{"id":64,"date":"2022-11-04T06:47:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T06:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2024-01-15T16:15:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:15:35","slug":"countries-lesson-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/subjects\/geography\/countries-lesson-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Countries Lesson Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Microbit Subject-Based Challenge<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Countries of the World<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-67\" src=\"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Countries-of-the-World-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Countries-of-the-World-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Countries-of-the-World-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Countries-of-the-World-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Countries-of-the-World-1536x1075.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Countries-of-the-World-2048x1434.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emphasis should be placed on<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction to the use of the Microbit in relation to a Robot<\/li>\n<li>Coding the Microbit Robot<\/li>\n<li>Controlling variables of\n<ul>\n<li>Speed and Time to determine Distance and Direction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Reusing code<\/li>\n<li>Defining functions<\/li>\n<li>Learning the\n<ul>\n<li>Names of the different countries<\/li>\n<li>Where they are located<\/li>\n<li>The continent that they are on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Learning by doing<\/li>\n<li>Teamwork<\/li>\n<li>21<sup>st<\/sup> century skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Equipment<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Countries of the World Mat<\/li>\n<li>Microbit Robot \u2013 per group<\/li>\n<li>Computer \/ Laptop \/ Cell Phone\n<ol>\n<li>Installed \/ access to Makecode for Microbit<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>General Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>At the start of the activity the list of the countries to locate is agreed upon\n<ol>\n<li>Single country<\/li>\n<li>List of countries starting with a particular letter of the alphabet from the list of 195 countries<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>This activity can be conducted in groups depending on the number of Microbit Robots<\/li>\n<li>Groups are assigned to the four corners of the mat as starting points<\/li>\n<li>Each Robot is required to enter the area by passing over the UP\/DOWN arrows with a dark blue background before heading for the designated country<\/li>\n<li>To be awarded a point for a particular country the nose of the Robot must be positioned directly over the area<\/li>\n<li>Bonus points are awarded for Robots that successfully reverse back off the map to their starting points.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Additional Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Groups are assigned a different corner halfway through the challenge to test their transferability of the skills acquired<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Calibration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A ruler and a protractor have been printed onto the maps. This may assist the teams in calibrating their Robots, as each team may use different variables of Speed and Time which will affect distance and angles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adding fun coding elements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Microbit should Display the team number as T1, T2, T3, etc. as the first command.<\/li>\n<li>Arrows for movement on the LED Display\n<ol>\n<li>\u2191 Forward<\/li>\n<li>\u2193 Reverse<\/li>\n<li>\u2190 Left turn\n<ol>\n<li>Left LED Flashes 4 times<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u2192 Right Turn\n<ol>\n<li>Right LED Flashes 4 times<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>When over the country\n<ol>\n<li>Victory sound<\/li>\n<li>Both LEDs flash 3-5 times<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pausing for 3-5 seconds over the country to verify the position of the Robot<\/li>\n<li>Reverse beep as a warning when reversing<\/li>\n<li>Completion sound once returning to base.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Scoresheet<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"84\">TEAM NUMBER<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"51\">Attempt<\/p>\n<p>Number<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Team Number<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"51\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Forward Arrow<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"41\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Turn Arrow<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Turn LED<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"45\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Victory Sound<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"49\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Country Correct<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"45\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Victory LEDs<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"40\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Pause<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"49\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Reverse Beep<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"44\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Return<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"46\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">TOTAL MARKS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"51\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"41\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"35\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"45\">10<\/td>\n<td width=\"49\">50<\/td>\n<td width=\"45\">10<\/td>\n<td width=\"40\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"49\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"44\">20<\/td>\n<td width=\"46\">\/120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microbit Subject-Based Challenge Countries of the World Purpose Emphasis should be placed on Introduction to the use of the Microbit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":62,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/140"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}