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Every now and then, I review the Raspberry Pi learning resources page<\/a>\u00a0to find out what they’ve been working on. Today is one of those days!<\/p>\n

Getting Started with GUIs<\/h2>\n

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One of Laura<\/a>‘s pet projects is GUI Zero<\/a>, a wrapper for GUI library tkinter that has been designed to make it easier for kids (and, frankly, adults) to use! She’s now written a series of worksheets for the Foundation that use GUI Zero to create simple GUI interfaces. Take a look here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ultrasonic Theremin<\/h2>\n

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Another resource. This time using an ultrasonic sensor to create a theremin<\/a>. The Python script plugs into a (running) Sonic Pi session to create the sounds. Ingenious! Take a look here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Poo Near You!<\/h2>\n

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Here’s an interesting, and slightly disgusting, resource that will likely appeal to all kids who giggle whenever poo is mentioned. Tapping into Nottingham City Council’s open data source<\/a>, this resource allows you to plot on a map the locations where people have been fined for dog fouling. It’s an interesting use of external ‘big data’, certainly, and you can take a look here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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