Ames Illusion
About the Ames Room
https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/optical-illusion-ames-room/
SketchUp Resources
www.my.sketchup.com
https://mastersketchup.com/sketchup-tutorials/
http://www.thesketchupessentials.com/sketchup-tutorials/
Command Line Interface (CLI) Part II
Examples of the “find” command
https://www.tecmint.com/35-practical-examples-of-linux-find-command/
A long-form tutorial on bash scripting
Another longer guide to bash scripting
An alternative to bash
https://rootnroll.com/d/fish-shell/
Project SNOWstorm
Project SNOWstorm
https://www.projectsnowstorm.org/tracking-snowy-owls/
Cellular Tracking Technologies
https://www.celltracktech.com/
Cronch the Cats
About rogue-like games
https://www.lifewire.com/what-are-roguelikes-4117411
http://roguebasin.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
Scratch Resources
Video tutorials for beginners
https://scratch.mit.edu/help/videos/
Scratch community and resources
http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/
Hieroglyphs and Reverse Engineering
About Egyptian hieroglyphs
https://discoveringegypt.com/egyptian-hieroglyphic-writing/egyptian-hieroglyphic-alphabet/
How the Rosetta stone helped us decipher hieroglyphs
https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/archaeology/rosetta-stone4.htm
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/273-1711/sidebars/5999-egypt-translating-rosetta-stone
Hieroglyph code breaker activity
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hieroglyphics-code-breaker-6095089
Details on cracking the code
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/decipherment_01.shtml#five
Edublocks
Edublocks
http://edublocks.org/
https://microbit.edublocks.org/
About Joshua Lowe and the creation of Edublocks
https://www.tech4goodawards.com/finalist/edublocks/
Introduction to Python
http://introtopython.org/
https://kidscodecs.com/python-for-kids/
Random Dessert Generator
Introduction to Python
https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_intro.asp
https://www.python.org/about/gettingstarted/
Khan Academy video tutorial about lists in Python
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEyEC34MY1A
Lists in Python
https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_lists.asp
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_lists.htm
Python random module
http://www.pythonforbeginners.com/random/python-random-module
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzqSDvzOFNA
Image Filters
Computerphile: video about Digital Images
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06OHflWNCOE
Computerphile: video about How Blurs & Filters Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_zFhWdM4ic
Illustration of the HSB system
http://www.tomjewett.com/colors/hsb.html
RGB and HSV / HSB Color Spaces
Image Manipulation: Filters and Convolutions (class slides)
https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~theshark/courses/cs324e/lectures/cs324e-6.pdf
From Drawing to 3D
Microsoft 3D Builder
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/3d-builder/9wzdncrfj3t6?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab
Shapeways
https://www.shapeways.com/creator
https://www.shapeways.com/creator/pendant
Tinkercad
https://blog.tinkercad.com/2018/04/26/introducing-scribble-the-ultimate-tinkercad-personalization-tool/
https://www.tinkercad.com
Robot Motors
What is a Robot
https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-a-robot/
Guide to Motors
https://www.circuito.io/blog/arduino-motor-guide/
Stepper Motor Tutorial
https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/400
How to use a Stepper Motor
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-use-a-Stepper-Motor/
DC Motor Control Tutorial
Servos Explained
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/references/introduction-to-servo-motors
Stepper Elevator Example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UgeeRa5jX0
My Best Computer Science Lesson
Turtle Graphics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_graphics
Introducing Turtle Graphics for Python
https://repl.it/site/blog/python-turtle
Turtle Graphics for tk Docs (used by Repl.it)
https://docs.python.org/2/library/turtle.html
Catching a Gravitational Wave
How LIGO detected gravitational waves
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/physics/advanced-ligo/
Caltech news release about LIGO wave detection
https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo20170927
Facts about LIGO
https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/facts
Lua
Programming in Lua, the official book by the creators of the language
The official Lua reference manual
http://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/
Description of Lua in a Backus-Naur Form (BNF)
BNF is like a compact cheatsheet for the syntax of a programming language
http://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/manual.html#9
Backus-Naur Form tutorial
http://www.garshol.priv.no/download/text/bnf.html
Fantasy Computers and TIC-80
TIC-80 home page
TIC-80 github
https://github.com/nesbox/TIC-80
In-browser TIC-80
TIC-80 tutorials and documentation
https://github.com/nesbox/TIC-80/wiki
LIKO-12: Another up-and-coming open source fantasy computer
https://github.com/RamiLego4Game/LIKO-12
PICO-8: The big one that started the trend
https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php
Staying Safe Online
Minecraft: a Parent’s Guide
Tips from Minecraft for staying safe online
https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-multiplayer-server-safety
Safety Net Kids: Staying Safe Online
http://www.safetynetkids.org.uk/personal-safety/staying-safe-online/
Geocaching
Geocaching.com
https://www.geocaching.com/
https://www.geocaching.com/guide/
https://www.youtube.com/user/GoGeocaching#cat=cat:newbies&vid=1YTqitVK-Ts
Geocaching with Kids
https://www.washingtonparent.com/articles/1205/geocaching-with-kids.php
https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/geocaching-kids.html
http://familysponge.com/play/family-adventures/geocaching-with-kids/
5 Tricks of the Trade for Geocaching with Kids
Advice from a middle school teacher who takes her classes out geocaching.
https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2014/04/5-tricks-of-the-trade-for-geocaching-with-kids/
Spatial Orientation and the Brain: The Effects of Map Reading and Navigation
STEM Star: Michelle Barboza-Ramirez
Femmes of STEM
About Paleontology
https://kidsdinos.com/paleontology/
http://www.dinosaursforkids.com/paleontology.html
Parenting Science: Paleontology and dinosaurs for kids
https://www.parentingscience.com/paleontology-for-kids-reviews.html
https://www.parentingscience.com/dinosaurs-for-kids.html