Code-it day Friday 17th June.

So far 8 primary schools on the island have indicated they will be sending teams of 6 children to our Science Code-it day.As part of the grant award from the Primary Science Teaching Trust, Barton School pupils will be sharing our learning and resources with other local schools.

Participating schools: yarmouth,Shalfleet, Niton, Wootton,Wroxall,St Blasius,The Bay,Summerfield.

Dear potential code it participants,

Thank you for responding to this idea. It will hopefully be fun and a chance to cross pollinate.

I am not any kind of specialist but am exploring the potential of new technologies.

My plan so far is to have a Science/coding challenge using scratch linked to GPIO boxes.

I would also like to have examples of other coding for the children to experience.

Perhaps each school could bring something along to share as well? I'm very happy for suggestions.

Many thanks

Andy Fessey

Great video release by Graham Hastings.

A guide to using Raspberry Pi with the GPIO interface.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQQGedyDcfA&feature=youtu.be

Date	Activity	Science link
1-3-16	Blink To write a scratch code that activates the LED on the gPiO box Connect wiring to external bulb. Children are to try out different inputs Notes: Trained up Reece and Taylor to cascade this through class. Difficulties with space to set up all the equipment.	Building on their work in year 4, pupils should construct simple series circuits, to help them to answer questions about what happens when they try different components, for example, switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors. They should learn how to represent a simple circuit in a diagram using recognised symbols.
1-4-16	To broadcast for varying amounts of time controlled from code Add a buzzer as fog horn Children are to try out different inputs Lighthouse code	Pupils might work scientifically by: systematically identifying the effect of changing one component at a time in a circuit; designing and making a set of traffic lights, a burglar alarm or some other useful circuit.
	What is the password? Burglar alarm. http://resources.gpio.co.uk	Pupils might work scientifically by: systematically identifying the effect of changing one component at a time in a circuit; designing and making a set of traffic lights, a burglar alarm or some other useful circuit.
1-5	Create simple tunes using sonic pi. Match to tuned (vibrating) glass bottles.	Sound
	Design a Science quiz
1-6	Day of code- schools invited to attend. A series of challenge activites for IOW schools.	June 2016