MakeCode in the Kitchen

Fun coding activities with https://adafruit.makecode.com

Videos

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        "description": "Every Friday, join us as we Make and Code a project in the kitchen!  This is our Mother's Day episode!  We create a beautiful bouquet of flowers you can give as a gift to your Mom, using the Circuit Playground Express.  The code for this project is here: https://makecode.com/_F1oDHqek78qA.",
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        "description": "Every Friday, we are Making and Coding a project in the kitchen!  In this episode we create Rover robots and race them using the Circuit Playground Express and continuous servo motors (i.e. https://www.amazon.com/Feetech-Degree-Continuous-Rotation-Arduino/dp/B079MF1BZS).\nSome helpful links:\nCircuit Playground Express Pins - https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-circuit-playground-express/pinouts\nConnection cables - https://www.adafruit.com/product/3255",
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        "description": "Every Friday, join us as we Make and Code a project in the kitchen!  This week we're departing from our usual Circuit Playground Express projects to code a video game with MakeCode Arcade!  Sage and Cyan walk us through their Alien and Space games and show us how to download to a Meowbit!",
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        "description": "Every Friday, join us as we Make and Code a project in the kitchen!  This week we continue our exploration of the micro:bit!  We use the LED screen on the micro:bit to display the dreams we catch with our DreamCatchers!",
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See Also

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