On our last day of the 2016 CWNC STEM Careers Tour, we went to the Falk School of Sustainability. The Falk School of Sustainability was founded in 2010 at Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus. It was inspired by the work of Rachel Carson, famed author and environmentalist (and 1929 Chatham University alumni), who advocated sustainability …
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Jan 19
Space: A Reemerging Frontier
Did you see the Falcon 9 launch, what one person described as accurately throwing a pencil over the Empire State Building and having it land on dime on the other side. Have you been following the news United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing that launched ten times in the last …
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Aug 09
Platypus LLC STEM Careers Tour – Flood Gates of Collaboration
Out of our sixteen tours, the tour of Platypus, LLC was my favorite. Platypus, LLC is a Pittsburgh based company that provides environmental monitoring solutions for water bodies using autonomous robotic boats. Pras Velagapudi, their Chief Technology Officer, was our guide. He started by explaining how Platypus used a combination of marine, electrical, and software engineering to …
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Jun 18
Encountering a 305,000 pound robot in Vegas!
“Really, that’s what you noticed?!” (comment of my husband after the show) We happened into tickets to the phenomenal Cirque de Soleil show KÀ in Vegas. The music, the story, the actors, the costumes were all extraordinary, but what caught my attention was the robot! Performers fought, danced, leaped, climbed and fell from what appears …
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Dec 02
My students and I are heading into space!
Blast off is this Thursday, December 4, 2014, 7 am. Students from Baden Academy and from Grow a Generation workshops earned their spot as virtual crew members aboard the Orion Spacecraft. Congratulations Zoe, Lexi, Ava, Bryant, Emily and Glorian! I got my ticket … Get your child excited! Consider …
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Apr 19
Summer Camp Registration Open
Grow a Generation is holding some exciting Camps at Baden Academy this summer! SUMMER CAMPS @ BADEN ACADEMY Mon-Fri, Jun 16-20 9:30-3:00 History of Robotics(Grades 3-8) Are you ready for the Google driverless car? It is on the roads in California, Florida, Nevada and Michigan. Spend a week exploring the history of autonomous robotics as we …
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Aug 12
What is the Maker Movement?
A subculture of Do-it-Yourself (DIY) kids and grownup kids is emerging across the nation and the globe that is exciting! Makers pursue engineer-oriented projects such as electronic prototyping, robotics, 3-D printing, often combined with traditional arts and crafts, metalworking, and woodworking. Innovation is celebrated! I suggest you watch a few of Sylvia’s Mini-Maker Show on …
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Jul 20
Space Robots, Sequestration, and the Still Contemplation of the Night Sky
I was so excited yesterday to get an email from Astrobotic confirming a student tour during the week of the August 5th Space Robots Camp. Astrobotic is a CMU spin off company that has been in the news recently. NASA choose the company to develop autonomous robots to search for ice on the moon in …
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Apr 27
Real World Design Challenge
Your mission: To design an unmanned aerial search vehicle to locate a scout lost in the two mile radius of the Philmont recreation area. That was the challenge given to hundreds of teams across the country. I had a chance to sit down with the 2nd place national winners, the CCA Innovators, and learn more …
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Apr 27
Finding a Way There and Back Again
How do we create a map and find a way to get where we want to go? A trip to the Beaver County Airport became a lesson in the history of navigation, the importance of collision alerts, and the technology of mapping a way there and back again. Second and third grade Baden Academy Media …
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