Tag: Python

My superhero

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Learning Objectives In this challenge we are learning how to use variables to store the properties of a superhero. Some of our variables will be used to store text (string) such as the name of our super hero. Some variables…

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Pygame: How to control your sprite?

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This tutorial is the third tutorial in a series of five Pygame tutorials: Tutorial 1 – Getting Started with Pygame Tutorial 2 – Creating Sprites using Pygame Tutorial 3 – How to control your sprites Tutorial 4 – Adding More…

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Minecraft + Python Challenges

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Learning Objectives Another approach to boost your pogramming skills is to learn how to code for Minecraft. Using Python code you can interact with the Minecraft world to for instance move the player or add blocks to build structures. For…

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String Manipulation – Lesson Code

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Learning Objectives In this post we will focus on string manipulation techniques using five common techniques used in most procedural programming languages: LEFT: to extract characters at the beginning of a string, RIGHT: to extract characters at the end of…

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Resistor Value Calculator

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Resistor Value Calculator

When designing electronic circuits you may need to use resistors. Each resistor has a resistance value expressed in ohms (Ω). Resistors are identified by a series of concentric coloured bands. Each band colour has a value which is used to…

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Meet E.V.E.

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Meet E.V.E., a computer algorithm with artificial intelligence. E.V.E. can communicate with human beings. Well it’s only a start and we need you to complete the code provided below for E.V.E to be able to communicate more effectively with teenagers.…

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All Stars Football Team

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In this challenge we are looking at how a list can be used to store all the players’ names of a football team. Using a set of functions we then manipulate this list to: Find a value in a list…

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Download Python

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Before installing Python check our recommendations at the bottom of this page! Ready to complete some of these Python challenges at home? Then you will need to download Python 3 which is completely free to download: https://www.python.org/downloads/. We also recommend…

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Python Basics

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Python Cheat Sheet

Check the following Python instructions. These are all you need to know to start creating your first Python scripts! You can also check our more advanced Python Helpsheet:

The bear hunt

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This challenge is inspired from Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury’s children book “We are going on a bear hunt”. In this story, a family skids down a grassy slope, swishes across a river, sludges through mud and finally sees a…

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