Use this space to find old projects from terms gone by.
Today we are going to look at Astro Pi and their two respective missions that you can enter!
If you are a beginner then it is recommended that you use Misson Zero, if you are advanced then have a go at Mission Space Lab
To get to the Astro Pi Page click the button below
Blast off!Use the template on the Bootham Code Club Website to create a project that asks how users are feeling and responds appropriately to them
Scratch Starter ProjectUse the BBC micro:bit to input letters to make a message. When the micro:bit shakes the speaker should play the message in morse code
Use the A and B buttons to cycle through the alphabet, confirm your selection with A+B
MakeCode EditorUse python to send secret message using a caesar cipher. Use the internet or w3schools to help with this task. Lists and Dictionaries will be helpful!
Python EditorUse the template on the Bootham Code Club Website to create a game that makes the rocket not hit any platforms.
Scratch Starter ProjectUse the BBC micro:bit to make a game of Crashy Bird
MakeCode EditorPico-8 is an imaginary computer that can make games using the Lua programming language. Use the pico-8 magazine to help you create a cave explorer game
Pico-8 machineUse the Raspberry Pi 500 to make an ambulance with Scratch!
Use the BBC micro:bit to make a working compass that students could use on a treasure hunt!
MakeCode EditorUse the Raspberry Pi Pico and soem LEDs to make a disco party for the Code Club, use the Traffic Lights example to help you. Ask Tom to put Thonny on your computer so that you can use it.
Traffic Light ExampleUse Scratch to make a working calculator! You will need to use variables to help you.
Use physical computing to help keep pedestrians and cyclists safe during the night.
MakeCode EditorA primary school teacher wants a computer program to test the basic arithmetic skills of her
students. Generate random questions (2 numbers only) consisting of addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division.
The system should ask the student’s name and then ask ten questions. The program should feed back
if the answers are correct or not, and then generate a final score at the end.
Anything Goes. Time to throw code at the wall and see if it sticks! Make any project you like!
Time to create a save the environment game! Use the worksheet to help you plan and develop your game
Scratch EditorUse the micro:bit and the MakeCode editor to create a program that will measure the noise levels in a room. If it exceeds a predefined level then a warning symbol should be shown on the screen and a warning noise played.
See if you can make this better by graphing the noise level and making a mission control to send the noise level to other micro:bits.
MakeCode EditorUse the link below to create a website about how we can help save the environment around the home!
Environment WebsiteA lot of you are on personal projects at the moment! So make sure you have a go at exploring how you can make your projects better. Show off what you're proud of!
Use an AI to create a scratch version of pictionary!
Machine Learning for KidsUse Thonny to create an etch a sketch using python! You can then draw pictures like the 90s
Python-A-Sketch WorkbookUse Scratch to create a game about Easter. One example could be controlling the Easter bunny to catch all the chocolate eggs within a mapped area.
Scratch Starter ProjectUse Raspberry Pi's project of chomp the cheese but change it to carrots for a fun Easter activity. You will require a webcam!
Activity SheetUse HTML and CSS to create a webpage about Easter and why it is celebrated!
Raspberry Pi EditorHow strange... a Code Club without any computers?!
The Raspberry Pi Foundation and Code Club have created some new unplugged activities and we are one
of the
first people in the world to have a go at them.
Activities include
Have a go and tell me what you think! There are more to come!
Use this tutorial to help you create a hotter and colder game we can then go and test this outside!
Ask Tom for the classroom code to create your own environmental sensor. We can then use the micro:bit to find out environmental data from outside
Use this tutorial to create a dance detecting machine! Think abut how you could turn this into a replica of Just Dance
Design and Invent your own party game using the BBC micro:bit, Use the link below to help you plan and get started.
It is time for us to try something new instead of using Scratch! Have a go at these projects or try something yourself
Use the MakeCode Editor to create a Walkie-Talkie with a friend so that you can send messages to each other using the Radio blocks. Use the tutorial on MakeCode to help or try it yourself!
Use Thonny and the Raspberry Pi Pico to create a working set of traffic lights. I have written a tutorial for this and you can use the link below to get you there!
For people who want a challenge, we can create our very own version of Mario Party called Super Code Club Party. Use the link below to take you to the instructions and starter code. The starter code will say "Super CoderDojo Party" however that is because I am using it at my CoderDojo in Selby. You can change it to have the right title.
It is time for us to make a game! It can be about anything, if you want to get started use one of the projects below
Use the micro:bit to create flappy bird, or crahy bird as they call it!
Use Thonny and the Raspberry Pi Pico to create a reaction timing game. Ask tom for the micropython book
For people who want a challenge, Tom is creating a version of space invaders. What game do you think you could make? Ask Tom for the tutorials for Defold.
It is time to celebrate science and everything geeky! If you want to get started use one of the projects below
Use the micro:bit to create a sensor object for an astronaught. Use the radio and datalogger to send x, y, and z values to another micro:bit to track a rocket launch.
Use Thonny and the Raspberry Pi Pico to create a futuristic invention. It could be a game or sequence that uses LEDs and Buttons
Angry Birds is making a comeback. Try and create a close of angry birds with different stages. Use the display outside the maths classrooms for the different formulae to use.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation have asked you to take on the challenge of trying their new python resources. Click the button and give it a go.
Python Bytes ChallengesCrazy to think it is a full heatwave at the moment! Try cooling off with these weather styled projects.
Use Python to get a view of the world from space. Then using different web services plot where the ISS (International space station) is and show who is on it.
Take a load off and watch a sunrise and sunset. Use HTML/CSS to create an animation of the sun rising and setting.
Create an animation of a character flying to space! Try and get them to land on the moon and meet an alien.
Use the micro:bit to create a space control center. Use another micro:bit to send live data of its velocity, x value, y value, and z value.
It is that time of year again to enter astro-pi. Have a go at one of the tutorials and tell your mentor you want to enter. If you want a bigger challenge ask about mission space lab!
use the pen extension blocks and x and y coordinates in Scratch to draw the locations visited by green sea turtles during their nesting time.
use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create a website that lets people discover a place they may never get a chance to visit — Antarctica!
get to know Python dictionaries by creating an animated, interactive, solar system model using the p5 library.
create a wildlife camera that can count creatures of different colours that pass in front of it. You will use different-coloured objects to represent different-coloured birds.
Use scratch to create a candy catching game before a mosters eats all the candy first!
Have a go at this Raspberry Pi Project about getting reaction times of a user in this game. Look at how you can harness the clock.
Create a project that allows an artist to make Van Gogh's Starry Sky become physical
Use the accelerometer to try and simulate a firework using the micro:bit. You will require a battery pack for this activity.
Use this Raspberry Pi project that creates a website that displays an animation of a sunrise and sunset