Lesson 6: Functions
Learn to define functions and use them in a Python program.
Lessons Archive
Lesson 4: Flowcharts
Make a useful plan for your adventure by drawing your ideas out in a flowchart.
Lesson 3: User Input and Variables
Learn about variables and user input, and start coding your adventure!
Lesson 2: Python Review
Review what Python is, how to use an IDE called Thonny, and how to use functions to print statements in the shell.
Lesson 5: Conditionals
Learn to define conditionals and use them in a Python program.
Lesson 1: Code Your Own Adventure
Learn what a Code Your Own Adventure program is and how you can start planning your Python adventure.
Lesson 7: Loops
Learn about loops in Python and try using them in your program.
Lesson 8: Turtle Garden
Use everything you've learned to create a Turtle drawing of a flower garden.
Lesson 6: Pens, Colors, and Shapes
Learn to manipulate the Turtle pen by changing its color and size, and learn how to draw shapes with the Turtle library.
Lesson 5: XY Coordinates
Explore the concept of XY coordinates and try using them in your Turtle programs.
Lesson 4: Python Turtle
Get an introduction to the Turtle library. This is the library you will use to draw pictures with Python.
Lesson 3: Variables in Python
Get a basic understanding of an extremely important coding concept: variables.
Lesson 2: Bugs and Debugging
How do you find and solve mistakes in your code? In this lesson, learn about bugs and debugging in Thonny.
Lesson 1: Hello, World!
Learn what Python is, how to use an IDE, and how to write your first Python program.
Lesson 3: Gears
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Lesson 2: Smart Desktop Fan
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Lesson 1: Controlling a Regular Lego Motor
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Lesson 3: Other Inputs and Outputs
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Lesson 2: Breadboarding
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Lesson 1: Intro to General Purpose Inputs and Outputs and Make Code
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Lesson 4: General Purpose Inputs and Outputs
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Lesson 3: Improving the Weather Station
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Lesson 2: Internet Inputs to build a weather station
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Lesson 1: Inputs and Outputs Overview
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Lesson 2: First Program – Automatic Flashlight
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Lesson 4: Variables and Sensors
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Lesson 3: Conditional Statements and Sensors
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Lesson 2: Loops and Sensors
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Lesson 1: First MakeCode Program – Automatic Flashlight
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Lesson 1: Get Started with Boolean Box Micro
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Lesson 6: Start and End Screens
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Lesson 5: Collectibles and Score
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Lesson 4: Portals & Other Levels
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Lesson 3: Jumping and Falling
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Lesson 2: Movement with Arrow Keys
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Lesson 1: Getting Started with Platformers
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Control Hobby Motors Using Scratch3
Write a simple Scratch program that allows you to control a motor with code. A key component of any robot is the motor. When you complete this project you will understand how robot motors work.
Control Lego Motors Using Scratch3
Write a simple Scratch program that allows you to control a motor with code. A key component of any robot is the motor. When you complete this project you will understand how robot motors work.
Scratch3 – Motion Sensing with a Passive Infra-Red Sensor (PRI)
Learn how to create circuits that turn on and off when something moves. This sort of circuit is used in alarm systems and powers motion sensing lights.
Build a camera and take pictures in Scratch3
Build your camera and start taking pictures using Scratch. Each picture is saved as a costume. Make a sprite with your face or your friends faces.
Scratch3 – What Conducts, Using Transistors
Write a simple Scratch program that you can use to see what things conduct electricity.
Scratch3 – Use a Photoresistor to Detect Light
Learn how to create circuits that turn on and off as the light changes from light to dark. A photoresistor or light sensor is used to detect light. In bright light, the sensor acts like a button that has been pushed and allows electricity to flow. In the pitch dark the sensor is like a button at rest, no electricity flows. Unlike a button, resistance of a photoresistor decreases with increasing incident light intensity.
Scratch3 – Active Buzzer
Write a simple Scratch program that make an active buzzer buzz. A buzzer is another kind of output. The circuit and Scratch code will look familiar, they are similar to a light circuit, another kind of output.
Scratch3 – Use a Tilt Switch To Tell When Something Turns Over
Ever wonder how a device like your phone knows when it is flipped over? Learn how to create circuits that turn on and off if the thing that it is attached to flips over.
Quick Reaction Game Scratch 3
Find out who has the fastest reaction time with this simple circuit and a scratch program
Use a button Scratch 3
A button or switch is used to control the flow of electricity. A button is a type of switch that stays open (off) until it it is pressed. A keyboard is a collection of buttons. Each time you press a key the circuit is completed and a letter is typed. A light switch is an example of a switch. It stays on or off depending on which way you set it.
Build a Game Controller Scratch 3
Extend your skills by making a 4 button game controller. Each time you press a button the program will react by moving a game character, shooting or whatever you program the button to do. Use the game controller to to play the games you've already built.
Light it up Scratch 3
Build a circuit then write a simple Scratch program that turns a light on and off - all at the command of Scratch the cat. This entire project is done on the Raspberry Pi.
Build Your Boolean Box Blue
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Variables
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Make Things happen with Broadcast Lesson 5
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When Key Pressed – Make a Choice Lesson 4
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Ask Block – Make a Choice Lesson 3
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Make something happen in the middle of the story (Lesson4)
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Getting to the end (Lesson5)
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Change the Scene, Using Backdrops(Lesson3)
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Plan the Adventure Lesson 2
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Lesson 1: Choose Your Own Adventure
Learn what a "Choose Your Own Adventure" program is and start designing your program.
Control Lego Motors Using Scratch 1.4
Write a simple Scratch program that allows you to control a motor with code. A key component of any robot is the motor. When you complete this project you will understand how robot motors work.
