Raspberry Pi For Kids 2016

Collective authorship. — Bournemouth: Imagine Books, 2016. — 164 p.The Raspberry Pi, along with the BBC Micro and the Arduino, were developed with one goal in mind: to get kids into coding, and prepare a new generation of developers for the digital masterpieces they will one day create. The Pi is as small and as simple as a computer can get, and with a few extras like a screen, a keyboard, mouse and SD card, you’re ready to browse the web, do your homework, code your own video games and even create your very first robot. Raspberry Pi for Kids aims to make all of this even simpler, with easy tutorials and fun projects suitable for a wide range of ages. With Raspberry Pi for Kids, there really is nothing stopping you from taking over the world of coding.
The ultimate guide to coding and building with your first Pi.Pi Survival Guide
So what is a Raspberry Pi? Learn all the basics in our Survival Guide
10 Steps before you start
So now you know what it can do, let’s see how we can prepare to get started on some projects!
Projects
Whether it’s programming your own vide game or building an Explorer robot, you’ll learn to do it here
Also inside...
The Pi Survival Guide
What is Raspberry Pi?
The anatomy of a Raspberry Pi
Bring your Pi to life
Things to try straight away
Cool things to try with a Pi
Know your Raspberry Pi
Go go gadget Pi!
What NOT to try with a Pi
The Pi Survival Kit
Dissecting the Pi Brain
Operating system: The Pi Brain
Meet your desktop
Raising the bar: the taskbar
Working with the desktop
The desktop menu
How to edit files
What is Raspbian?
What is Scratch?
What is NOOBs?
What is Python?
What is Linux?
Ten steps before you start
Set up your Pi
Plug in a memory card
Let’s get visual
Connect a USB hub
Connect a keyboard and mouse
Connect the the Internet
Configure your Pi
Advanced Options
Safely shut down your Pi
Reboot your Pi
Projects:
Protect your Pi
Make your very own video game with Scratch
Use your Raspberry Pi to host a website
Connect a webcam to your Raspberry Pi
Introduction to Minecraft: the human trampoline
Advanced Minecraft project: Beat the sandstorm
What is Sonic Pi?
Code music with Sonic Pi
Make your own sunrise alarm with Blinkt!
Make a traffic-light door entry system with Scratch
Build an Explorer robot
Build a teddy bear guardian
Parent’s guide to soldering