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Responsive Web Design Using Grid View

Trinket Hands-on HTML

https://trinket.io/html/4be0cef67e

Trinket Project Page

https://trinket.io/html/4be0cef67e

Responsive Web Design – Grid-View

https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_rwd_grid.asp

Color My World

Colors on a computer screen

https://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/cchem/RGBColors/body_rgbcolors.html

Computer color matters

https://www.colormatters.com/computer-color-matters

How does your computer create color?

https://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/10403/how-your-computer-actually-creates-color

What is RGB?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZMvH4D3U2A

RGB Color Model

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model

RGB for kids

https://kids.kiddle.co/RGB

RGB Color Model

https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/RGB_color_model

What is RGB?

?https://rosieresearch.com/rgb-learning-define-create-colors-digitally/

What is HSV in Design?

https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-hsv-in-design-1078068

HSL and HSV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV

Dithering Down on Images

Ditherpunk

https://surma.dev/things/ditherpunk/

Dithering

https://shihn.ca/posts/2020/dithering

What is Dithering in Computer Graphics?

https://www.howtogeek.com/745906/what-is-dithering-in-computer-graphics/

What is Dithering?

https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-dithering-4686105

The term dithering

https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/dithering

Dithering Definition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dither

Dither It

https://ditherit.com/

Dither facts for kids

https://kids.kiddle.co/Dither

Concept of dithering

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/dip/concept_of_dithering.htm

Geoguesser

Types of Houses around the world

https://mymodernmet.com/different-types-of-houses-around-the-world/

Where in the World am I?

https://www.geoguessr.com/

Google Street View

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coverage_of_Google_Street_View

Geography Challenges

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aTJ6xK5q96pMVZSDfeZ6w

Geoguesser esports

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKIGBBdTN4IDZRHRo91E3RQ/videos

Which side of the road do you drive on?

https://www.statista.com/chart/9261/which-side-of-the-road-do-you-drive-on/”

Geoguesser Beginners’ Guide

https://guidefall.com/geoguessr-tips-beginners-guide/

Move Over, James Bond. OSINT Is Here

How to Fact Check – for kids

https://kidcourses.com/how-to-fact-check-for-kids/

Tracking World’s Biggest Iceberg

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tracking-worlds-biggest-iceberg-through-osint-delphine-debuire/

How Not to Spot Fake News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCsp31lSQ2A&ab_channel=PBSIdeaChannel

Fact Check

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-washington-chop-cherry-tree/

Iceberg A76

https://usicecenter.gov/PressRelease/IcebergA76

Sentinel-1

https://sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/sentinel/missions/sentinel-1

May I Borrow a Cup of Bandwidth?

Sidewalk IoT Network

https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/amazon-wants-to-bring-its-sidewalk-iot-network-to-the-countryside

Amazon Sidewalk

https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Sidewalk/b?ie=UTF8&node=21328123011

Smart Neighborhoods

https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/amazon-sidewalk-will-create-entire-smart-neighborhoods-faq-ble-900-mhz/

How to opt out of Amazon Sidewalk

https://www.theverge.com/22463257/amazon-sidewalk-privacy-how-to-opt-out

Pros and cons of Amazon Sidewalk

https://www.consumerreports.org/wireless-networking/pros-and-cons-of-amazon-sidewalk-network-plus-how-to-opt-out-a9048278100/

Amazon Sidewalk Bridge

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/amazon-sidewalk-bridge-pro-offers-professional-grade-connectivity

Devices that support Amazon Sidewalk

https://www.androidcentral.com/here-are-all-devices-support-amazon-sidewalk

Sharing Home Bandwidth

https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/amazon-sidewalk-officially-here-what-to-know-about-sharing-home-bandwidth-community-finding/

Amazon Sidewalk: Everything we know and don’t know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JldReLasVZA

Give it the Boot!

What is a bootstrap program?

