Learn all about the amazing micro:bit do your :bit challenge and find free resources to help you teach a class how to design a project or design your own project for the do your :bit to help change the world for the better.

The do your : bit challenge is open from now until 15 July 2022

What is the do your :bit challenge?

Let’s start with explaining the challenge. do your :bit is a global micro:bit challenge for 8 – 18-year-olds that tests imagination, creativity and technology skills.

Students from across the world are invited to come up with inventive solutions that are linked with the UN’s Global Goals of good health and wellbeing, climate action, reduced inequalities and life below water or on land, for the chance to win some amazing micro:bit prizes!


Resources to design your own project

Do you want to take part in the do your: bit challenge from micro:bit but don’t know where to start? We’re here to help!

We have partnered with Jasmine Florentine, A Mechanical Engineer & Designer, to create a series of Interactive videos focussing on the Engineering Design Process. You can watch the full video series here.

In the first episode below, Jasmine gives an overview of all the stages in the engineering process and how to follow these steps to design a project to take part in the global BBC micro:bit do your: bit challenge.

Follow along with the video at home, or you can play it in a classroom or coding club to take part as a group.


How are OKdo supporting the do your :bit challenge?

We think that this challenge is just incredible and aligns with everything that OKdo exists for.

We are super proud to be able to say that we are supporting the 2022 challenge for a second year as strategic partner and in this role, we have donated 5,000 micro:bit mini computers to young people from all backgrounds worldwide.

Where have the donations gone?

The 5,000 micro:bit donations from OKdo have been delivered to children in countries as varied as Kenya, the UK and Japan to get them engaged in the competition, and in ongoing computer science skills and digital learning. Some donations have been received by:

  • iamtheCODE (UK)
  • DreamSpace – BCP (Broadband Connection Points) (Ireland)
  • CoderDojo (Japan)
  • Code for Everyone (Japan)
  • SteamLabs (Kenya)

Queensbridge Primary School, London taking part in the 2021 challenge as 4 cohorts of teachers from UK schools completed three days of training to receive 30 x micro:bits. The micro:bits were donated as part of the Connecting Classrooms programme with the British Council.


do your :bit challenge FAQs:

To find out all the information about the challenge and how to enter, check out the frequently asked questions below:

When does the competition close?

The challenge closed at 12:00pm (BST) on July 15, 2022.

What are the prizes?

Winners from all over the world will receive a micro:bit and a selection of micro:bit accessories. Second and third place runners-up will also receive the micro:bit.

Who can enter?

Young people aged 8 – 18 anywhere in the world can enter the challenge. You can enter on your own or as part of a team of up to 3 members. 

What do I need to do to enter?

To enter you need to design a solution to a problem that affects you and your community or another community somewhere in the world – be as creative as possible!

There are three categories for entry this year.

1. 8-14 year olds:

  • Submit an idea that solves a problem that works towards delivering the Global Goals and create a paper prototype to explain the idea, OR
  • Design and make a solution using the micro:bit to solve a problem that works towards delivering the Global Goals.

2. 15 – 18 year olds:

  • Design and make a solution using the micro:bit to solve a problem that works towards delivering the Global Goals.

    – Write about your solution – What have you created? Why have you created it? How it will it help your community or another community?
    – Create a paper prototype showing how your idea will work. This should be a photograph of your plans. Perhaps draw your solution with notes describing its functionality.
  • – Or a .hex file of your prototype code
  • – You may also include a video or photos of your device in action.

What format does my project need to be in?

– You need to write about your solution – What have you created? Why have you created it? How it will it help your community or another community?
– Create a paper prototype showing how your idea will work. This should be a photograph of your plans. Perhaps draw your solution with notes describing its functionality.
– Or a .hex file of your prototype code
– You may also include a video or photos of your device in action.

Do you have any project examples?

  • Alarm system to monitor underwater vandalism that causes harm to local sea-life
  • A device that prevents birds from colliding into glass windows
  • Radio animal trackers for endangered species
  • Pedometers to monitor steps taken

    These are just a few ideas from previous challenges…now we can’t wait to see what you come up with!

What are the Global Goals?

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked goals with actions agreed by all 193 member countries of the United Nations in 2015.


Get your micro:bit and get creative!

Would you like to learn more about the BBC micro:bit?

Check out our blog on the BBC micro:bit if you would like to learn about what the micro:bit is, what you can use it for and find tutorials on how to use it.

Everything you need to know about the micro:bit

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