Bring coding to life with this fun and interactive Micro:bit project! In this engaging STEM activity, students will create their own digital Pet Alien using the Micro:bit and Microsoft MakeCode. Students will learn how to use variables, timers, conditionals, and button inputs while building a character that reacts to their interactions.

🚀 What Students Will Do

Students will program their Micro:bit to create a needy alien pet that responds to interaction:

• Press Button A to make the alien happy and show a heart
• If the alien is ignored for 20 seconds, it yawns
• If the alien is ignored for 60 seconds, it becomes sad
• A timer variable tracks interaction and controls the alien’s reactions

Students follow step-by-step instructions to create their program using MakeCode blocks.

📚 What’s Included

✔ Step-by-step student instructions
✔ Visual coding block examples
✔ Micro:bit MakeCode setup guidance
✔ Screenshots to support beginners
✔ A complete coding challenge students can test and modify

🧠 Skills Students Practice

• Computational thinking
• Block-based coding
• Variables and timers
• Conditional statements (if / else if)
• Event-based programming
• Debugging and testing code

👩‍🏫 Perfect For

• STEM / Coding lessons
• Computer Science classes
• Digital Technologies curriculum
• Robotics clubs
• Micro:bit introduction activities