How to Solder LEDs
Astable multivibrator or oscillator
https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/waveforms/astable.html
Transistor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor
How do transistors work?
https://www.explainthatstuff.com/howtransistorswork.html
Types of transistors
https://www.electronicshub.org/transistors-classification-and-types/
Uses of transistors
https://www.vedantu.com/physics/uses-of-transistor
Applications of transistors in daily life
https://pnpntransistor.com/applications-of-transistor-in-daily-life/
How to use a breadboard
William Shockley
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1956/shockley/facts/
John Bardeen
Walter Brattain
Solving tiny problems
Problem solving with teenagers
https://raisingchildren.net.au/pre-teens/behaviour/encouraging-good-behaviour/problem-solving-steps
Problem Solving
https://www.sociallyskilledkids.com/social-problem-solving
Problem Solving activities for pre-schoolers
https://www.atlasmission.com/blog/7-insanely-cool-problem-solving-activities-curious-preschooler/
CERI
Create Scratch Backgrounds
Piskel App
Creating animations with Pixel Art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0TAOUe6fG4
Create a pixel art gif with Piskel
https://www.instructables.com/How-to-create-a-Pixel-Art-gif-using-Piskel/
Uploading animated character to scratch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4khMNgN0ss
Teach kids Pixel art animation
https://www.instructables.com/Teach-Kids-Pixel-Art-Animation-for-Games/
Be a Battery
Body heat battery
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a35533572/body-heat-battery/
Wearable thermoelectric generator
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/7/eabe0586
Thermoelectric
https://www.colorado.edu/today/2021/02/10/thermoelectric
Thermoelectric generator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_generator
Seebeck effect
https://www.britannica.com/science/Seebeck-effect
Seebeck effect video
Images for teg sheep
Self-powered wearable tech
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190502110238.htm
Nontoxic thermoelectric generator
https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/environment/a-thermoelectric-generator-for-wearable-tech
Wearable tech video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1mYPZaKXew
wearable thermoelectric generators
http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2018/ph240/billman2/
Device turns body into human battery
https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/wearable-thermoelectric-generator-battery/
Thermoelectric generator
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/assembly/view/113900
Music and Computing
Scott Jacoby’s New York Story
https://www.mixonline.com/recording/scott-jacobys-new-york-story
Greenbelt’s James McKinney
Computer music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_music
Best Music notation software
https://www.toptenreviews.com/best-music-notation-software
Anguilla Music Academy
AMA video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF5yxCtymw4
Allison Grey interview
Allison Grey
https://www.allisongrey.net/about-me
Plenty website
Plenty indoor vertical farm
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/business/compton-vertical-farm-plenty-trnd/index.html
Vertical farming
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_farming
Vertical Farming in Urban populations
Most amazing vertical farms
https://endalldisease.com/10-amazing-vertical-farms-around-the-world/
Quantum Computing Gateways
Logic gates
https://www.onholdmktg.com/voice-music-studio.php
Types of logic gates
https://www.edrawmax.com/logic-gate/
How do logic gates work?
