«Do it with Micro:bit»: Mechatronics. Programming Basics
Mechatronics is a modern, relatively young science that is at the intersection of mechanics, electronics, automation, and information technology. The attractiveness of our classes for young people is that by attending one group, you acquire a whole range of skills: programming, working with electronic elements, drawing up electrical circuits, developing projects for smart things, working in a team, leadership qualities and the art of presentations.
The participants of the group were students from Zaporizhzhia Academic Lyceum No. 23, Zaporizhzhia Technical Lyceum, Energodar Multi-Profile Lyceum, Gymnasiums No. 1, No. 6, No. 7, No. 65, No. 86, No. 93, Dniprorudnenskaya Specialized School «Talant».
Thanks to the support of the British non-profit organization «Casus Pax» and its director Holly Tann, who donated «Micro:bit» boards, each student can create their own project.
During the first distance classes, students got acquainted with the «Micro:bit» board and its programming environment «MakeCode» and learned why this board is called a real microcomputer. The Micro:bit board is mega popular in Britain and is rapidly gaining popularity in Ukraine.
On October 10, at an offline class, children created programs for managing the mood of the Micro:bit, predicted the future and found answers to questions with a magic ball, and developed their first own mini-game that develops the participants’ mental abilities and agility, «Catch the Dot.»
DUNE’s victory in the competition for mini-grants for education from the NGO «Youth Online» created the conditions for the development of a fleet of micro:Maqueen Plus V2 robot cars for Micro:bit and specialized Micro:Bit designers with 37 sensor modules, from which you can assemble a large number of useful devices from traffic lights to the Smart Home system, which will be studied by students within the program of the group.
We look forward to the next classes at Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic!
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