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# happy birthday blocks lesson
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display beautiful images on the BBC micro:bit.
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## Topic
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Music
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## Quick Links
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* [activity](/lessons/happy-birthday/activity)
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* [challenges](/lessons/happy-birthday/challenges)
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## Prior learning/place of lesson in scheme of work
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Learn how to convert your BBC micro:bit into a music player using pins P0 and GND, earphones (or speakers), as well as crocodile clips (or spring clips). We will be learning how to code musical notes using simple commands such as play, keys, and notes.
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## What the teacher needs to know / QuickStart Computing Glossary
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* Hardware: The physical systems and components of digital devices; see also software.
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* Programmable toys: Robots designed for children to use, accepting input, storing short sequences of simple instructions and moving according to this stored program.
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* Program: A stored set of instructions encoded in a language understood by the computer that does some form of computation, processing input and/or stored data to generate output.
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* Simulation: Using a computer to model the state and behaviour of real-world (or imaginary) systems, including physical or social systems; an integral part of most computer games.
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## Objectives
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* learn how to code music on the BBC micro:bit
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* learn how to setup the BBC micro:bit as a music player
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