https://www.explainthatstuff.com/logicgates.html
Logic Gate facts for kids
https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Logic_gate
Logic Gates video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdd90gXRWeY
Logic gate worksheets
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:logic%20gates
Logic gate projects
http://www.projectsforschool.com/product/and-or-logic-gate/
Booleans
https://www.codingkids.com.au/coding-tips/booleans/
Boolean logic
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zqp9kqt/revision/1
Geocaching on Mars
Calibration Target on NASA Website
Calibration Target on Mars IRL
Geocoin Trackable
https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25657/sherloc-geocoin-artwork/
Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Markings
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/markings/
Interview with Francis McCubbin
Perseverance Trackable on Geocaching.com
https://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?tracker=221bbaker
International Space Station Geocache on Geocaching.com
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1BE91_international-space-station
Geocaching and Perseverance/Space Timeline
https://www.geocaching.com/promos/perseverance
The Detective Aboard NASA’s Perseverance Rover
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/the-detective-aboard-nasas-perseverance-rover
Manipulate Photos in Python
turning photos into black/white/sepia using Pillow
https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2017/10/11/convert-a-photo-to-black-and-white-in-python/
Intro to Python Pillow
https://kalebujordan.com/a-brief-introduction-to-python-pillow/
Animated gifs tutorial in Pillow
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/create-and-save-animated-gif-with-python-pillow/
The official documentation on Pillow
https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/handbook/index.html
Pillow tutorial
https://zetcode.com/python/pillow/
Working with Python Pillow video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3-0pHqFOBo
Fracturing Fairy Tales
Fracturing Fairy Tales Project Page
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/504911562
Scratch Activity Guides
11 Fractured Fairy Tales
https://www.readbrightly.com/11-fractured-fairy-tales-young-readers/
Fractured Fairy Tales Teaching Tool
www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/games-tools/fractured-fairy-tales-a-30186.html
Fractured Fairy Tale Animations in Scratch (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgVTY73gW44
Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Babbage
Analytical engine
https://www.britannica.com/technology/Analytical-Engine
Difference engine
https://www.britannica.com/technology/Difference-Engine
Pilot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_(locomotive)
Cowcatcher images
https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/cowcatcher?phrase=cowcatcher&sort=mostpopular
Cars and Cowcatchers (Animated video for young kids)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byPpx8cGtlU
Charles Babbage
https://www.famousscientists.org/charles-babbage/
Charles Babbage’s inventions
Charles Babbage facts and worksheets
https://kidskonnect.com/people/charles-babbage/
Bat Backpacks
Bats social distancing
https://www.popsci.com/story/science/bats-social-distancing/
Fitbit for an elephant
Wildlife tracking
https://defenders.org/blog/2020/07/wildlife-tracking-thats-totally-out-of-world
Tracking wildlife
https://nhpbs.org/wild/tracking.asp
Monitoring and Tracking technology
https://wildlifeact.com/about-wildlife-act/monitoring-tracking-technology/
What is animal tracking?
https://www.movebank.org/cms/movebank-content/what-is-animal-tracking
Traditional vs. electronic tracking
Tracking – real time monitoring
https://www.savetheelephants.org/project/tracking-real-time-monitoring-app/
Scientists track and save wildlife
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/science/space-station-wildlife.html
Tracking bats on the wing
https://www.batcon.org/article/tracking-bats-on-the-wing/
Secret life of desert bats
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190816101004.htm
Hard Drives
Etymology of digital storage
What’s a floppy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9juPRLA6lGg
Hard Disk
https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Hard_disk
How do hard drives work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wteUW2sL7bc
Data storage timeline
https://www.frontierinternet.com/gateway/data-storage-timeline/
Types of hard drives
https://ttrdatarecovery.com/types-of-hard-drives-user-guide/
floppy disk history
How floppy disk drives work
https://computer.howstuffworks.com/floppy-disk-drive2.htm
Floppy disk facts for kids
https://kids.kiddle.co/Floppy_disk
Magnetic tape facts for kids
https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Magnetic_tape
Picture History of Data Storage
https://www.pingdom.com/blog/the-history-of-computer-data-storage-in-pictures/
Internet Over Radio
global system for email over amateur radio
A very retro website on packet radio
What is ham radio?
http://www.arrl.org/what-is-ham-radio
Etymology of ham radio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio
What is ham radio and how does it work?
Discover amateur radio
Amateur radio for kids
https://kids.kiddle.co/Amateur_radio
Amateur radio FAQ for parents
https://nescitech.org/amateur-radio-faq-for-parents/
How the Madey brothers made history
Beginner’s Guide to Ham radio
https://www.autodesk.com/products/eagle/blog/beginners-guide-ham-radio-make/
Why do we call a ham radio operator an Elmer?
https://www.onallbands.com/word-of-the-day-elmer-why-do-we-call-a-ham-radio-mentor-elmer/
Inspiration for the term Elmer
https://www.laselki.net/vb/showthread.php?p=57055
Amateur radio license
http://www.arrl.org/getting-licensed
Code a Smiley Face
CodeGuppy Website
CodeGuppy Code Editor Workspace
https://codeguppy.com/code.html
JavaScript Language Specification
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Language_Resources
Hexadecimal Color Names
https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_names.asp”
What are Hexadecimal Colors?
https://www.mathsisfun.com/hexadecimal-decimal-colors.html
Hexadecimal Color Picker
https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp