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Getting started with Astro Pi - teach with space | T05.1
In brief
Astro Pi is the name of a small computer developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, in collaboration with the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency (ESA). There are two very special Astro Pi’s. Their names are Ed and Izzy, and they have been qualified for spaceflight. They are now onboard the International Space Station (ISS) for students like you to use. With this first set of activities you are going to assemble your Raspberry Pi for the first time and learn the essential coding language that you need to program your Astro Pi. By doing so, you will get the chance to have your own code and scientific experiment run on the ISS.
In-depth
Languages: English, Dutch, French teacher's guide and student activity, German teacher's guide and student activity, Polish, Spanish
Age range: 10-14 years old
Students will learn:
• What a Raspberry Pi is, what its main features are, and how to set up and use one
• The difference between hardware and software
• What a programming language is
• How to program using Python
• To use input and output messages, variables, data types, ‘if’ statements and loops
• How to use the Turtle module from Python to draw geometrical shapes
