Programming a Nerve Spiral Game with the TI-Nspire and BBC micro:bit
Do you know the nerve-racking game “nerve spiral” where you have to move along a spiral with the game stick but not touch it? You will build and program this game all by yourself.
Publisher: T³ Vlaanderen
Author: Natalie Dirckx, Ann-Kathrin Coenen
Tags BBC micro:bit , Programming
Do you know the nerve-racking game “nerve spiral” where you have to move along a spiral with the game stick but not touch it? You will build and program this game all by yourself. Build it yourself and play it yourself ... extra fun!
A nerve spiral or copper spiral is a familiar agility game from childhood. A stick with a ring is moved along a copper wire from one end to the other without touching the copper wire. If the wire is touchedanyway, points are deducted from your total score.
This project can be divided into a designing part and a programming part. Building a nerve spiral and programming the game with Python on the TI-Nspire fits ideally within the lessons STEM, physics or engineering.
A link can be made to the teaching of electrical systems within physics. The students learn to break the game into small parts to design a code. And the game can be used to apply the concepts of voltage, amperage and current sense to this project.
