Breaking the Silo
Tips for teaching STEM
https://beneylu.com/pssst/en/stem-classroom/
https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2014/06/17/ctq_jolly_stem.html
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/stem-engagement-maker-movement-annmarie-thomas
How to teach computational thinking
https://www.wired.com/2016/09/how-to-teach-computational-thinking/
https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2016/11/teaching-computational-thinking-first-step-bridging-stem-skills-gap
https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=894&category=In-the-classroom&article=
https://code.org/curriculum/course3/1/Teacher
Listening to Data
Alexander’s broadcasts and his music
https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/more-than-meets-the-eye-nasa-scientists-listen-to-data/
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wnnyym/spaced-out-making-music-with-the-sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b9ykhYzw6k
Motherboard article: “‘The Space Composer’ is Making Music with the Sun”
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wnnyym/spaced-out-making-music-with-the-sun
NASA article: “NASA Scientists Listen to Data”
https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/more-than-meets-the-eye-nasa-scientists-listen-to-data/
TEDx: “How we turn stars into music”
https://tedxinnovations.ted.com/2016/03/07/spotlight-tedx-talk-how-we-turn-stars-into-music/
University of Michigan: Scientists Listen to the Sun
http://ns.umich.edu/new/releases/7541-scientists-listen-to-the-sun-in-new-sonification-project
Morse Code
Morse Code Translator
https://morsecode.scphillips.com/translator.html
The Telegraph
http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/telegraph
US Navy Training Video for Morse Code
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQyP7VJqvqE
Introducing Sphero
Sphero activities
https://edu.sphero.com/cwists/category
New Yorker article: “A Whole New Ball Game”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/16/sphero-teaches-kids-to-code
Wired article: “How BB-8 – a Rolling Robot in a Galaxy Far, Far Away – Changed Everything for Sphero
How inductive charging works
http://www.explainthatstuff.com/inductionchargers.html
Finding Summer Camps
101 questions to ask when choosing a summer camp
https://www.idtech.com/blog/100-questions-to-ask-when-choosing-a-summer-camp/
Technology summer camps
https://kidscodecs.com/resources/technology-summer-camps-kids/
ID Tech
http://www.internaldrive.com/
https://kidscodecs.com/interview-with-peter-ingram-cauchi-and-alexa/
Tech Kids Unlimited
http://www.techkidsunlimited.org/
https://kidscodecs.com/an-interview-with-beth-rosenberg/
Digital Media Academy
http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org/
Emagination Computer Camps
Black Girls Code
Summer of Code 2013 was in Pittsburgh, Detroit, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, Memphis, New York, District of Columbia, Chicago, and Oakland, California.
http://www.blackgirlscode.com
Coder Dojo
An international coding club to connect programming professionals with kids 7-17 and their parents (if parents want to get involved).
http://www.coderdojo.com
Kids can Code
Based in Southern California with a focus on Python, Scratch, and Raspberry Pi.
http://kidscancode.org/
The Blue Brain Project
The Blue Brain Project main page
Henry Markram x TED: A brain in a supercomputer
https://www.ted.com/talks/henry_markram_supercomputing_the_brain_s_secrets
Detailed Project Overview by Artificial Brains
http://www.artificialbrains.com/blue-brain-project
Info on How the Brain Works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nH4MRvO-10
http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=152&id=1528
Why the Human Brain Project Went Wrong
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-the-human-brain-project-went-wrong-and-how-to-fix-it/
Thinking Outside the Box
SketchUp Help Center: Adding Colors and Textures with Materials
https://help.sketchup.com/en/article/3000113
SketchUp: Images, Textures, Fixed and Free Pins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqCdnfyjv5Q
SketchUp Tutorial: Aligning Textures Using the Fixed Pins
https://forums.sketchup.com/t/aligning-textures-using-the-fixed-pins/41166
SketchUp Textures
http://www.sketchuptexture.com/
PyWeek Game Jam Report
BeepBox
PyGame
An online book that teaches programming with PyGame
http://programarcadegames.com/index.php
The main PyWeek site
Modelling Tic-Tac-Toe with Python
Lists and Arrays
http://study.com/academy/lesson/arrays-lesson-for-kids.html
Functions
https://kidscodecs.com/programming-functions/
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/computer_programming/computer_programming_functions.htm
User Input
http://www.discoveryplayground.com/computer-programming-for-kids/kids-programming-03/
What Time Is It?
Unix Time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time
Epoch Converter
https://www.epochconverter.com/
Why Does Unix Time Start at 1970/01/01?
https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Unix-time-start-at-1970-01-01
French Republican Calendar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_Calendar
Hack Your Own Operation Game
History of Operation Game
https://www.classicgamesandpuzzles.com/Operation.html
MicroPython Speech Module
http://microbit-micropython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/speech.html
More about while loops
https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/programming/looping/p/intro-to-while-loops
https://kidscodecs.com/loops-a-fairy-tale/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSWCgZBSx_U
Take Minecraft Game Online
TopG Server List
Planet Minecraft Skins Directory
https://www.planetminecraft.com/resources/skins/
Official Guide for Multiplayer
https://help.mojang.com/customer/en/portal/articles/429052-how-do-i-play-multiplayer-
Realms website
https://minecraft.net/en-us/realms/
3D Printed Jewellery
3D printing resources
https://www.tinkercad.com/
https://kirakira.com/
https://www.shapeways.com/
Telegraph article: “Is 3D printing the future of fine jewellery?”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/jewellery/is-3d-printing-the-future-of-fine-jewellery/
More articles about 3D printing
https://hbr.org/2013/03/3-d-printing-will-change-the-world
https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21724368-recent-advances-make-3d-printing-powerful-competitor-conventional-mass-production-3d
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/18/world-first-3d-printed-bridge-cyclists-netherlands
From Scratch to JavaScript: WoofJS
WoofJS Teacher Guide
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13OEk0KQbP1YZTblwRdBcVRCdcGCj2kHjxjzuD2g-fGk/edit#
WoofJS Game Design Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va9qYKSSqAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL_jY8UzGv8
Introduction to JavaScript
https://kidscodecs.com/javascript/
https://www.codecademy.com/learn/introduction-to-javascript
https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_intro.asp
Julia
A profile from when Julia was first going public
https://www.wired.com/2014/02/julia/
A bare bones tutorial on Julia
https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/julia/
A library for doing symbolic mathematics like algebra in Julia
http://mth229.github.io/symbolic.html
An article comparing the performance of a fast Python implementation with the base Julia implementation
http://tullo.ch/articles/python-vs-julia/
A “deep learning” library for Julia
https://devblogs.nvidia.com/parallelforall/mocha-jl-deep-learning-julia/
