do your :bit activities for your classroom

micro:bit & the Global Goals

Three primary/elementary age students look at a micro:bit connected to a battery pack while outdoors.

do your :bit brings together the micro:bit and the UN’s Global Goals to provide inspiring activities for your classroom or club and an exciting digital challenge for you to run.

Resources for your classrooms and code clubs

Use the resources on this page to introduce the Global Goals, have fun with the micro:bit and develop world-changing ideas and solutions using technology.

The do your :bit challenge is changing

From January 2023 anyone who wants to run do your :bit in their school or club can do so with the support of our online resources. To ensure as many young people as possible can get involved and inspired, do your :bit is no longer run as a global competition by the Micro:bit Educational Foundation.

If you are running a do your :bit challenge for your students, we'd love to hear about it. Email us on info@microbit.org and tell us about your plans, or share your creations on social media using #doyourbitwithmicrobit.

Run your own do your :bit challenge

1. Introduce the Goals

2. micro:bit projects

3. Design and prototype

4. Celebrate success

do your :bit challenge pack

To help you run the challenge, we've put together a pack of materials to help you celebrate your students' success, each step of the way.

Download certificates, posters, bunting, sticker sheets and our logo to run your own do your :bit challenge. The download bundle also includes guidelines for use of the do your :bit logo.

Explore challenge pack

Global Goals guides

The UN’s Global Goals or Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a call for action by all countries to promote prosperity for everyone while protecting the planet. Use our guides to introduce the Goals to students and young people.

Introducing the Global Goals

Find out more about the UN Goals

Good Health & Well-being

Goal 03

Introduce Goal 3 to students

Quality Education

Goal 04

Activities linked to Goal 4

Reduced Inequalities

Goal 10

Activities linked to Goal 10

Climate Action

Goal 13

Activities linked to Goal 13

Life Below Water

Goal 14

Activities to introduce Goal 14

Life on Land

Goal 15

Introduce students to Goal 15

micro:bit projects

Quick projects in MakeCode to help you explore the Global Goals with the micro:bit!

Counter

Count skips, jumps, birds - or anything!

Calming LEDs

Regulate your breathing and relax

Emotion badge

Identify emotions or use smiley faces to assess understanding.

Emotion badge

Identify emotions or use smiley faces to assess understanding.

Light-up fishing nets

Prototype safer fishing nets

Saving sea turtles

Prototype turtle-safe beach lighting

Animal tracker

Build a prototype radio animal tracker

Lessons

Use our Lessons to run prototyping activities linked to the Global Goals.

Only available in English language.

Being active

Three simple projects to learn about the importance of being active to help prevent heart disease and create wearable devices to encourage people to be more active. Design challenges for finding solutions to the Global Goals for sustainable development (SDGs).

Saving sea creatures

Two simple projects to learn about the threats faced by fish and sea turtles and how technology can help them survive and promote bio-diversity. Design challenges for finding solutions to the Global Goals for sustainable development (SDGs).

Protecting animals on land

Two simple activities exploring how technology can be used to protect biodiversity in your neighbourhood and the wider world using the BBC micro:bit. Design challenges for finding solutions to the Global Goals for sustainable development (SDGs).

Night safety

Three simple projects to learn about the importance of road safety at night and create wearable devices to help young people ‘Be Safe: Be Seen!’ Design challenges for finding solutions to the Global Goals for sustainable development (SDGs).

Healthy oceans

Two longer, advanced projects to explore how wireless networks, smart materials and algorithms can help keep our oceans clean. Design challenges for finding solutions to the Global Goals for sustainable development (SDGs).

Helping plants grow

Two advanced projects to explore how technology can protect plant life and increase food production. Design challenges for finding solutions to the Global Goals for sustainable development (SDGs).

Health tech

5 lessons designed for students aged 11-14 years to follow on from the ‘Computing fundamentals’ unit. Students work in teams to design and prototype their own health tech innovation.

Sensory classroom

4 lessons designed for students aged 11-14 years. Students explore sensory classrooms and design and create their own sensory learning aids using the BBC micro:bit.

Energy awareness

Gather data about energy use around you using the BBC micro:bit as a simple data logger, then process and analyse the data to make informed decisions about reducing energy usage

Inspiration

You can get inspired in your own classroom by exploring the creative solutions designed by previous participants in the do your :bit challenge.

do your :bit is no longer run as a global competition by the Micro:bit Educational Foundation but you can use our resources to run your own local version and ensure as many young people as possible can get involved.