The Climate Action Kit transforms your micro:bit from a standalone device into a powerful hub for more advanced physical computing projects. By connecting additional hardware and components, the micro:bit evolves from being a brain to a complete system with a spine and limbs, enabling more dynamic creations.
What’s in the Kit?
The Climate Action Kit includes:
- More Sensors: To detect environmental conditions like light, motion, moisture, and touch.
- Motors: To add movement to your projects.
- an LED ring: To create visual displays and lighting systems.
- Building Blocks: To build structural prototypes and bring your ideas to life.
These extensions greatly expand the micro:bit’s input and output options, allowing for more complex and impactful projects.
Custom Coding with the Forward Edu Extension
The kit also includes the Forward Edu Extension, a custom block library that integrates directly into the MakeCode editor. These new code blocks allow you to communicate with and program the robotic components of the Climate Action Kit!
This extension is automatically included in all our lesson tutorials. If you’d like to add it to any MakeCode project, you can follow our ‘Adding the Climate Action Kit Extension for Open-Ended Coding’ tutorial.
IMPORTANT NOTES
- Review the ‘Unboxing and Setting Up Your Climate Action Kit’ course for more information on each of these components and how they connect to the micro:bit!
- Check out the different projects you can build with the micro:bit and Climate Action Kit by going through our Lesson and Project libraries.