Activity 3
A bag for Juliane
Introduction
In this activity, students learn about Juliane, a girl from Zimbabwe who has come to England as a refugee and create a light up bag for her journey to school.
Learning objectives
- To develop empathy and understanding for child refugees
- To design a bag to help Juliane, a child refugee, feel safer on her school journey
- To design and code a light for Juliane’s bag using micro:bit
- To create a bag featuring a micro:bit light and other features to help Juliane (if you have materials)
You will need
Downloadable resources:
- Lesson slides
- Lesson plan
- HEX file
Other resources:
Paper - large sheets, micro:bits, micro:bit battery packs, MakeCode editor, art materials (optional)
Quick links
Lesson plan
Juliane's story
A bag for Juliane
Light algorithm
Coding the light
Code available
Creating Juliane's bag (optional)
Evaluating a bag for Juliane
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