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Random Alphabet Challenge

Administrator — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:46:09 +0000

Welcome to the Random Alphabet Challenge! This set of three Python programming challenges is designed to test your problem-solving skills, creativity, and ability to manipulate strings and data structures. But first let’s see if you can solve the following puzzle:…

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Scratch – Sprite Movement using a Touchscreen

Administrator — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:49:16 +0000

Many tutorials on how to create a game in Scratch will be based on using the arrow keys to control the main sprite. This is a great approach indeed but is not suitable if you are designing the game toe…

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Scratch -Take the Quiz!

Administrator — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 10:30:45 +0000

Answer these 10 questions to test your understanding of Block Programming when using Scratch. Take the Quiz! (open full screen) Check that you understand the different types of validation checks by completing this quiz: Extension Task Use the scratch website…

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BBC micro:bit – Pong (1 Player)

Administrator — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 22:48:49 +0000

In this tutorial, we will create a simplified version of Pong for 1 player to play using a micro:bit. The challenge is to create the game considering that the micro:bit screen consists of a 2D grid of 25 LEDs (5…

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Space Invaders in Scratch

Administrator — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:26:42 +0000

This step by step tutorial will demonstrate how to re-create “Space Invaders” using Scratch.

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Flappy Bird using Scratch

Administrator — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:12:04 +0000

This step by step tutorial will demonstrate how to re-create the game “Flappy Bird” using the online version of Scratch.

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Breakout Game In Scratch

Administrator — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 22:18:38 +0000

This blog post will guide you through the main steps needed to create a breakout game in scratch.

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Catch Me If You Can

Administrator — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 09:36:18 +0000

In this challenge we will create a three-player game using Scratch. One player (the yellow ball) will be chased by two other players the red player and the blue player. The red player will use the arrow keys to control…

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3D Printing – Name Badge

Administrator — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 09:17:46 +0000

One application of programming is to control 3D printers to create 3D models. Using a Block programming language you can create your own 3D models and export them in a format recognised by 3D Printers. In this blog you will…

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3D Printing: Bracelets

Administrator — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 09:00:07 +0000

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