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The Baden Academy “MG” Molecular Gastronomy Kids help us learn about surfactants like soy lethican and methylcellulose as they make chocolate foam. What fun! Visit lunchwithchemistry.weebly.com for more information about the MG Boys and Molecular Gastronomy. This amazing project is made possible through a research fellowship.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Let me say how thankful I am for all of you. Thank you for being someone who wants to inspire kids and make meaningful projects possible! I know many of you will be shopping Black Friday and planning Christmas gifts for your favorite kids. Here are a few ideas. Spend Time! Build something, …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2017/11/23/christmas-gift-ideas/
The week before school started I was hunched over a computer screen with Paul Flick, a wonderful FedEx programmer, volunteering time to talk me through trying to change scripts in computer batch files to try to get our Dragon Tag system working. “I ran the file, NOW I get the message Error: Invalid or corrupt …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2017/10/30/the-power-of-a-mentor/
Congratulations to the students and teachers who have been accepted into the year’s Research Fellows program. This unique program provides support, time, and resources for fellows to initiate and contribute to a year long meaningful project. We encourage you to like and comment on the video.
Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2017/10/08/seton-lasalle-2017-18-research-fellows/
Maybe you can’t 3D print a bump fire stock, but it is possible. I work with kids, as young as 3rd grade, who are learning to find designs (for example chess pieces) online, edit them in AutoDesk and TinkerCad, and upload them to print in a 3D printer. The STL file (think of it as …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2017/09/27/announcing-the-2017-18-baden-academy-research-fellows/
Virtual reality job openings are up 800% Fall Programs at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic and Seton LaSalle High Schools Begin to master the latest tools and technologies and put your tech skills to work in the exciting field of VR! We will be learning together from industry experts like Google, Unity, and HTC, and becoming …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2017/09/03/virtual-reality-classes-to-start-soon/
August 21, 2017, the sky darkened and the kids from Baden Academy looked up with special glasses, with a special telescope, and with pinhole viewer reflections to be inspired. Inspired they were! Solar science is a popular theme as applications come in for this year’s research fellowships at Baden Academy. I can’t wait to see …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2017/08/26/the-2017-eclipse-and-the-inspiration-it-inspired/
Research Fellowship Applications are now open for Grades 3-16, student groups, and faculty! Baden Academy Charter School Research Fellowship Application Deadline is Tuesday, September 5, 9:00 am Seton LaSalle Catholic High School Research Fellowship Application Deadline is Monday, September 18, at 9:00 am Grow a Generation Research Fellowship Application Deadline is Friday, September …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2017/08/13/research-fellows-applications-are-now-open/
The Game Design class ended on a Friday with the team pleading for more time to finish the game on their own until it was posted. The challenge was accepted and I gave them a new deadline of the following Wednesday if they wanted to work on their own. And work they did! Over 30 …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2017/07/30/the-secret-sauce-of-motivating-a-teenage-boy/
