Kids Code & Computer Science

Links from the bottom of all the December 2014/January 2015 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.

Erase All Kittens, The Foos, Tynker, and Run Marco!

https://www.kidscodecs.com/eak-the-foos-tynker-run-marco/

Run Marco!

http://www.allcancode.com/
http://marco.allcancode.com/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/run-marco!/id919554969
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.allcancode.runmarco

The Foos!

http://thefoos.com/
http://thefoos.com/play/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/foos-code-for-hour-edition/id923441570?mt=8&uo=4
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.codespark.thefoos
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P8G5DDU/ref=mas_pm_the_foos_code_hour

Erase All Kittens

http://www.eraseallkittens.com

Tynker

http://www.tynker.com/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tynker-learn-programming-visual/id805869467

Programming Languages for Education

Even more ways to learn programming by playing games and creating things online.
https://www.kidscodecs.com/resources/programming/education/

MaKey MaKey Projects

https://www.kidscodecs.com/makey-makey-projects/

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MaKey MaKey

http://makeymakey.com
http://makeymakey.com/gallery/
http://makeymakey.com/howto.php
http://makeymakey.com/buy.php

Sparkfun MaKey MaKey Guide

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/makey-makey-quickstart-guide

21 Everyday objects you can hack, from a bacon sandwich to a pencil to your cat

http://blog.ted.com/2013/05/16/21-everyday-objects-you-can-hack-from-a-bacon-sandwich-to-a-pencil-to-your-cat/

How Does MaKey MaKey Work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfQqh7iCcOU

MaKey MaKey Music Examples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkPt9MYqDW0

A Basic Giggle Circuit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsUFC75Q8CQ

Sketch It, Play It!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWf6EnCP6vo

The Screaming Carrot

http://youtu.be/o4iTQ7lr2W0

The Wilhelm Scream

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream
https://archive.org/details/WilhelmScreamSample
http://mentalfloss.com/article/60236/where-did-wilhelm-scream-come-and-why-do-so-many-filmmakers-use-it

Building a Cloud Server Using a Makey Makey and Bacon

http://youtu.be/HwC424A7BH0?list=PLhtDFTmYm0r28s8ON8PjhOvF5jTDfSFO8

Meet The Talking Drink Up Fountain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl_0BfPlJYc
http://www.yesyesno.com/drink-up-fountain/
http://www.yesyesno.com/talks/

Scratch and MaKey MaKey

http://wiki.scratch.mit.edu/wiki/How_to_Connect_to_the_Physical_World
http://scratch.mit.edu/studios/223260/

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Project Spark

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Project Spark

http://www.projectspark.com
https://www.facebook.com/joinprojectspark
https://twitter.com/proj_spark
http://www.projectspark.com/#community
https://www.youtube.com/user/JoinProjectSpark

Project Spark Downloads

http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/735aaf10-e354-4645-9cb4-c9f2fc391ec5
https://store.xbox.com/en-US/Xbox-One/Games/Project-Spark/4c48886c-2de2-48b8-8ec3-4f87424b2ff5

mescad Project Spark Tutorials

https://www.youtube.com/user/mescad

Project Spark Reviews

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/07/project-spark-review
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/project-spark

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Build a Raspberry Pi Game

https://www.kidscodecs.com/build-raspberry-pi-board-game/

Raspberry Pi Boardgame on Github

https://github.com/lesp/RaspberryPi_Boardgame

Build a board game with the Raspberry Pi B+ on Element14

http://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi/raspberrypi_projects/blog/2014/09/21/build-a-board-game-with-the-raspberry-pi-b

Element14

http://www.element14.com/
http://www.element14.com/community/community/

Game Board to Print Out

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lesp/RaspberryPi_Boardgame/master/Board/board.png

Raspberry Pi Model B+

http://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2431426&nsku=68X0155&COM=noscript

Breadboard

http://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2295701&nsku=15R8319&COM=noscript

10 x Reed Switches

http://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2409191&nsku=62X0734&COM=noscript

6 x 82 ohm Resistors

http://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2329555&nsku=95W5774&COM=noscript

1 x Button

http://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=1638335&nsku=12P7703&COM=noscript

Build a Website with Squarespace

https://www.kidscodecs.com/build-website-with-squarespace/

Squarespace

http://www.squarespace.com

What Is ubermix?

https://www.kidscodecs.com/what-is-ubermix/

ubermix

http://ubermix.org/about.html
http://blog.ubermix.org/
http://ubermix.org/history.html

ubermix and the Digital Divide

http://opensource.com/life/13/2/kramden-institute-ubermix-digital-divide

Empowering Teachers and Educators the Open Source Way

http://opensource.com/education/13/3/ubermix-linux

Linux on Netbooks

http://community.saugususd.org/swattec/page/1+-+Overview

ubermix on Chromebooks

http://wiki.ubermix.org/page/Ubermix_on_Chromebooks

How to Install ubermix

https://www.kidscodecs.com/how-to-install-ubermix/

ubermix Download Files

http://ubermix.org/files.html

ubermix Installation Instructions

http://ubermix.org/download.html

Basics, Wiki, and Forums

http://ubermix.org
http://ubermix.org/basics.html
http://wiki.ubermix.org/page/Main_Page
http://forums.ubermix.org/

