Tag Archives: Python

Coding as a way of understanding the Monty Hall problem

Posted on April 24, 2016 by blogmywiki

The other night a maths teacher and I were sharing a few cold drinks and we fell to discussing the Monty Hall Problem. Now, you may have heard of the Monty Hall Problem even if you don’t know it by … Continue reading →

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Logging classroom temperature on a Raspberry Pi

Posted on April 18, 2016 by blogmywiki

Today I logged the temperature in our ICT room as part of a wider Y7 project on data handling, spreadsheets and climate change. We’re taking real historical weather data, analysing it in Excel and making Word documents about our findings. … Continue reading →

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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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