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Blender & Python at school
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.. index::  school

.. |a| image:: /images/all/school/leading-image-100.png

Objectives
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|  |a|  | Each of the following lessons takes a topic from the school        |
|       | curriculum and uses a 3D world visualization to make it easier to  |
|       | to understand and more exciting.                                   |
|       | There are lessons from many subjects such as mathematics, physics, |
|       | chemistry and art, but there is room for many additional lessons   |
|       | from these and other subjects such as astronomy, computer science  |
|       | which are suitable for representation in a 3D world..              |
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Instructions
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:Tasks:

1. Have a look at the learning units in this section.
2. Do you have a new idea?
3. Start with Python and Blender if you are not familiar with programming
   and/or the Python programming language.
4. Use the available examples.
5. Create your own exercises.


Ideas
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- Representation of molecules (chemistry) [finished/available]
- Laws of geometry (mathematics) [idea]
- Examples of plants (biology) [idea]
- Free fall (physics) [idea]
- Inclined plane (physics) [idea]
- Programming constructs like object oriented programming, control flow, 
  modules (informatics) [finished, look at section Blender and Python basics]

Combination of two and more subjects

- language and informatics [idea]
- Your own ideas ... 

Examples/Links
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`Adriana Mikolaskova -- Blender at School -- Art and Design (in german) <http://www.ossanschulen.ch/fileadmin/documents/2013Zuerich/Adriana-Mikolaskova--3D-Modellierung-Blender-im-Unterricht.pdf>`_

| László Sátori -- Virtual electronics lab made in blender. 
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.. raw:: html

   <iframe width="420" height="315" 
           src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RQH1tnzD9rQ" 
	   frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>
   </iframe>

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`Video-Link: http://youtu.be/RQH1tnzD9rQ <http://youtu.be/RQH1tnzD9rQ>`_

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Chris Wilmer produced a video about fuel storage - how filling fuel tanks with sand and other types of crystals can vastly increase the amount of storage inside for gaseous fuels. This video has won a prize in the 2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge.

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.. raw:: html

   <iframe width="560" height="315" 
           src="//www.youtube.com/embed/QaKSekjAnqY" 
           frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>
   </iframe>

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`Video-Link:  http://youtu.be/QaKSekjAnqY <http://youtu.be/QaKSekjAnqY>`_