Did you know? An embedded system is a computer system with a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electrical system, often with real-time computing constraints. A burglar alarm, an in-car cruise control system, a speedometer on a bike, a…
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…
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…
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…
Complete the following coding puzzles by drag and dropping the lines of codes in the correct order to recreate basic computer programs. Click on the picture below to access the coding puzzles:
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…
For this challenge we are going to create Christmas Cards using Python turtle. We will use the random library to create unique cards. Starry Night Our first card consists of creating a starry night scene. This card is using: A…
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 a time…
Look at the code below to draw lines of beach huts. Your task is to tweak the code used to draw the third line of beach huts. On this line we want the computer to choose random colours from the…
Learning Objectives When your computer prorgam is asking questions to the end-user, the end-user may not answer these questions the way you expected them to. This may cause your program to not work properly. Ideally a good program should use…
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