Category Archives: education

Python activity – recreate Matisse’s Snail

Posted on February 22, 2016 by blogmywiki

  Here’s a fun lesson with Python Turtle graphics I did with my Year 7s. They had done some Python before – mainly stuff with loops, making and breaking Caesar cyphers, but I think it’s fair to say that they … Continue reading →

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MicroBit Happy Plant

Posted on February 17, 2016 by blogmywiki

I had a go at making Geekfish’s Happy Plant project myself – this aims to tell you if your plant is thirsty using a BBC MicroBit, a resistor, some nails and a bit of Python code. I edited the code … Continue reading →

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Possible first Y7 Python MicroBit lesson

Posted on February 16, 2016 by blogmywiki

Here’s my first stab at a first Year 7 MicroBit lesson activity sheet – it assumes you’re using Mu as your editor, but not REPL (command line). It’s untested and will evolve with suggestions and with experience using it in … Continue reading →

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Tilty MicroBit game

Posted on February 14, 2016 by blogmywiki

I am lucky enough to have 3 teacher BBC MicroBits to play with, and I am exploring using the awesome Mu Python editor – this allows you easily to program the MicroBit in Python totally offline, with absolutely no internet … Continue reading →

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Now the BBC MicroBit starts to make sense

Posted on February 10, 2016 by blogmywiki

Behold, the world’s shortest USB lead! Today, after much moaning on my part about delays, I got our school’s 3 teacher BBC MicroBits. And I think I now know how I’m going to use them once we get the children’s … Continue reading →

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