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/what-is-a-bootstrap-program

Bootstrapping

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping

Bootstrap definition

https://www.techopedia.com/definition/3328/bootstrap

Bootstrapping

https://www.cs.clemson.edu/course/cpsc424/material/Booting%20Shutting%20Down/Bootstrapping.pdf

Brief history of bootloading

https://learn.adafruit.com/bootloader-basics/a-brief-history-of-bootloading

Bootstrapping in business

https://www.shopify.com/encyclopedia/bootstrapping

Pull up by your bootstraps

https://uselessetymology.com/2019/11/07/the-origins-of-the-phrase-pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps/

Back to the Stone Age

Sevtech Ages

https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/modpacks/sevtech-ages

SevTech Ages Wiki

https://sevtechages.fandom.com/wiki/SevTech:_Ages_Wiki

Minecraft SevTech Ages

https://www.g-portal.com/wiki/en/minecraft-sevtech-ages/

Sevtech Ages pack

https://atlauncher.com/pack/sevtechages

SevTech Ages of the sky

https://stickypiston.co/curse-sevtech-ages-of-the-sky/

Installing Minecraft SevTech Ages

https://wickedninjagames.com/installing-minecraft-sevtech-ages/

Set up a play a Sevtec

https://apexminecrafthosting.com/sevtech-ages/

Print That!

Python

https://python.org

History of Hello World

https://www.thesoftwareguild.com/blog/the-history-of-hello-world/

Practice Make Perfect

Webb Telescope

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/webb/main/index.html

Webb Sunsheild Deployment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBPNi7uGgWM

Webb Deployment Sequence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzGLKQ7_KZQ

Deep Space

https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html

JWST Live Updates

https://www.space.com/news/live/james-webb-space-telescope-updates
James Web Telescope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BSaphO1v-U

Webb Space Telescope

https://webbtelescope.org/

The ultimate guide to JWST

https://www.space.com/21925-james-webb-space-telescope-jwst.html

JWST facts

https://kids.kiddle.co/James_Webb_Space_Telescope

Lesson plans, Activities and Resources

https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/forEducators/informal.html

Film about JWST

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/james-webb-space-telescope-hainline-smilemountain-film

Launch of the JWST

https://www.ariane.group/en/news_kid/find-out-about-the-launch-of-the-james-webb-space-telescope/

JWST investigations of origin of Universe

https://www.esa.int/kids/en/news/The_James_Webb_Space_Telescope_will_investigate_the_origins_of_life_the_Universe_and_everything

JWST Children’s Book/Author

https://www.unl.edu/physics/news/yu-creates-childrens-book-james-webb-space-telescope

An eye in the sky

https://www.timeforkids.com/g2/eye-in-the-sky/?rl=en-600

It takes all kinds

Video Game Genres

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/video-game-genres

Types of Video Games

https://www.idtech.com/blog/different-types-of-video-game-genres

Most Popular Video Game Genres 2021

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1263585/top-video-game-genres-worldwide-by-age/

Video Game Genre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_genre

Complete guide to video game genres

https://www.gamedesigning.org/gaming/video-game-genres/

List of Video Game Genres

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_genres

Best Video Games for Kids

https://www.today.com/shop/best-video-games-kids-t193786

Video Games for kids

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-video-games-for-kids?test_uuid=06r4MYCu5PZzCkufjQSV3po&test_variant=a

Types of computer video games

https://www.tech21century.com/types-of-computer-video-games/

12 types of video games

https://thoughtcatalog.com/jane-hurst/2015/02/12-types-of-computer-games-every-gamer-should-know-about/

New video game genres

https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/11/8/20943571/new-game-genres-decade-in-review-2020-battle-royale-fortnite-dark-souls

Popular gaming genres for 2022

https://t2conline.com/most-popular-gaming-genres-for-2022/

8 video games trends for 2022

https://www.gamesradar.com/biggest-videogame-trends-2022/

2022 in video games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_in_video_games

Gaming Genres to look out for in 2022

https://gameluster.com/gaming-genres-to-look-out-for-in-2022/amp/

A Family Heirloom…Computer?

