Year 9 · Computing · beta

Machine learning using the micro:bit

This unit is designed to develop pupils programming skills in a new engaging context: physical computing, using the BBC micro:bit. They will get acquainted with the host of components built into the micro:bit, and write simple programs that use these components to interact with the physical world.

This is an attributed Oak National Academy lesson sequence, not a completed or academically approved DASKEREL course. Supporting transcripts may depend on video, images, practical equipment or teacher explanation. Follow each lesson’s supervision guidance. For religious education and RSHE, follow the school’s syllabus, policy and safeguarding procedures.

This Oak index uses an earlier export and lists 5 source lessons. DASKEREL has 6 original lessons for this unit, including 1 linked to source lessons absent from that export. Read the full DASKEREL unit.

Prior knowledge

  • Pupils have experience of creating block-based programs.
  • Pupils understand how physical computers interact and control the environment they are used in.
  • Pupils can identify and use sequence, selection and iteration as part of programs.
  • Pupils can recognise and use variables and data structures in programs.
  • Pupils can explain what computer systems are.

Source curriculum references

  • Understand how hardware and software components communicate with one another and with other systems.
  • Design, use and evaluate abstractions that model real-world problems and physical systems.
  • Use two or more programming languages to solve a variety of computational problems.
  • Understand the hardware and software components that make up computer systems.

Oak source metadata. DASKEREL has not independently verified school-level coverage.

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