ALIEN DICTIONARY LABGI-CA-PY-05 · v1.0 · 03.10.2026
A LITTLE LAB FOR BIG IDEAS

One Dictionary.
More worlds to explore.

Start with four inner planets. Read named values, calculate one passport, then extend the same Dictionary with outer-planet data.

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01 / PLANET → YEAR

A key opens one value.

Tap a planet name and watch its key read a value from the Dictionary.

Earth days in one home-planet year

Spelling and capital letters must match. "Mercury" is a key; 88 is its value.

02 / SAME TIME, DIFFERENT YEARS

Change the unit. Keep the lifetime.

Change the age or planet, then switch units. The formula and passport update together.

Source cards:

Try a different age
Optional teaching control. Open the results whenever you like.
1 EARTH YEAR = 365 DAYS · APPROXIMATE PLANETARY YEARS

Same time lived, different units. Round for display only; keep the unrounded value in the Dictionary.

03 / ONE DICTIONARY = ONE PASSPORT

Give every field a name.

Tap any key or passport field. Follow the highlighted value, then change the source and watch it update.

passport[?]
Choose a key.

EARTH VISITOR PASSPORT

{ } creates the Dictionary. [key] reads a value. passport is one Dictionary.

Start exploring again?

Return to the four inner planets and Zippy. Hide teacher code again. No Python files are changed.