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Family days out Baby Elephant at Twycross Zoo

Family days out rowing boats on Derwent Water

Family days out children friendly narrow guage railways

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Chocolate and Vanilla biscuits

350g plain flour1 tablespoon cocoa powder or a few drops vanilla essence1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda100g butter / hard margarine175g soft light brown sugar1 medium egg4 tablespoons golden syrupPre-heat oven to 190°C / Gas mark 5Sift flour and cocoa ...

ESA European Astro Pi Project - Mission Zero - Code that ran on the International Space Station

The ESA European Astro Pi Project - "Mission Zero", involved school children creating code that actually ran on the International Space Station (ISS). My son joined with a friend (both aged 9 at the time it was submitted) to create ...

Microwave Mug Cake and Cookie Recipes

I wanted to run some kind of cooking / baking activity with the Cub Scouts, however we meet at a community centre which does not have a kitchen. I therefore turned to some Microwave recipes. I tried a few different ...

Electronics and Raspberry Pi Halloween Projects

These are some of the Halloween Projects I've created. Haunted HouseA scary haunted house, using a Raspberry Pi, home automation, electronics and scary music.Raspberry Pi Haunted HouseRaspberry Pi MotionSensor Jack-O-Lantern PumpkinMy son's Motion Sensor based Light Up Pumpkin projectHalloween Motion ...

Raspberry Pi Motion Triggered Halloween Pumpkin Jack-O'-Lantern

My 8 year old son has now completed another Raspberry Pi project. This project is a Halloween Pumpkin, or jack-o'-lantern, which is triggered whenever someone comes near. It uses a PIR motion sensor to detect someone entering the room and ...

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