I think I have to admit that this site will ALWAYS be
under construction. I had such great hopes for it
when I started it, but life has taken me in other
directions and sadly this has taken a back seat.
I still hear from folks making use of the list,
however, so that makes me happy. I'm also happy
to get suggestions for updates, so please send
them my way! (And a big thanks to Caity for the latest
suggestion :-)
The site basically consists of exercises at varying
levels to help kids and teachers
get started with some of these ideas. Try them out, please!
Girls Science Club, 2014/2015
videos:
hour of code
Girls in a Tech World
what areas are you interested in? how do you see computers and technology being used in that field? Check out this video with some
career info.
Are you a little bit afraid of computer science? don't be!
See why Renee chose computer science.
activities:
3D design tutorials on 3DTin and TinkerCad.
Here are more 3DTin tutorials.
try out
3DTin (I started with a plant, you could try that or a letter of the alphabet)
or try TinkerCad
Which do you like better?
Design blocks (more drawing, more programming!)
Shaun the sheep does scratch!
Check out the Barbie: I can be a computer engineer book that was recently published. What do you think about it? How about we rewrite it? Click here for a web page (created by a woman) that will let you add your own storyline to the Barbie book pages.
We're also going to take apart some computers, and I might show you a magic trick.
some more fun things!
frozen (beta)
made with code (animation)
Scratch and Turtle Logo
Scratch intro (for those with no scratch experience)
Scratch Wild Animals! (a little more advanced)
Scratch Challenges (introductory level)
Bat & Cat Scratch Intro
Scratch Pingpong game
getting started with Turtle logo
Computer Science without a computer
Puzzles!
Caesar cipher
a magic trick using parity, and counting in binary
cryptocrafts (you know you're intrigued...)
Intro to Programming
Coding Games for Beginners (a list compiled by HP)
Hour of Code (from Tynker.com)
More Hour of Code (from code.org)
(note to teachers: the hour of code activities are self-contained
short activities, so you don't need to have any background in coding to
run these with your students)
Code spells intro
intro to processing (Khan Academy) (if you like this
you might also try codeacademy.com)
Hardware
Lego puppy exercise
-- requires Lego NXT robots
Soft circuits
Bristlebots
Magic wands
Math
mobius strips
make your own abacus
a magic trick using parity, and counting in binary
a mix of stuff
science challenges (we
used these as part of a "race" for gr. 5/6 kids; most kids finished several in about 1 hour)
stuff I want to try
There are so many new things coming out! Think of this as a wishlist for the future...
circuit scribe
little bits
chibitronics -- circuit stickers!
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