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Micro:bit for Mad Scientists

30 Clever Coding and Electronics Projects for Kids

By Simon Monk

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Micro:bit for Mad Scientists includes 30 mad scientist–themed projects and experiments to teach STEM topics and coding with the BBC micro:bit.

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Description

Download Chapter 2: Super Sonic

The BBC micro:bit is a tiny, inexpensive, and surprisingly powerful computer that you can use to build cool things and experiment with code. The 30 simple projects and experiments in this book will show you how to use the micro:bit to build a secret science lab—complete with robots, door alarms, lie detectors, and more—as you learn basic coding and electronics skills.

Here are just some of the projects you’ll build:

  • A light-controlled guitar you can play just by waving your hand
  • A working lie detector
  • A self-watering plant care system
  • A two-wheeled robot
  • A talking robotic head with moving eyes
  • A door alarm made with magnets

Learn to code like a Mad Scientist!

 

DETAILS

September 2019, 280 pp.
ISBN-13: 9781593279745

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Super Sonic
Chapter 3: Luminous Light
Chapter 4: Magical Magnetism
Chapter 5: Amazing Acceleration
Chapter 6: Mad Movement
Chapter 7: Time Travel
Chapter 8: Mad Scientist Mind Games
Chapter 9: Environmental Madness
Chapter 10: Radio Activity
Appendix: Get the Parts

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AUTHOR BIO

Simon Monk is a full-time author and maker who writes about electronics for makers. Some of his better-known books include Programming Arduino: Getting Started with Sketches, Raspberry Pi Cookbook, and Hacking ­Electronics. He is also the co-author of Practical Electronics for Inventors and wrote Minecraft Mastery with his son, Matthew Monk.

REVIEWS

“Simon Monk has been teaching folks how to learn to code and make for many years, so he knows exactly the kinds of projects that any beginner can make, and all the trouble spots to avoid. In this lovely illustrated book you will learn different ways of using the all-in-one micro:bit with sensors, lights, even little robots… It’s a STEAM adventure for students of all backgrounds!”
—Limor Fried, Adafruit

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