10 Cool Summer STEM Activities to Beat the Heat from PLTW

10 Summer STEM Activities

As summer break approaches, so does summer
learning loss for many students. Share PLTW’s
list of summer STEM activities with your students
and their parents to help ensure STEM skills stay sharp! Learn More

https://www.pltw.org/blog/10-cool-summer-stem-activities-to-beat-the-heat?utm_source=Educational_Resources_05.20.2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Educational_Resources

Beginners Coding Guide

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The Hour of Code is HERE!

The Hour of Code is HERE!

We live in a world surrounded by technology. And we know that whatever field our students choose to go into as adults, their ability to succeed will increasingly hinge on understanding how technology works. But only a tiny fraction of us are learning computer science, and less students are studying it than a decade ago.

Our Hour of Code is a statement that WRSD is committed to teaching these 21st century skills. To continue bringing programming activities to students, this week (Dec. 7-13) our WRSD students in grades K through 8 will be participating within their Computer Technology classes, and 9-12 will have the opportunity to explore while in many of their seminar and core classes.

For more details on the Hour of Code go to (https://code.org/) and try it out.  Here are some additional websites that students can explore for Hour of Code activities:

• Hour of Code Tutorials (Star Wars, Minecraft, Frozen) - https://code.org/learn
• Google's Made with Code - https://www.madewithcode.com/
• Tynker's Hour of Code - https://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/
• Khan Academy’s Hour of Code - https://www.khanacademy.org/hourofcode
• Codecademy’s Hour of Code - https://www.codecademy.com/courses/hour-of-code-en/0/1
• LightBot Hour of Code http://lightbot.com/hocflash.html Lightbot for Mobile Devices http://lightbot.com/
• Build with Chrome–kind of like Minecraft, more like Google Earth Warehouse; use virtual Lego blocks to build in your browser https://www.buildwithchrome.com/

Explore and have fun!

Maria

Maria E. Pearson

Instructional Technology Specialist

Winnisquam Regional School District

603.286.4531  x211

My Blog - http://wrsdtechnology.blogspot.com/

Hour of Code coming soon...

Computers are everywhere, but fewer schools teach computer science than 10 years ago. Good news is, we’re on our way to change this. If you've heard about the Hour of Code before, you might know it made history. More than 100 million students have tried an Hour of Code.

With the Hour of Code, computer science has been on homepages of Google, MSN, Yahoo! and Disney. Over 100 partners joined together to support this movement. Last year, every Apple Store in the world hosted an Hour of Code and even President Obama wrote his first line of code as part of the campaign.

This year, let's make it even bigger. I’m asking you to join in for the Hour of Code 2015. Please get involved with an Hour of Code event during Computer Science Education Week, December 7-13. 

Our Hour of Code is a statement that WRSD is ready to teach these foundational 21st century skills. To continue bringing programming activities to students, we want to make our Hour of Code event huge. WRSD students in grades K through 8 will be participating within their Computer Technology classes, and grades 9-12 will have the opportunity to explore while in many of their seminar and core classes.

For more details, go to Hour of Code (http://hourofcode.com/us) to try it out yourself, or why not with your class.  Also, take a look at the activities offered by other Hour of Code partners:

• Hour of Code Tutorials (Star Wars, Minecraft, Frozen) - https://code.org/learn
• Google's Made with Code - https://www.madewithcode.com/
• Tynker's Hour of Code - https://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/
• Khan Academy’s Hour of Code - https://www.khanacademy.org/hourofcode
• Codecademy’s Hour of Code - https://www.codecademy.com/courses/hour-of-code-en/0/1

Explore and Enjoy!

Maria

Maria E. Pearson

Instructional Technology Specialist

Winnisquam Regional School District

603.286.4531  x211

My Blog - http://wrsdtechnology.blogspot.com/

The Hour of Code is HERE!

The Hour of Code is HERE!

We live in a world surrounded by technology. And we know that whatever field our students choose to go into as adults, their ability to succeed will increasingly hinge on understanding how technology works. But only a tiny fraction of us are learning computer science, and less students are studying it than a decade ago.

That’s why our schools are joining in on the largest learning event in history: The Hour of Code, during Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 8-14). Last year, 15 million students tried computer science in one week. This year, we're joining students worldwide to reach 100 million students!

Our Hour of Code is a statement that WRSD is ready to teach these foundational 21st century skills. To continue bringing programming activities to students, we want to make our Hour of Code event huge. WRSD students in grades K through 8 will be participating within their Computer Technology classes, and 9-12 will have the opportunity to explore while in many of their seminar and core classes.

For more details, go to Hour of Code (http://hourofcode.com/us) to try it out yourself, or why not with your class.  Also, try the activities offered by Google's Made with Code (https://www.madewithcode.com/) including how to use code to light up the one of the trees in our nation's capital.

Explore and have fun!

Maria

Maria E. Pearson

Instructional Technology Specialist

Winnisquam Regional School District

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Spark 101 - STEM Resource for the Classroom

Looking for a free resource to engage your students in real-world problem solving and build 21st century skills?

Looking for ways to ignite student interest in STEM?  Or bring real-world problems from industry into your classrooms?  Look no further than Spark 101—a free resource designed by teachers for teachers.  Ten-minute, scenario-based videos—presented by dynamic industry professionals—can help you facilitate student problem solving in almost any secondary STEM classroom. 

See upcoming Webinars listed below:

Free Spark 101 "Best Practices" sessions for Fall 2014.Register for our upcoming national Spark 101 “best practices” webinars.

• Thursday, November 13, 2014: Online from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. EST Register here.
• Tuesday, November 18, 2014: Online from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. EST Register here.
• Thursday, December 4, 2014: Online from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. EST Register here.

See more at: http://www.spark101.org/educator-resources/#sthash.ZqGdzCbM.dpuf