Jun 15
Friday night hosted the Imagination Celebration, an evening to celebrate all the hard work the incredible 2nd and 3rd graders of the Baden Academy Media Lab accomplished throughout the year. The Media Lab opened its doors this year with a vision from Mr. Stephen Cantanzarite to renovate an old science lab and create a research fellows …
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Jun 11
The Community College catalog arrived with the cover page announcing a “STEM Summer of Discovery.” It seems like robotics, video game design, electronics prototyping, animation and movie making camps are growing in number and, let’s hope, in quality! The catalog coincided with a chance to sit down with roboticist Marcel Bergerman. Marcel is a Systems …
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There are no plans for fall or spring G-Mites classes. Subscribe to our newsletter for summer programs. Camps in the News… G-MITES Game Design Program teaches theory, design by Caleb Harshberger, Cranberry Eagle Grow a Generation Breeds Future Engineers and App Developers by Tyler Baum, Pittsburgh Youth Media 5th Grade Environmentalist Erin Cheek Interview Neighborhood …
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STEM LEADERSHIP CENTER IN BADEN, PA Do you have a 6th-10th grader passionate about Science, Technology, or Engineering? Fill out our application for an interview to become an Odyssey Fellow at our STEM Leadership Center. We are located within Baden Academy, 1016 W. State Street, Baden, PA 15005 and open on Wednesday and Thursday evenings from …
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Apr 27
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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Mar 10
March 14 is Pi Day and Albert Einstein’s birthday! How are you going to celebrate? Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159. Around the world, people celebrate the universal language of math by recognizing …
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Feb 23
How do kids learn to use new media? A leading researcher in the field, Mimi Ito, has proposed three levels of participation: Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out. Her work (alongside numerous researchers experimenting with this inquiry based learning model) has inspired the new movement of libraries and community centers to create HOMAGO Labs. …
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Jan 26
FIRST Lego League is a robotics competition for elementary and middle school students using the Lego Mindstorm robot kit. This is by far one of my favorite robotics programs as it emphasizes not just how to build and program a robot, but adds a judged element of gracious professionalism, a research component that has kids …
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Jan 19
I am having so much fun with the research fellows at Baden Academy! This group of gifted 3rd graders entered the doorway of the 50 year old science lab of the old Mt. Gallitzen and have begun to imagine with me a magical new media lab. While we wait for paint and supplies and continue …
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Nov 14
I enjoyed a SPARK hosted lunch and presentation at the Carnegie Library in Oakland with Jean Barsotti, Director of the Beaver Falls Library. We have been discussing ways in which BC STEM and the Beaver Falls library can work together to make opportunities for students to master skills in digital media, robotics, video game design …
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