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Getting Started

• Jazzy Jumpers

  Create a memory game in Scratch involving jazzy jumpers.

• Using pip on Windows

  Learn how to use pip on Windows to easily install useful Python software.

• Getting Started With Git

  Learn how to use Git and GitHub from the command line on Linux, Mac OS, and Windows

• Getting started with GUIs

  In this resource you will learn how to make simple GUIs in Python

• Turtley Amazing

  In this resource you will take your first steps with the programming language Python

• Physical Computing with Python

  Physical computing on the Raspberry Pi using Python

• Getting Started With the micro:bit

  Learn how to push programs to your micro:bit using a Raspberry Pi

• Getting Started with Picamera

  Get started with the Raspberry Pi camera module, using Python and picamera

• Sense HAT Random Sparkles

  Let your Sense HAT shine with pride

• Introduction to Processing

  Learn how to create graphics with code in Processing

• Physical Computing with Scratch

  A guide to getting started with physical computing and Scratch

• Installing Raspbian with NOOBS

  A guide on how to install Raspbian on an SD card using NOOBS, from any platform

• Getting Started with the Sense HAT

  Explore the Sense HAT sensor board with its Python library

• Getting Started with Sonic Pi

  Learn how to live code music on the Raspberry Pi with Sonic Pi

• Getting Started with Mathematica

  Getting started with Mathematica and the Wolfram language on Raspberry Pi

• Demo Programs

  Learn how to run the Raspberry Pi demo programs

• Getting Started with Minecraft Pi

  Get your first taste of programming the world of Minecraft

Activities

• Code a carol

  Code the carol Twelve Days of Christmas using Sonic Pi.

• Sense HAT advent calendar

  Count down to Christmas with your Sense HAT!

• Naughty and nice

  Write a sentiment analysis program that can decide whether a Twitter user is naughty or nice.

• OctaPi: calculating Pi

  Calculate the value of π (pronounced “Pi”) using the OctaPi distributed Raspberry Pi computer

• OctaPi: brute-force Enigma

  Make and then break Enigma-encoded messages using your Raspberry Pi or OctaPi.

• Pride and Prejudice for zombies

  The world has been overrun with zombies. Create some literature for the zombies to read!

• Where’s Zombie?

  Use the GPS on your phone to make an outdoor zombie apocalypse game you can play with your friends.

• Zombie apocalypse survival map

  Create a real map of your local area and mark on it the locations of supplies, bases, and zombies!

• Poo near you

  In this resource you will use the Google maps API to put open data onto a map using JavaScript

• Shakespearean insult generator

  In this resource you will write a Python script to generate insults, Elizabethan-style.

• Talk Like a Pirate

  Create a web page which can translate normal English text into pirate speak

• Mapping The Weather

  Use Matplotlib to visualise weather stations around the world

• Cat meme generator

  Create funny cat memes to share with your friends

• Graphing The Weather

  Learn how to plot graphical weather data from the Raspberry Pi Weather Station database

• Fetching the Weather

  Access the Weather Station database and fetch the weather

• Getting Started with the Twitter API

  A guide to connecting to Twitter from Python using Twython

• Dress for the weather

  A resource to use the OpenWeatherMap API

• Secret Agent Chat

  Learn how to send unbreakable encrypted messages with Python

• N Days of Christmas

  In this resource you will create a script that will print out the song The N Days of Christmas song

• Astro Pi Flight Data Analysis

  Do strange, unexplained things happen on the International Space Station?

• Weightlessness Space Game

  Learn how to simulate the effects of weightlessness in space with this Scratch game

• Gravity Simulator

  Learn about the effects of gravity and how to simulate them in Scratch

• Sense HAT Minecraft Map

  Use the Sense HAT to create a map of the world around your player in Minecraft: Pi Edition

• Python Web Server with Flask

  Install the Python web framework Flask and set up a basic web server with different pages

• Astronaut Reaction Time Game

  Do you have the speedy reactions needed to be an Astronaut? Create this game to find out!

• Turtle Snowflakes

  Learn how to use a sequence of instructions to draw snowflakes with turtle

• Kids Ruby Quiz

  Make your own quiz game with Kids Ruby and your Raspberry Pi

• Build a LAMP Web Server with WordPress

  Learn how to install a LAMP stack on your Raspberry Pi and set up a web server with WordPress

• Time-lapse Setup

  Learn how to setup a Pi Camera to take time-lapse pictures

• Story Time

  Generate fairy tales and other imaginative stories with basic Python

Projects

• Exploring Space With Minecraft

  In this resource you will explore SpaceCRAFT, a winning entry in the Astro Pi competion

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