Designing and Building for the Future

What your school gets

Everything a teacher needs to teach Designing and Building for the Future this year.

In class

9 lessons, ready to teach Each one planned step by step, taught from the interactive whiteboard.
Quizzes and assessments A short quiz with every lesson.
Try the first lesson: Build your Traffic Lights

On paper

Teacher Resource BookThe whole course laid out for the teacher, lesson by lesson, ready to print.
The sample lesson's pages

The whole books come with the course, in each class's Resources.

The course, module by module

9 lessons in 1 module. The lesson marked Sample opens in full.

1 Lessons 9 lessons · about 8 hours

This module introduces students to practical coding and electronics through hands-on projects with Microbit technology. Learners will assemble and program traffic lights, create reaction games, simulate pedestrian crossings, and build and control motor sensor cars. The lessons focus on developing skills in sequencing, sensor use, and remote control programming.

1 Build your Traffic Lights Sample lesson Quiz
2 Microbit Traffic Lights Quiz
3 Traffic Light Reaction Game Quiz
4 Pedestrian Crossing Quiz
5 Build your Move Motor Sensor Car Quiz
6 Line Following Car Quiz
7 Autonomous Car Quiz
8 Tilt Remote Control Car Quiz
9 Traffic Lights and Car Communication Quiz

What pupils learn

This module guides students through the process of designing and building future technologies, starting with assembling and programming traffic lights using a Microbit Traffic Lights Kit. Students will then create a traffic light reaction game, a pedestrian crossing simulation, and a Move Motor Sensor Car. They will learn to program the car to follow a line track, use ultrasonic sensors, and be controlled by a Microbit remote. The module concludes with a lesson on coding a set of traffic lights and a robot car to communicate. Teachers should ensure they are familiar with the MakeCode editor, Microbit, and the various extensions used throughout The module.

By the end of the course, pupils can

Assemble and operate a Microbit Traffic Lights Kit.
Program a sequence of traffic lights using on/off and state methods.
Create a traffic light reaction game, incorporating variables and reaction time measurements.
Construct a pedestrian crossing simulation, incorporating button press detection and traffic light sequencing.
Assemble and code a Move Motor Sensor Car, exploring its various sensors and capabilities.
Program a Move Motor Car to follow a line track, adjusting code for optimal performance.
Utilise ultrasonic sensors to enable a Move Motor Car to follow an object and avoid obstacles.
Control a Move Motor Car using a Microbit as a remote controller, based on tilt detection.
Code a set of traffic lights and a robot car to communicate and respond to each other's states.

What you'll need

Used in some of the lessons. Students can share in groups of two or three.

Chromebook/Laptop/PC Microbit Move Motor Car Phillips Screwdriver Traffic Lights Kit