Jun 28
Did you know that you may be helping train artificially intelligent facial recognition algorithms? Is that a good thing or a bad thing? That is one of the questions being asked by The Faces Project, a group of rising 5th graders at Baden Academy. Facial recognition has been in the news a lot lately (well, …
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Apr 26
A number of the fellowships we work with are focused on the environment. Our Baden Academy Fun Guys are dedicated to educating others about the benefits of composting, whether at home or school, and digging deep into composting research include mycelium (fungi) and worms. Our Baden Academy Plastic Pollution Police want to stop plastic pollution …
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Apr 19
“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.” Anne Frank These resources on journaling are free for you to use with students, with kids, or even for yourself. I created them at the beginning of our stay at home orders, but hear from my students that more and more …
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Nov 09
“Choose a threat to your city’s water supply and design a resilient system to maintain a reliable supply of clean drinking water.” That is the challenge of this year’s Future City Competition. While Future City is focused on a hypothetical scenario in planning for a city 50 years in the future, we have fellowships working …
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Aug 11
Ten days ago I received a wonderful surprise in my inbox. Games For Change wrote “Thank you so much for participating in the Games for Change Student Challenge last year. As a token of our appreciation, we would like to offer you a free ticket to Play NYC next weekend, hosted by Playcrafting. ” This extraordinary organization empowers game …
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Aug 03
I just returned from a week in the Rocky Mountain National Park and wanted to share with you my two highpoints! The first involves a moment on little more than a goat path at 10,000 feet with an approaching tornado. The second was just as exciting! I got to meet one of the returning High …
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May 26
Our company, Grow a Generation, has had the distinct pleasure to contract with a wonderful public charter school in Western Pennsylvania for the last seven years. We provide research fellowships to teams of 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th graders as they develop meaningful projects using science, technology, engineering and math. This week we celebrate our …
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May 03
Come find Anya, Charlotte and Ziva at their book signing booth at Old Economy Village during the Hands-on History event! This weekend every one of historical museums and sites is open free! Explore history. Find descriptions and details at http://bchrlf.org/events/beaver-count… This video was made by author Anya Martin of The Mystery of the Economy Borough …
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Apr 26
Four years ago, two third graders walked into the Media Lab applying to be research fellows. They wanted to write a cookbook. As Anthony tells it, “Dr. Ellen pointed us toward molecular gastronomy – you know, using physics and chemistry to make food even more amazing. and biology of food. Fifteen videos and four years …
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