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Learning Intention: We are learning to create and test code that collects and responds to input data from the micro:bit buttons. Success Criteria: I can write and run code that changes the micro:bit’s display when a button is pressed. Lesson Steps: Recap (5 mins) Briefly review what students learned last week (basic micro:bit functions, simple coding). Explain that today they will collect input data from button presses and use it to make something happen on the screen. Introduction to Smiley Buttons (5 mins) Show the Smiley Buttons tutorial in MakeCode. Discuss how pressing a button is an input and the smiley display is the output. Link to the WA curriculum: data from the real world (button press) is represented in digital form to trigger an action. Guided Coding (20 mins) Students follow the tutorial to create the clock code version of the smiley buttons. Teacher supports students by pausing at key points to discuss: Where does the micro:bit get the data? How does the program use that data to decide what to show? Testing & Debugging (10 mins) Students test their micro:bits, pressing buttons to see if the clock and smiley appear correctly. If it doesn’t work, they check the code (debugging). Reflection (5 mins) Turn and talk: "What data did your micro:bit use, and how did your code respond to it?"