts & Approaches]

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Language strategies in CS

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Radio Games

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Kate

ksolender — 2025-07-28 12:44:15 UTC

My name is Kate. I am a Technology Teacher at Morris Elementary School. Lenox is in Western Massachusetts - the beautiful Berkshires. I have been using Micro:Bits for the last five years but just the Micro:Bit - I am excited to learn how to use Micro:Bits along with robotics.

Melissa Moore and April Luna

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April and I work at Somerville Public Schools. April teaches 6th grade math and science, and I teach 7th/8th grade science. April wants to learn about micro:bits to use them with her 6th graders this year. I want to use them to have my students experience gathering, analyzing, and interpreting data.

aluna@k12.somerville.ma.us

mmoore2@k12.somerville.ma.us

Wes Geraci

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Swampscott Middle School

Robotics & Design

Little to know experience with micro:bits but very eager to learn all about them! Former Grade 3 & 4 classroom teacher.

Catie Nasser

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I'm a grade 3-6 Artovation teacher in Middleton and live in Melrose. Artovation integrates art and STEAM. I love paper engineering and circuits! I have used Micro:bits a little with my students. Instagram @catnasser or catienasser@gmail.com

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Hi, I am Usma. I teach computer science to middle school and high school. I went to CSMA Summit's microbit introduction and saw couple of schools brought amazing microbit projects so I wanted to learn how to work with it . I have not used them before.

Viola Dube - Introducton

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I am Viola Dube. I was a software engineer for 24+ years, then switched careers to become a Computer Science teacher. I just completed my 1st year of teaching. I am teaching middle school Computers in Lowell.

vdube@collegiatelowell.org

violamdube@gmail.com

Hello from Eastie

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My name is William Chan. I am a math teacher from East Boston High School. Before becoming a math teacher, I taught CS at Swampscott Public Schools and before that I was a software engineer.

I like block programming over text base languages like java or C++. SNAP is my favorite block programming language.

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Hi! My name is Lucy Schafer. I teach 8th grade science, STEAM and introductory DLCS for grades 7&8. I work and live in Granby, MA (Amherst/South Hadley area).

I had a brief introduction to MicroBits during the SummerSparCS session in Norwood in June.

Amanda Dillingham

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Hi. I am Amanda Dillingham, from East Boston High School. I'm currently acting in the role of Program Director of the Science Department. I want to learn how to integrate Microbits into core subjects from Grades 3-12.

Andrew

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I love to make learn fun!

Born in Jamaica, lived in the Bahamas, Sierra Leone, Worcester, and now in Billerica, MA.

abarrett@bereasdaacademy.org

Big Book of Computing Pedagogy

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9 Week Micro:Bit Curriculum

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Guitars

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Piano

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UnStuck Strategy Cards

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Example Robot for students to observe servos

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Data Story

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Samples were taken every 30 seconds starting around 10pm.

My project:

https://makecode.microbit.org/_YzREPWepMFfH

Data Story

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Data collected every 30 seconds.

https://makecode.microbit.org/_i4a7CcD5085K

Catie's Data

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Here is my sample from last night.

I didn't change the code:

https://makecode.microbit.org/S84993-17011-28527-30148

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Data Story

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Wes' Data Story

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https://makecode.microbit.org/S57437-15425-19443-74710

Melissa's Data Story

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Neopixel: May the 4th be with You-Light Sabers

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Neopixel Cup Hats

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Neopixel: Light Box

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Neopixel Sunrise Light box

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Microbit Cars Canva Presentation

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Smart Fan

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Halloween Micro:bit Car parade

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paper car

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Kate

ksolender — 2025-07-30 12:40:53 UTC

My kitchen table

SERVOS!

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Adding movement, sound and light with servos makes a project pop! A great chance for kids to showcase their hobbies and interests in the classroom.

Disco Dancers by April and Melissa

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Catie: Neopixel Box

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Catie: Bee Waggle/Flower Pot

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https://makecode.microbit.org/S15608-82795-91681-03101

Thunderstorm Project

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TKD Kicks- Amanda

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Cardboard Bootcamp

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I use this with 7th Grade - Cardboard Creature Feature Project

Andrew's Crown

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Bird and Worm

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Disco Dancers

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MP3 module- code for makecode

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StrawBees

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Forward EDU

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ON LOUD SOUND- MAKE THE DOG WAG ITS TAG:)

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CHARIOTS OF FIRE (LAST YEARS)

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BUILDING MICROBIT CAR

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8TH GRADE: Automated Closet

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Book: Makingful Making

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Retro Game

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AI

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It was fun to learn how an AI model trains for accuracy. Some of my nerves were eased as it wasn't extremely accurate. Phew!

Plushpals

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Uses a for loop to sweep servo smoothly back and forth.

Error Codes

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CS concept posters

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Project Ideas

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2024 cSforMa Class

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Scratch and the Micro:bit

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micro:bit projects via Raspberry PI

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Micro:bit Mini Golf

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Cardboard Robots

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Day 1 +2 Highlights

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Day 3: Remote Micro:bit Cars

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MakeAIRobots

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CreateAI Microbit (accelerometer only)

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Arcade

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Arcade.makecode.com

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Retro Games

ImagiLabs (Pixel Art with Python)

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College Football fandom comes to life with micro:bit! What a fun class; thank you so much Diane and John!

Awesome job- Have a great school year!

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Keep in touch:

diane dhorvath@email.medfield.net

john jhmaloney@gmail.com

Disco Swinging Pendulum

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https://makecode.microbit.org/S23334-20690-97796-00141

Forklift Project

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Thanks, John and Diane, for a great week!

Catie

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PIGS IN SPAAAACE: using the For Loop

Catie

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Robotic Dog using radio waves, sound and light sensors, neopixels, OLED screen, and AI machine learning

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Receiver

https://makecode.microbit.org/S70418-45549-26001-38202

Trasmitters

https://makecode.microbit.org/S16755-92011-48713-57594

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