8 ways to make your computer last longer

https://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/eight-ways-make-your-computer-last-longer.html

Keeping old computers alive

https://www.techsoup.org/support/articles-and-how-tos/keeping-old-computers-alive

Makin your old computer feel like new

https://www.gearpatrol.com/tech/a636070/clean-up-laptop-macbook-defragment-tips/

Frugal Computing

https://wimvanderbauwhede.github.io/articles/frugal-computing/

Permacomputing

http://viznut.fi/texts-en/permacomputing.html

Permacomputing

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/permacomputing.html

An Apple a Day

Make a game in Mini Micro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGTpJXYAA28

Mini Micro Coding Introduction

https://kidscodecs.com/mini-micro-coding-introduction/

Video Tutorial

https://forums.miniscript.org/d/156-video-tutorial-make-a-simple-game-in-mini-micro

STEM Projects

Summer STEM Projects

https://explore.envisionexperience.com/pat-exs/?utm_source=google-search&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=envision-core&utm_content=text&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=TN_ENV_EX&utm_content=590680872123&utm_term=summer%20stem%20program&utm_network=g&utm_placement=&utm_adposition=&utm_phone=1-844-325-6227&gclid=CjwKCAjw9qiTBhBbEiwAp-GE0Sp5iHOI1Zkr_Qqv-SoMJ-VWFaMlp26Dxe4_VEK1YE6gRt3KQ9AiChoCEqoQAvD_BwE

Summer STEM Activities

https://www.steampoweredfamily.com/activities/summer-stem-activities/

Summer STEAM Projects

https://makeandtakes.com/summer-steam-projects

Ultimate list of summer STEM activities

https://theivyacademy.org/the-ultimate-list-of-summer-stem-activities/

50 exciting STEM activities

https://www.steamsational.com/summer-stem-activities/

Summer STEM for kids

https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/100-summer-stem-activities-science-experiments/

110 Summer STEM projects

https://www.pinterest.com/swetalk/summer-stem-projects-for-kids/

Super STEM summer activities

https://www.123homeschool4me.com/super-stem-summer-activities_98/

20 Summer STEM activities

https://www.kitchencounterchronicle.com/summer-stem-activities-for-kids/

Easy, affordable STEM experiments

https://earthsciencejr.com/10-easy-affordable-diy-stem-experiments-to-keep-kids-and-teens-engaged/

26 STEM products for kids

https://diyjoy.com/diy-stem-science-projects/

The Many Uses of Digital Multimeters

What is a digital multimeter?

https://www.tek.com/en/what-is-a-digital-multimeter

How to use a digital multimeter

https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/a28084082/how-to-use-a-multimeter/

Multimeters Overview

https://learn.adafruit.com/multimeters?gclid=Cj0KCQjwvLOTBhCJARIsACVldV1-35D9dOH5P9Fe8dHo6q9ELtt-L_UWx2QC03tVew9HN7bVZciNwpQaAiUfEALw_wcB

Multimeter facts for kids

https://kids.kiddle.co/Multimeter

The digital multimeter

https://www.citytechnology.org/energy_systems/electrocity/13e_digital_multimeter/

How to use a multimeter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts0EVc9vXcs

How does a multimeter work?

https://www.youngwonks.com/blog/What-is-a-Multimeter-and-How-Does-It-Work

Multimeter

https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Multimeter

Electrical polarity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_polarity

Polarity

https://www.upsbatterycenter.com/blog/polarity/

What is DC voltage?

https://www.electrical4u.com/dc-voltage/

DC and AC

https://www.matsusada.com/column/dc_and_ac.html

Let them play

The importance of play

https://www.healthline.com/health/the-importance-of-play

Importance of play to enhance creativity

https://medium.com/@janja.popovic/the-importance-of-play-for-enhancing-the-creativity-fbf69021593

Play and creativity

https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/play-creativity/

Why play is essential for creativity

https://creativesomething.net/post/84134598535/why-play-is-essential-for-creativityPlay

Play as a driver for innovation

https://fs.blog/value-play-driver-innovation/

Play essential to problem-solving

https://www.thelearningcounsel.com/article/play-essential-creativity-innovation-and-problem-solving-kids-all-ages

Research on technology and play

https://learningthroughplay.com/explore-the-research/technology-play/

Digital technology and play

https://www.child-encyclopedia.com/technology-early-childhood-education/according-experts/digital-technology-and-play-early-childhood