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Code.org created something ingenious. The plethora of learn it yourself fun game-like software design programs have created this bite-sized introductions and made it available for free on their website the week of December 8-14. How do you take part? Librarians from Beaver County attended an inservice last week and learned all about Scratch Programming – …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2014/11/23/hour-of-code-coming-to-a-library-school-or-computer-near-you/
CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY OF BEAVER FALLS Presents Create stories, games, and animations! Learn to empower young learners create computer animations and games with meaningful projects and challenges. WHEN: Friday, November 14th, 8:30am to 2:00pm WHERE: Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls COST: Free REGISTER: Jean Ann Barsotti [email protected] 724.846.4340 DOWNLOAD FLYER AND REGISTRATION
Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2014/11/01/scratch-workshop-for-librarians-and-parents/
Two young girls who call themselves the Kitty Whisperers will premiere their documentary of the Colony Cats of Washington County at the Companion Animals and the Law Conference at the Duquesne Law School on November 8. The extraordinary story of how this video came to be made and the work of these two girls are …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2014/10/31/two-fifth-graders-changing-the-world-one-cat-at-a-time/
One of the great perks of mentoring an FTC team is meeting incredible young people. A young woman who is balancing two AP courses, SATs, work and a social life taking a night a week to configure and program a robot to compete in this year’s FIRST Technology Challenge (FTC) Cascade Effect competition; a young middle …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2014/10/09/the-incredible-benefits-of-mentoring-first-robotics/
Woodie Flowers (MIT Engineering Professor and FIRST Robotics Champion) and the recent Pittsburgh STEM Summit had a similar caution… Economic forecasts, based in the occupations of 16 European Union Countries and in the United States, agree that the middle class is disappearing. Automation has increased the demand for highly skilled managers and creative types, plus …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2014/09/06/shocking-data-in-economic-forecasts/
Engineering Saturdays Grades 3-8 11 am to 3 pm Baden Academy Media Lab $45 REGISTER CLOSED OCT 18 Diffraction and the Discovery of DNA Go back 50 years to see the x-ray diffraction that Rosalind Franklin used to discover the shape and structure of DNA. Each participant will build a DNA model to take …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2014/08/24/engineering-saturdays-fall-2014-now-open-to-registration/
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2014/08/10/rebar-steelmaking-and-21st-century-jobs/
On August 24, 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted, killed thousands, and destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. It is one of the largest recorded volcanic explosions in history. Commemorate Vesuvius Day by creating a Scratch animation that not only remembers this day in history, but also educates people of today about Emergency Preparedness. Log into Scratch …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2014/08/02/august-24-is-vesuvius-day/
This blog is for parents and teachers who are just starting to learn about Coding (the skill of writing computer code). Advocates claim it as the next great literacy needed by citizens of our technological world. A few years ago my son was preparing for high school. He had to pick one of 7 languages …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2014/07/26/the-coding-craze-why-i-am-asking-learners-to-go-deep-into-scratch-programming/
July 10, 2014 Tesla Day Competition – Programming in Scratch Make an Animated Card TechShop Pittsburgh has donated a MAKE Learn to solder kit ($65 value) to be sent to the winner! Log into Scratch and create a celebratory card that celebrates the genius who lit the world before July 10. Submit the URL link to your creation …
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