Forbes recently published the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Follow me the next few weeks to be inspired by the STEM Athletes who made the list. Susan Wojcicki According to Forbes Susan is the CEO of YouTube, Google Age 45 Citizenship United States Marital Status Married Children 4 Education Master of Science, University of California, Santa Cruz; Master of …
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Jun 01
Celebrating Women in STEM: Virginia Rometty
Forbes recently published the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Follow me the next few weeks to be inspired by the STEM Athletes who made the list. Virginia Rometty According to Forbes Virginia is the CEO of IBM Age 56 Source Of Wealth Facebook, Self Made Residence Armonk, NY Citizenship United States Marital Status Married Children 2 Education Bachelor of Arts / …
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May 31
Celebrating Women in STEM: Sheryl Sandberg
Forbes recently published the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Follow me the next few weeks to be inspired by the STEM Athletes who made the list. Sheryl Sandberg According to Forbes Sheryl is the COO of Facebook Net Worth is $1 Billion Age 44 Source Of Wealth Facebook, Self Made Residence Atherton, CA Citizenship United States Marital Status Married Children 2 Education Bachelor …
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May 20
So Proud! 2014 Baden Academy Research Fellows
It is my honor to have Grow a Generation contracted to facilitate the Research Fellow Program at Baden Academy. The May 16 Imagination Celebration at Baden Academy included the celebration of the hard work of the twelve research fellow projects (22 students!) at Baden Academy. Eli L. (4th Grade) with assistant Tim B. premiered Butterfly Girl, …
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May 19
Be Part of History: Have Your Name on the Virtual Crew of the 2014 Launch of NASA’s new Orion Spacecraft
The first mission for NASA’s new Orion spacecraft is scheduled to launch in September 2014 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Join Grow a Generation on Saturday, May 24, from 11 to 3 for an Engineering Saturday and students K-8 can work to have their names submitted for recognition in the Virtual Crew …
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Apr 25
Why Did This Woman Not Win the Nobel Prize
Congratulations to Fiona Chaney, the 2014 winner of the Scratch DNA Day Competition. Her wonderful creation highlights the role of Rosalind Franklin in the discovery of DNA. Click to view in Scratch. Crick said about his discovery of the double helix of DNA, “”However, the data which really helped us to obtain the structure was …
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Apr 10
Crimea and Ukraine, April Fools, and Alarming Statistics
April Fool’s found me sifting through my son’s annual barrage of pranks (forgive me if you received an email with the signature “Czar of the World” as my title). It was my Duquesne students who trumped him this year. I have several students from China in my evening class. We were covering the history of …
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Mar 22
Engineering Saturdays
Thank you to Lauren for forwarding the gorgeous video! Dutch artist Theo Jansen, intricately conjoined plastic tubes, wood and sails, and formed beautiful and complex works of art. Mr. Jansen makes some interesting claims about the definitions of life and asks whether his many-legged skeletons that move so fluidly and autonomously can be called a new, …
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Mar 18
Announcing the DNA Day Challenge
Congratulations to the two winners of the Pi Day Challenge! Aliyah K StormC DNA Day Scratch Programming Challenge Grow a Generation is thrilled to announce an April 25 DNA Day Scratch Programming Challenge Available to all ages! Log into Scratch and create a celebratory card that celebrates the marvels of Nucleic Acid and the Human …
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Mar 10
The Theatre, Robotics, and Creativity
I ran a camp last summer, Theatrical Robots, where kids created a script and programmed a Groma Robot to be an actor in a two minute film. The camp makes a return this spring on the After School Tuesdays @ Baden Academy beginning May 13. This semester I am partnering with two creative people in the …
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