Happy Pi Day: Collection of Raspberry Pi related resources to celebrate Pi Day!

What is Pi day?

So, what is Pi Day and why is this year so important? Pi Day is celebrated around the world on March 14th. The reason why it's celebrated on March 14th is because, using the American date format, March the 14th is 3.14 (Month.Day) and, as we all know that Pi (the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter) is approximately 3.14146 (or 3.14 to 2dp) 

So, what is special about this year? Well, at precisely 9:26:53 on 14th March '15, the date and time will read: 3.14.15 9:26:53 which can be translated into - 3.141592653 which just happens to be the first 10 digits of Pi!

In celebration of this momentous (all be it geeky) day, I have compiled a collection of Raspberry Pi related resources:

Networking the Pi

Minecraft Pi

In this lesson, students will attach their Raspberry Pi to a network so that they can create a multiplayer Minecraft session.

In this lesson, students will learn some simple programming in Python using Minecraft Pi edition

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Raspberry Pi Sorting Hat

In this lesson, students will create their very own Raspberry Pi powered "Harry Potter Sorting Hat".

Raspberry Pi-LTSP

Building a networked classroom of Raspberry Pis.

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Shakespearean Insult Generator

Part 1

In this lesson, students will create a Shakespearean Insult Generator using lists in Python.

Part 2

In this lesson, students will improve their Shakespearean Insult Generator by using basic File Handling in Python.

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Useful Links

General:

• Raspberry Pi Foundation - Huge collection of lesson plans, tutorials, competitions and resources to get the most out of your Raspberry Pi.
• RS -Online - First stop for all your Raspberry Pi related add-ons and components.

Minecraft Pi:

• http://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/minecraft-pi/ - Getting started with programming the Minecraft world
• http://arghbox.wordpress.com/2014/04/25/minecraft-pi-recipe-cards/ - Minecraft Pi recipe cards (These recipe cards include a selection of introductory tutorial for programming in Minecraft Pi edition using Python.) 
• http://www.stuffaboutcode.com/2013/04/minecraft-pi-edition-api-tutorial.html - Minecraft Pi. API tutorials: Collection of tutorials for programming Minecraft Pi edition such as creating massive structures at the click of a button, creating a real time clock or creating a programmable directional canon.
  

Python:

• http://www.codecademy.com - Great start for learning Python.