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SPIKE™ Prime with Python

Communicating Ideas: Hardware and Software

In this unit, your students will explore how hardware and software work together while investigating ways to communicate ideas using lights and sounds.  Additionally, students will focus on how to collaborate with their peers to participate in pair programming as well as how to give and receive feedback to improve the overall quality of a project.

Years 7-9 or Key Stage 3
Computer Science

Lessons

Communicating Ideas: Hardware and Software (Lesson 1)

Importing Libraries

SPIKE™ Prime with Python

Students learn how to import libraries in Python and why this is important when connecting software and hardware.

Computer Science
45 min
Beginner
Years 7-9 or Key Stage 3
Communicating Ideas: Hardware and Software (Lesson 2)

Communicating with Light

SPIKE™ Prime with Python

Students learn how to control the light matrix to show images and write words.

Computer Science
45 min
Beginner
Years 7-9 or Key Stage 3
Communicating Ideas: Hardware and Software (Lesson 3)

Pair Programming

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Students learn why it is important to have roles when programming together.

Computer Science
45 min
Beginner
Years 7-9 or Key Stage 3
Communicating Ideas: Hardware and Software (Lesson 4)

Communicating with Sounds

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Students will learn to program different types of sounds.

Computer Science
45 min
Beginner
Years 7-9 or Key Stage 3
Communicating Ideas: Hardware and Software (Lesson 5)

Digital Sign

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Students will apply their knowledge of using the light matrix and programming sounds to design, build, and program a digital sign for advertisement.

Computer Science
45-90 min.
Beginner
Years 7-9 or Key Stage 3
Communicating Ideas: Hardware and Software (Lesson 6)

Ideas to Support Your Design

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Practice giving and using feedback from others.

Computer Science
30-45 min.
Intermed.
Years 7-9 or Key Stage 3