June 2021 Learn More Links
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Links from the bottom of all the June 2021 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.
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
CodeGuppy Draw with Code Projects
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Links from the bottom of all the June 2021 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.

Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for June 2021.