We report a case study where an existing materials science course was modified to include numer ical simulation projects on the micromagnetic behavior of materials. The Ubermag micromagnetic
simulation software package is used in order to solve problems computationally. The simulation soft ware is controlled through Python code in Jupyter notebooks. Our experience is that the self-paced
problem-solving nature of the project work can facilitate a better in-depth exploration of the course
contents. We discuss which aspects of the Ubermag and the project Jupyter ecosystem have been
beneficial for the students’ learning experience and which could be transferred to similar teaching
activities in other subject areas.