NASA People 21/1/2023
Sharing as I hope it inspires people.
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Code Club 21/1/2023 Write up
We had a really busy Code Club today, with a mixture of things going on. I think we are making progress with Godot. To be fair there is a BIG learning curve here and some of the attendees are also having to learn other skills first. We have something useful to aim for longer term.
Most of the attendees today were on scratch, with some showing some really excellent skills and also a desire to go forward. I am keen to encourage that, while at the same time understanding my own limits in helping attendees move forward to other development systems.
We did have a discussion on the Mendelay reference manager There is a guide to using this with MS word here. We do only have MS word 2013 at the library, this may have to be raised as an issue at some point. I can't help with this that much as I use Overleaf and LaTeX but happy to support people where I can.
Please see my post for related links
I also fixed the various computers flagged as not working, IT have sent a new power plug for the computer where this was missing, it now works but is not going in to windows properly. A replacement monitor has also been sent, so with a little moving things around we are back to a near full IT suite.
We had a few new starters, who also attend the English classes in room 10, so I got them started on Scratch, and also made a start on trying to tidy some of the resources up, binned a load of old stuff that won't ever get used anyway.
Upcoming
- Next Code Club is Saturday 4th Feb 2023.
- STEM Group – Saturday 11th Febuary 2023
Code Club 21/1/2023
Paignton Library code club seems to be picking up nicely, we are slowly starting to move away from Scratch on to text based programming which is really good. I have now updated the links list to reflect what we are starting to use.
The core code club activities are still available. If you have been Scratch or other block based coding for a while then you may want to start looking at the next stage. which could be useful if starting with the Rasperry Pi.
I have included a link to the GNU/Linux command line BASH shell tutorials,
If you would like to start undertaking more with Python, we have 4 copies of the Python for beginners book on the shelf, and there is a copy in the Library which can be borrowed. The Pis and laptops / netbooks do have Python installed. But it may just be easier to get a Repl.it account
Going further, the two laptops I gave out on the 7th have the GoDot game engine installed, this is for creating more advanced games, the main language for this is GD Script.
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- GD Script
- Godot tutorials
- Godot Mastodon
- Tiled Tutorials For those of you working on Responsive web design then this seems to be going really well.
There are also some contests you can get involved with, some of these are listed below.
- AstroPi
- Coolest Projects 2023
Next Code Club is Saturday 4th Feb 2023.
STEM Group – Saturday 11th Febuary 2022
Scismic Webinars
Further to a recent post on the current run of Scismic webinars. I have found their youtube channel with all the previous webinars on.
Well worth viewing. There is also the Create a winning CV webinar on the [Overleaf](https://www.overleaf.com] website that was presented by Scismic a while back.
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#Webinar,#Scismic,#LifeScience,#BioTech,#CV,#Resume,#Careers
DWM – An introduction
This was posted to the fediverse earlier by SolusSpider
An intro to DWM (dynamic window manager)
These minimal window managers are really useful.
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UNESCO's Young Advocates 4 ESD Challenge is open:
“Young people are a critical population who are leading ESD-related projects, but often do not have the means to access institutional visibility that organizations often can. For this reason, UNESCO is officially launching the Young Advocates 4 ESD Challenge.
We are calling upon all young people under 25 years old to share their voices and stories about how they are promoting ESD-related projects and activities.
We encourage all young advocates for ESD to participate in the challenge in order to have the opportunity to be features in a UNESCO webstory and participate in future ESD events.
Please note that all personal information submitted will be securely kept by UNESCO for internal purposes only. Additionally, UNESCO will not publish any materials without prior consent given by applicants, including parents in the event that the applicant is a minor.”
You can submit your project online. More information on UNESCO's work on education for sustainable development is available on UNESCO's website. Please note that I received this information through a UN newsletter; for any further information please contact UNESCO.
ESD
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
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This was posted to the STEM Community forum. I have just pasted the details in the forum posted and added the links.
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Home Chemistry 8 – Reactions of metals with White Vinegar
So to continue this investigation further, I am adding Aluminium foil to White Vinegar and will also add Aluminium foil to Citric Acid and compare what happens.
Initial thoughts are that the reaction with White Vinegar is much slower, which is expected when you compare where the two metals being tested are on the Electrochemical series.
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Embedding Mastodon Posts
By default. When you embed a post from mastodon in to a WriteAs blog the default width is 400.
I am going to use the embed from my previous post as an example
<iframe src="https://mindly.social/@erinwhalen/109672470870988630/embed" class="mastodon-embed" style="max-width: 100%; border: 0" width="400" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
Changing the width to 600 results in, as you would expect a wider post which fits really nicely.
<iframe src="https://mindly.social/@erinwhalen/109672470870988630/embed" class="mastodon-embed" style="max-width: 100%; border: 0" width="600" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
We can go further and add a height element too.
<iframe src="https://mindly.social/@erinwhalen/109672470870988630/embed" class="mastodon-embed" style="max-width: 100%; border: 0" width="600" height="600" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
Which allows more of the post to be displayed.
This can, and should be adjusted for better fit, depending on size of the post being embedded.
Hope this is useful to people.
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Home Chemistry 7 – Reactions of metals with White Vinegar
Further to my previous experiment. Yesterday I added Magnesium Ribbon to some White Vinegar.
The video doesn't seem as good, part the issue is the light the other issue is the bubbles of Hydrogen produced do get in the way a little.
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