{"id":11916,"date":"2015-02-03T09:53:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T09:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11916"},"modified":"2015-02-03T09:53:37","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T09:53:37","slug":"marshmallow-fun-with-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11916","title":{"rendered":"Marshmallow fun with the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-0unfvG1wp3I\/VMqk0M3VtcI\/AAAAAAAADHg\/mLkXhMZ_DHE\/s1600\/mallow.png?resize=560%2C784\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"784\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Richard Hayler has adapted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/learning\/reaction-game\/\" target=\"_blank\">one of the Raspberry Pi Foundation&#8217;s resources<\/a>\u00a0into a single-page worksheet (pictured above) for use at his Code Club. The\u00a0project uses a marshmallow and a paper clip to create a button which can be detected using ScratchGPIO. <a href=\"http:\/\/richardhayler.blogspot.co.uk\/2015\/02\/raspberry-pi-codeclub-week-3.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read about his experience and see the worksheet &amp; instructions here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Hayler has adapted one of the Raspberry Pi Foundation&#8217;s resources\u00a0into a single-page worksheet (pictured above) for use at his Code Club. 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