{"id":1066,"date":"2015-06-14T18:44:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T18:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dgen.net\/blog\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2016-10-04T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T10:14:00","slug":"welcome-back-philae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dgen.net\/0\/2015\/06\/14\/welcome-back-philae\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome back Philae!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-33126885\">the news<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/scratch.mit.edu\/projects\/embed\/60406286\/?autostart=false\" width=\"485\" height=\"402\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Click the green flag and press <strong>S<\/strong> to start &#8230;. then press <strong>space bar<\/strong> to launch Philae. <strong>Arrow keys<\/strong> for left and right. <strong>Up arrow<\/strong> for thrust. If it all goes weird, hit <strong>R<\/strong> to reset.<br \/>\nHit the red landing site to get points, but not too fast or you&#8217;ll pop!\u00a0You have limited fuel, so try and get as many points as you can before you run out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dgen.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Philae-lander-lander-seen-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1073 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dgen.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Philae-lander-lander-seen-009-e1434308094637-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Philae-lander-lander-seen-009\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Class notes:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis project was written in Nov 2014\u00a0by my seven year-old son and I for fun. We used it (about 2 months ago) to teach his\u00a0class of 18 seven year old kids about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/Rosetta\">Rosetta mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After watching the ESA video, and some narrative from me, they played this game. After about 10 minutes we went &#8220;inside the game&#8221; to let them edit the code (e.g. size of comet, speed, etc.), and draw their own Philae (which they loved). The game is deliberately more like lunar lander as I thought it was a bit too much to do a full gravitational and trig-based model with that age group!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Key learning outcomes for the class:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What comets are.<\/li>\n<li>We sent a spaceship to a comet: it was an amazing achievement.<\/li>\n<li>That the spaceship was controlled by software, and we can make something like it.<\/li>\n<li>That we can &#8220;see inside&#8221; a game.<\/li>\n<li>That we can edit it to make it our own version.<\/li>\n<li>That we can draw our own things.<\/li>\n<li>They also got an\u00a0idea of what stop-frame animation is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My favourite moment was when I said &#8220;we&#8217;re now going to go inside the game&#8221; and they all looked amazed &#8211; one turned and said &#8220;are we going to hack into it?!&#8221; &#8211; to which I said &#8220;yes&#8221;, of course.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scratch.mit.edu\/projects\/60406286\">https:\/\/scratch.mit.edu\/projects\/60406286<\/a>\u00a0to see the code\/copy\/modify as you wish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/10\/01\/science\/rosetta-spacecraft-to-end-mission-by-sinking-to-its-comet-companion.html\">News about the end of Rosetta&#8217;s mission<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate the news: Click the green flag and press S to start &#8230;. then press space bar to launch Philae. 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