Astro Pi for beginners

Teach with Space Online Training

Date: 23 February 2022
Level: Primary and Secondary school teachers (beginner level)
Time: 16h30 - 18h30 CET
Language: English
Pre-requisites: No previous coding experience required
Certification: a certification of participation will be provided to attendees. 
Registration: Open until 18 February 2022 at midday (12:00 CET). Apply here.

This training focusses on classroom activities that make use of learning by tinkering approach in order to develop the pupils’ critical thinking skills and subject knowledge in programming and science experimentation.

Astro Pi computers are small computer devices that are capable of great things. ESA is collaborating with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to run an educational project that makes use of two Astro Pi computers located on the ISS by means of coding and scientific experimentation. During this session, you will be introduced to the Astro Pi software and hardware, including its set of sensors. You will set up and learn to program an Astro Pi in the language that they communicate – Python. These special computers can for instance be used to communicate with astronauts on board the ISS through the manipulation of text and images on an LED screen, as well as to run science experiments.

More information, including course Overview, coming soon.