Computer Science
Engineering Landing Pads: Delivery Notification Systems
Middle School
Algorithms & Programming
In Classrooms
Students design a delivery notification system to alert them when urgent items are delivered to a landing pad.
Unit Overview
Students program micro:bits to send and receive radio signals. They apply this skill to create and test an algorithm to notify recipients that they have received a package. Teams improve their system to distinguish between urgent and nonurgent deliveries.
- Teach this module after Engineering Landing Pads
- 3 lessons
- 45 minutes per lesson
- Student materials available in Spanish
- Computational tools used: BBC micro:bits, Microsoft MakeCode (free web-based application)
- Computer science modules require a short list of materials not included in a kit
Standards Alignment
YES units align with state and national science standards, integrating seamlessly with popular elementary science curricula.
Unit Resources
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After learning that micro:bits can communicate with each other, teams use micro:bits to send secret messages and find others on their team.
Teams create and test an algorithm for a notification system for deliveries.
Teams improve their delivery notification systems to distinguish between urgent and nonurgent deliveries.
Our funders
Major support for this project has been provided by MathWorks.