Tag: Python

3D Solar System

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In this blog post we will use Glowscript to create a 3D animation representing the revolution of the Earth around the Sun, and of the Moon around the Earth. Earth Revolution First, let’s calculate the angle of rotation needed to…

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3D Tetris Shapes

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In this blog post we will use Glowscript to create a 3D animation representing the various shapes used in a game of Tetris. Our aim is to recreate each shape by joining several cubes together. We will then create a…

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3D Molecules

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In this blog post we will use Glowscript to create a 3D animation representing the molecule H2O. Our aim is to recreate the molecule by joining three spheres together (one sphere for each atom). We will then create a compound…

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3D Animation : Moon Phases

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In this blog post we will use Glowscript to create a 3D animation representing how we perceive the moon from Earth throughout its cycle. Our aim is to represent a 3D sphere and to progressively change the direction of the…

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The Collatz Conjecture

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The Collatz conjecture is a famous mathematical mystery that has yet to be solved. It is named after Lothar Collatz a German mathematician, who first proposed it in 1937. It is based on the following number sequence: Start with any…

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Guess the country

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For this challenge we are going to create a game where the user plays against the computer. The aim of this game is to guess the name of a country. The computer will give the player clues to help them…

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Haunted House

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You are going to write a Python game where the user walks within the different rooms of a haunted house. In each room, something will happen. You will decide what happens when the user enters a room. You can use…

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Fireworks Display

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Coding is an Art Let’s first whatch this video clip which shows how a computer program can be used to create a large scale, live and interactive fireworks display: Fireworks Code Inspired by this application of computer science, we have…

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My daily routine

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Learning Objectives When you write lines of code, there are three ways you can control the order these lines will be executed by the computer: Sequencing: This means that the computer will run your code in order, one line at…

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Sweet Shop

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Have you ever been in a sweet shop to buy sweets? For this challenge we are going to spend £5 in a sweet shop hence we need to find out how many sweets we can afford. We will want to…

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