Add Sprites and Backgrounds(Lesson 1)
Start your story by adding characters and a background. Learn how to use your creativity to create something awesome.
Make Sprites Come Alive with Code(Lesson2)
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Python – Use a JoyStick
Write a simple Scratch program that allows you to control a motor with code. A key component of any robot is the motor. When you complete this project you will understand how robot motors work.
Build a camera and take a video in Python
Build your camera and start taking pictures using Scratch. Each picture is saved as a costume. Make a sprite with your face or your friends faces.
Python – What Conducts, Using Transistors
Write a simple Scratch program that you can use to see what things conduct electricity.
Control Motors Using Python
Write a simple Scratch program that allows you to control a motor with code. A key component of any robot is the motor. When you complete this project you will understand how robot motors work.
Build a camera and take pictures in Python
Build your camera and start taking pictures using Scratch. Each picture is saved as a costume. Make a sprite with your face or your friends faces.
Python – Active Buzzer
Write a simple Scratch program that make an active buzzer buzz. A buzzer is another kind of output. The circuit and Scratch code will look familiar, they are similar to a light circuit, another kind of output.
Python – Motion Sensing with a Passive Infra-Red Sensor (PRI)
Learn how to create circuits that turn on and off when something moves. This sort of circuit is used in alarm systems and powers motion sensing lights.
Python – Use a Photoresistor to Detect Light
Learn how to create circuits that turn on and off as the light changes from light to dark. A photoresistor or light sensor is used to detect light. In bright light, the sensor acts like a button that has been pushed and allows electricity to flow. In the pitch dark the sensor is like a button at rest, no electricity flows. Unlike a button, resistance of a photoresistor decreases with increasing incident light intensity.
Python – Use a Tilt Switch to Tell When Something Turns Over
Ever wonder how a device like your phone knows when it is flipped over? Learn how to create circuits that turn on and off if the thing that it is attached to flips over.
Python Projects
Python – Active Buzzer
Write a simple Scratch program that make an active buzzer buzz. A buzzer is another kind of output. The circuit and Scratch code will look familiar, they are similar to a light circuit, another kind of output.
Python – Build a Minecraft Control Panel
Extend your skills by making a 4 button game controller. Each time you press a button the program will react by moving a game character, shooting or whatever you program the button to do. Use the game controller to to play the games you've already built.
Python – Quick Reaction Game
Find out who has the fastest reaction time with this simple circuit and a scratch program
Python – Use a button
A button or switch is used to control the flow of electricity. A button is a type of switch that stays open (off) until it it is pressed. A keyboard is a collection of buttons. Each time you press a key the circuit is completed and a letter is typed. A light switch is an example of a switch. It stays on or off depending on which way you set it.
Light it up Python
Build a circuit then write a simple Scratch program that turns a light on and off - all at the command of Scratch the cat. This entire project is done on the Raspberry Pi.
Using Loops to Create a Better Castle
Using Functions to Automate Building
Start Building, Create a House
Minecraft Turtle
Pacman
Controlling Minecraft Blocks with Code
Introduction to Modding Minecraft with Python
LOOPS AND CONDITIONALS
MADLIBS – CAPTURE USER INPUT
FOUNDATIONS OF PYTHON
Control Motors Using Scratch
Write a simple Scratch program that allows you to control a motor with code. A key component of any robot is the motor. When you complete this project you will understand how robot motors work.
SCRATCH – WHAT CONDUCTS, USING TRANSISTORS
Write a simple Scratch program that you can use to see what things conduct electricity.
Build a camera and take pictures in Scratch
Build your camera and start taking pictures using Scratch. Each picture is saved as a costume. Make a sprite with your face or your friends faces.
Scratch – Motion Sensing with a Passive Infra-Red Sensor (PRI)
Learn how to create circuits that turn on and off when something moves. This sort of circuit is used in alarm systems and powers motion sensing lights.
SCRATCH – USE A TILT SWITCH TO TELL WHEN SOMETHING TURNS OVER
Ever wonder how a device like your phone knows when it is flipped over? Learn how to create circuits that turn on and off if the thing that it is attached to flips over.
Scratch – Use a Photoresistor to Detect Light
Learn how to create circuits that turn on and off as the light changes from light to dark. A photoresistor or light sensor is used to detect light. In bright light, the sensor acts like a button that has been pushed and allows electricity to flow. In the pitch dark the sensor is like a button at rest, no electricity flows. Unlike a button, resistance of a photoresistor decreases with increasing incident light intensity.
Scratch – Active Buzzer
Write a simple Scratch program that make an active buzzer buzz. A buzzer is another kind of output. The circuit and Scratch code will look familiar, they are similar to a light circuit, another kind of output.
Mad Libs Game
Mad Libs is a story game – often laugh out loud funny. In the game, you are prompted for random words, which are then included in a story. In this project, you will learn how to ask questions and store the answers as variables.
Animate your name
Animate your Sprites
Animate your Sprites
Use Sprite costumes to animate the Sprites in your story
Quick Reaction Game
Find out who has the fastest reaction time with this simple circuit and a scratch program
Modify Pong to Add a 2 Game Controller
One of the first projects you built was PONG. In the PONG game the player used the keyboard to control the paddle. Follow these steps to modify your pong game to use your own two button controller. 1) add a second button. 2) Modify your code.
Build a Game Controller
Extend your skills by making a 4 button game controller. Each time you press a button the program will react by moving a game character, shooting or whatever you program the button to do. Use the game controller to to play the games you've already built.
Use a button
A button or switch is used to control the flow of electricity. A button is a type of switch that stays open (off) until it it is pressed. A keyboard is a collection of buttons. Each time you press a key the circuit is completed and a letter is typed. A light switch is an example of a switch. It stays on or off depending on which way you set it.