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Meet the Micro:bits
Coding is easy and fun when students meet the micro:bits. Learn to write and download code, so you are ready to create your own scientific tools!
Meet the Micro:bits
Coding is easy and fun when students meet the micro:bits. Learn to write and download code, so you are ready to create your own scientific tools!
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Student Edition
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Student Edition
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Test Soil Moisture With Your micro:bit
Program your micro:bit so you can use it to test if your plant has enough water. Elements in the soil are conductive. Conductors allow electricity to flow through them. Water in the soil makes them more conductive, so when the micro:bit detects more electricity it means there is more water.
1 - Start a new project in MakeCode
Go to "MakeCode.microbit.org" to start a new project by clicking the new project icon above. Click the purple plus box labeled "New Project" to begin.
2 - Receive a reading from the nail.
Program your micro:bit to get the amount of electricity detected by the nail in the soil. Try these blocks:
3 - Display the reading.
Program your micro:bit to show the reading of electricity when you press the "A" button. Try these blocks:
4 - Graph it!
Program your micro:bit to graph the reading it receives from the nail. The conductivity will be around 1023 for wet dirt and about 200 for dry dirt. Try these blocks:
Hooray! You did it!
Connect alligator clips to the "0" and "3V" pins on your micro:bit, then connect those to nails in the soil.
If you need help, click me to see the finished product!
