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CyberPi: Meet the CyberPi

In this lesson, students will meet the CyberPi, a feature-rich micro-controller with a plethora of sensors, buttons and a full-colour screen display. They will discover a variety of key features of CyberPi through an exploration of sample programs in mBlock.

Gr. 6–8

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CyberPi: Sound Machine

In this lesson, students will create a disco party using the on-board LEDs and speaker. This program will use the CyberPi buttons to trigger events and run scripts. Students will also program a button to stop all sounds and lights, as well as a button to restart the CyberPi.

Gr. 6–8en

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CyberPi: Sound Recorder I

In this lesson, students will transform the CyberPi into a pocket-sized audio recorder and playback device by combining the speaker, microphone and integrated storage. Through an iterative process, students will evaluate their projects and improve their sound recorders.

Gr. 6–8en

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CyberPi: Sound Recorder II

In this lesson, students will continue with the Sound Recorder project, acquire peer feedback and reflect on their initial solution. Then, students will plan and create a feature-rich, sound recorder project.

Gr. 6–8en

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CyberPi: Game Controller

Block-Based: Beginner Description In this lesson, students will turn the CyberPi into a game controller by combining device programming and stage programming in mBlock. Students will examine example p

Gr. 6–8en

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CyberPi: Sensor Meter

In this lesson, students will discover how the on-board sensors on the CyberPi represent loudness and light intensity of the surrounding environment. Students will learn about data representation and graphing of sensors values.

Gr. 6–8en

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CyberPi: Colour Mixer

In this lesson, students will be introduced to variables to create a CyberPi Colour Mixer. This program will use the joystick and buttons to control the R, G, B colour values of all of the on-board LEDs. Then, students will use conditional statements to ensure that the R, G, B values do not go out-of-range.

Gr. 6–8en

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CyberPi: Strength Meter

In this lesson, students will create a fun game with the CyberPi where the player shakes the CyberPi for ten seconds. The students will program the game to keep score of how many times the shaking strength is greater than 50.

Gr. 6–8en

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CyberPi: Gift Alarm

Students will use the CyberPi to create a program which detects whether or not a friend has shaken their birthday present. Through the use of wireless communication, students will send messages between computing devices, allowing one device to control another.

Gr. 6–8en

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CyberPi: Noise Detector

In this lesson students will gain a basic understanding of the characteristics and types of data, and the importance of data in everyday life. Students will use sensors to retrieve data and display data on the screen while identifying different types of data and their functions.

Gr. 7–8en

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CyberPi: Voice Reactive Lights

In this lesson, students will create a code to change the lighting effects based on sound levels. They’ll use this information to display bar charts on the screen as well.

Gr. 7–8en

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CyberPi: Remote Classroom Polling

In this lesson students will analyze data charts and collect data with LAN broadcasting. Students will also process votes and generate a bar chart based on the data collected.

Gr. 7–8en

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CyberPi: Houseplant Care

In this lesson students will gain insight on the need of water for plants. Students will use sensors to measure and monitor the moisture of plants. They will also stimulate sunlight and water loss using sensors and send alarms based on the levels of water.

Gr. 7–8en

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CyberPi: Smart Notifier

In this lesson students will define notifications for specific scenarios based on the features and requirements. Students will also program the smart notified to send notifications for specific scenarios.

Gr. 7–8en

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CyberPi: Parcel Locker

In this lesson students will use variables to send and verify pickup codes while learning about parcel lockers.

Gr. 7–8en

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CyberPi: Intelligent Vehicles

In this lesson students will explore the concept of intelligent vehicles in modern society. They will understand the role of data in intelligent vehicles and how to control the vehicles.

Gr. 7–8en

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CyberPi: Bus Tracker

In this lesson, students will understand how a bus tracker works and how to estimate bus arrival times by gathering real-life information. They will use this information to program a bus tracker.

Gr. 7–8en

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CyberPi: Colour Hunter

Block-Based: Advanced Description In this lesson students will understand the basic game design principles and analyze the mechanics of a game. Students will use mind maps to visualize features the ga

Gr. 7–8en

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CyberPi: Opposite Game

In this lesson students will continue to build on their knowledge of game creation and design. Students will use variables and lists to establish rules for an opposite game and decision game results.

Gr. 7–8en

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CyberPi: Catch the Fish Carnival Game I

In this lesson students will understand the role of data in showing game results, and the importance of scores and rankings in a game. Students will clone sprites and programming clones to perform tasks. Students will also perform calculations on the score by rounding the score to an integer or reporting the remainder.

Gr. 7–8en

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CyberPi: Catch the Fish Carnival Game II

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CyberPi: Catch the Fish Carnival Game II

In this lesson students will use CyberPi as a controller to move the sprites. Students will also track operational data in a game, and make decisions concerning the results based on the records.

Gr. 7–8en

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CyberPi: Dodge the Bird I

In this lesson students will understand the role and importance of data in player character selection. Students will draw a mind map to analyze the basic game effects of Dodge the Bird. They will also complete the code using the mind map created.

Gr. 7–8en

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CyberPi: Dodge the Bird II

In this lesson students will continue working the Dodge the Bird and continue their understanding of data in game creation. Students will understand the role and importance of data in game design. They will then draw a mind map to analyze the basic effects of Dodge the Bird and complete the code based on the mind map.

Gr. 7–8en

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CyberPi: Python Quizzes

In this lesson, students will be introduced to the features of the CyberPi device. Students will explore some commonly used input and output devices of CyberPi, including the buttons, joystick, display screen and LEDs. Students will also investigate how to utilize these physical components to create a simple keypad along with using the keypad to answer quizzes on Python or other topics/subjects.

Gr. 9–10en

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CyberPi: Data Protection and Passwords

In this lesson, students will explore the topic of data security and create a digital artifact to demonstrate how a password-protected security device can protect personal data. Students will need to describe commonly used data security measures and when to use them. Based on real-life scenarios, students should explain the importance of data security measures. Students will also explore how to use physical security devices to verify and confirm information.

Gr. 9–10en

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CyberPi: Normal Distributions

In this lesson, students will explore the concept and features of normal distributions through Python. By taking the dice roll probabilities as an example, students will create data charts to represent all the possible outcomes and visualize the distribution of all the results of the sum of the two dice. Students will also measure and investigate the spread of the data to gain an understanding of the normal distribution concept.

Gr. 9–10en

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CyberPi: Data Storage

Description In this lesson, students will explore the data storage components of a computer - in particular, the CPU and memory usage. A computer's CPU and memory usage fluctuate while the operating system handles different tasks. The utilization of memory affects the performance of the CPU and hence the performance of the computer. Students will investigate the relationship between the utilization of memory and the performance of the computer using Python and CyberPi.

Gr. 11–12en

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CyberPi: Remix Control

In this lesson, students will be introduced to the use of functions in Python. Using functions can reduce duplication of code, improve the clarity of code and decompose complex problems into simpler pieces while creating complex algorithms. In this lesson, students will explore the use of functions by creating functions for musical sounds. Students will use the computer keyboard to combine sound effects and play sounds.

Gr. 11–12en

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