[Year 12 Its] Ideas for starting programming

[Tony Forster]

> You might like to take a look at python and in particular the excellent 
> pygame
> library for teaching students how to program.

I can recommend Python http://www.python.org/ and the Vpython 3D addon 
http://vpython.org/
particularly for its suite of examples including 3D simulations of gas 
kinematics and solar system formation.

http://baheyeldin.com/technology/teaching-kids-programming.html Links for 
Pygame and other stuff

http://webusers.physics.umn.edu/~border/phys1905f02/ Learning physics 
through making animations and games, Python source code



(See http://www.freewebs.com/schoolgamemaker/tonys3dpong.py for my game of 
3D Pong)