Unix dd Command

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_%28Unix%29
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/dd.html

Wolf, Goat, Cabbage

https://www.kidscodecs.com/logic-puzzles-wolf-goat-cabbage/

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Logic Problems for Kids

http://www.thelogiczone.plus.com/logic_index.htm

The Case of the Stolen Birthday Cake

Wonderful elaborate logic puzzle with handouts.
https://corduroysbutton.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/clue-the-case-of-the-stolen-birthday-cake/
https://corduroysbutton.wordpress.com/tag/deductive-reasoning/

Alcuin’s Puzzles

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/PrintHT/Alcuin_book.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propositiones_ad_Acuendos_Juvenes

A Guide to Puzzle-Based Learning in STEM Subjects

Pages 20 onward have a number of logic puzzles with solutions.
http://web.mat.bham.ac.uk/C.J.Sangwin/Publications/GuideToPuzzleBasedLearningInSTEM.pdf

Recreational Mathematics

This book excerpt has a neat history of math puzzles.
http://www.ams.org/bookstore/pspdf/mbk-63-prev.pdf

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Build a Website with Kirby

https://www.kidscodecs.com/build-website-with-kirby/

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Kirby

http://getkirby.com/
http://getkirby.com/docs/installation
http://getkirby.com/support
http://getkirby.com/forum/
http://getkirby.com/docs/solutions
http://getkirby.com/docs/templates

Kirby Themes

http://getkirby-themes.com/

MAMP

http://www.mamp.info/en/
http://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/

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SketchUp Projects

https://www.kidscodecs.com/sketchup-projects/

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Download Sketchup

http://www.sketchup.com/download

SketchUp

http://www.sketchup.com/
http://www.sketchup.com/learn
http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/95079
http://extensions.sketchup.com/
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22sketchup+tutorial%22
http://vimeo.com/search?q=%22sketchup+tutorial%22

SketchUp for Education K-12

http://www.sketchup.com/3Dfor/k12-education
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/

SketchUp Video on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/user/SketchUpVideo

SketchUp 3D Warehouse

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/

10 SketchUp Tips Every Modeler Should Know

http://www.mastersketchup.com/10-sketchup-tips/

SketchUp School

https://www.youtube.com/user/4sketchupgo2school
http://www.sketchupschool.com/
http://www.sketchupschool.com/sketchup-tutorials

Master SketchUp

https://www.youtube.com/user/MasterSketchupdotcom
http://www.mastersketchup.com/
https://twitter.com/mastersketchup
https://www.facebook.com/MasterSketchup

Sketchucation

http://sketchucation.com/

SketchUp Plugins

http://sketchupplugins.com/
http://www.sketchupwarehouse.com/

SketchUp Artists

http://www.sketchupartists.org/

3D Printing from SketchUp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPQliNKJKto
http://www.sketchup.com/3Dfor/3D-printing

How to Create and Use 3D Scenes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27pPHd983ws&list=UU50lv4EYY1N1_-B495meX8w

SketchUp for K-12 Education: Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXIjCf8Af-M&index=24&list=UU50lv4EYY1N1_-B495meX8w

How to Create a Vase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PziwoZZSX64
http://www.mastersketchup.com/sketchup-tutorial-how-to-create-a-vase/

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What is 3D Printing?

https://www.kidscodecs.com/what-exactly-is-3d-printing/

Normal

http://nrml.com

3D Printing Definitions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing
http://www.3dprinter.net/reference/what-is-3d-printing
http://smallbiztrends.com/2013/05/what-is-3d-printing.html

Ten Practical Things to Make with a 3D Printer

http://www.hackthings.com/ten-practical-things-to-make-with-a-3d-printer/

Quirky

https://www.quirky.com/

Omote-3D

http://www.omote3d.com/concept/index_en.html

AskMen.com Articles

http://www.askmen.com/entertainment/galleries/top-50-things-you-can-make-with-a-3d-printer.html
http://www.askmen.com/news/tech/amazon-3d-printing.html

e-NABLE

http://enablingthefuture.org/

Last Word(s): Open Source Common Core?

The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Eric S. Raymond’s essay (later a book) about how open source software development works in theory and practice.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/
http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596001087.do
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar

How to Build an Open Source Community

http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/howtobuildcommunity

CSTA K-12 Curriculum Standards

The How to Use the CSTA Standards section at bottom lists the group that developed their computer science curriculum.
http://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/K12Standards.html