RasPi Magazine 15, Raspberry PI, RasPI - Magazyn 2015
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//-->ESIGNDUILDBCODE15Track a space stationPlusCONTROLwith PiGESTUREWelcomeDid you know that a RaspberryPi is blasting off to space in justa few weeks? Part of the Astro Picompetition, it’ll be sent up to theInternational Space Station with astronaut TimPeake and a new add-on called the SenseHAT, plus code that has been written byprimary and secondary school kids. We spoketo the teacher of one of the winning codeclubs, Dan Aldred, to find out more aboutthe competition and Thirsk School’s winningentry – an ISS tracker – and we’ve even got atutorial for you on how to re-create the project.Also inRasPithis month, we’ve got a greatguide to adding touch and gesture control toyour Pi with a brilliant board called Hover, soyou can interact just by waving your hand!Get inspiredDiscover the RasPicommunity’s best projectsExpert adviceGot a question? Get in touchand we’ll give you a handEasy-to-followguidesLearn to make and codegadgets with Raspberry PiEditorFrom the makers ofJoin the conversation at…@linuxusermagxusermagLiLinux User & DeveloperUD lDevelopeRasPi@imagine-publishing.co.ukRasPi@imagine pContentsAstro Pi: Sending code to spaceDan Aldred tells the story of the Space-ByrdsTrack the International Space StationMap its movements and show welcome messagesInstall a reset switchMake it easier to safely remove powerAdd gesture controlGet your hands on a Hover boardPi GlovePut the power of a Pi at your fingertipsWhat is the Model A+?Find out what the tiny board’s good forForecasting the weatherCode your own weather report tickerAstro Pi:Sendingcode to spaceClever Year 7 students at Thirsk School have made anamazing tracking system for the International SpaceStation. We speak to their teacher to find out more…Can you tell us more about your students atThirsk School who won the competition?It was actually a code club that I’d set up atlunchtimes. The original reason for setting it up was togive students, who were perhaps what we call vulnerablelearners, something to do at lunchtime – students whowould struggle being in the playground; maybe theirbehaviour means they would get into difficulty, or they werejust a bit more timid and so didn’t have anywhere to go.Also, I was keen on making sure that the coding and theRaspberry Pi wasn’t about bright kids – I wanted to makesure that low-ability kids and special needs kids had accessto coding and all the benefits that it offers.So I set up a coding club for lunchtimes, started withMinecraft,Sonic Pi, picamera photo hacking, and thenthis competition came along and I said, “Look, this is theopportunity we’ve got: a space rocket’s going to go up tothe ISS with an astronaut and an Astro Pi. What do youthink?” They were like, “Yeah! Let’s do it, let’s do it!” And itgrew from there – we ended up with eight to ten studentswho stayed every lunchtime for seven weeks, creating theirwinning solution.That’s amazing dedication!It is! In the end it became quite social, and by about weekfour they could see the results of what they’d made andstart to get excited, thinking that it could actually win. Butyeah, the dedication from them was huge, really motivated.It must have been great for building a sense ofcommunity too, particularly with the vulnerable learners.It was very exciting and rewarding personally, too. Westarted off with a shared document, so all the studentscould access the code from home, and what I found wasDan Aldredisa Raspberry PiCertified Educatorand a Lead Schoolteacher for CAS.He led a winningteam of the Astro PiSecondary SchoolContest and hisstudents’ code isbeing sent to the ISSin December.
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