Saanvi, a cheerful and creative student who loves drawing and playing badminton, decided to combine her love of movement and tech in her Micro:bit show and tell project. Her favorite food is noodles, and she also enjoys making fun animations with code. For her project, she created a dance animation using the MicroPython editor on the Micro:bit—a pocket-sized computer designed for learning and invention.
Sanvi’s idea was to make the Micro:bit show a simple ballet-like dance. She programmed it so that pressing either Button A or B would start the same animation. She used the display.scroll() function to welcome viewers with a short message, followed by display.show() commands to show a series of LED images. These images changed slightly each time to create a dance effect, just like frames in a cartoon. She even used the sleep() function to control how long each image stayed, making the movement feel smooth.
During her presentation, Sanvi explained that the Micro:bit is a mini computer you can carry around anywhere. She showed her slides first and then shared her screen to demonstrate the animation on the Python editor. When asked what the animation looked like, some guessed ballet—and they were right!