The photos that can be seen below demonstrate the experimentation in creating a Soil Censor using ‘BBC Microbit’. The ‘Soil Sensor was used to see how much moisture there within a plant pot that was brought into the session during Week 1.
The initial thoughts I has while experimenting with BBC Microbit coding is how intrigued I was initially in how the sensors picked up (successfully) whether there is moisture or not in a plant pot that was handed into class on the day. The many different areas the BBC Micro bit can be incorporated was also really interesting especially after attending the Hack Day the day before the lesson where other activities were laid out on how the Microbit was used from controlling little lights and manipulating text on the Microbit itself which will be considered in the early planning stages for the Interactive piece I will create for this module.
A couple of examples of people creating interesting Interactive Applications using the coding system of BBC Micro:bit can be seen below in the Word Document with added Harvard Referencing:
Research in BBC Micro-bit (Application in Interactive Pieces) Interactive Environments
Image of Lego Micro:Bit Train (with Harvard Referencing) and Screenshots of ‘Basic Coin Game’ on YouTube Video (Link in Word Document above);
Micro:bit Educational Foundation, 2017. Lego ® Power Functions IR Sender For Micro:bit – micro:bit Projects. [image online] Available at: <https://microbit.hackster.io/philipp-henkel/lego-power-functions-ir-sender-for-micro-bit-aecc10> [Accessed 24 January 2020].
Screenshots of YouTube Video:
Callum Forster 