Monday, October 8, 2012
One hundred fifty years ago, Mary Henrietta Kingsley was born to George Kingsley and Mary Bailey. Her father was a physician and adventurer. His library became her school. When both her parents died, Mary set off to explore Western Africa in part to complete his work, in part to best his accomplishments. The journal of her adventures is still in print. You will find her thoughts clear, direct, and inspiring.
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August 6, 2012: Curiosity landed on Mars. The most audacious engineering team in history delivered it. The landing site was named for Ray Bradbury, a science fiction writer who inspired a generation of engineers. Curiosity will make discoveries that will shape your learning about planets for years to come.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
The American Civil War began 150 years ago…in the time of your great, great, great great grandparents. Why do we stop so often to look at it? Because it influenced every family and every institution in our country. Because it is a big story that takes a long time to understand.
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Designed at the MIT MediaLab, Scratch is a free programming language that allows you to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art - and share your creations on the web. Instructors Buck Bailey and Alex Tavares will bring their special expertise to teach beginners and non-beginners alike.
For returning students, the challenges offered will depend on your current level of skill with Scratch.
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Monday, September 17, 2012
The folks at Howtoons show and tell you how to try cool stuff. Of course you need parts and some guidance. (That's where we come in.)
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Designed at the MIT MediaLab, Scratch is a free programming language that allows you to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art - and share your creations on the web. Instructors Buck Bailey and Alex Tavares will bring their special expertise to teach beginners and non-beginners alike.
For returning students, the challenges offered will depend on your current level of skill with Scratch.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Arvind Gupta began designing clever experiments for children in India 30 years ago. He devoted himself to the Village Science Movement. He set out to design exciting, accessible experiments. Resources were scarce. Dr. Gupta learned to employ cast off materials (plastic bottles, straws, scrap wire, tape etc.) with remarkable ingenuity. The internet gave him an inexpensive channel for sharing his genius. Cleverly, his presentations speak the many languages of India by choosing images and not words. From the 400 projects we have reviewed, we have gathered a dozen for you to explore.
Construct the world's simplest electric motor and a remarkable slide horn. Then, choose two more projects from Dr. Gupta's world: a spinning pump, a soap geometry toy, a CD spectrascope, an unlikely balancing bottle, or new and different paper tricks. Learn that the best of instructions only work with your attentiveness and adjustments.
Meet Arvind Gupta on TED: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/arvind_gupta_turning_trash_into_toys_fo....
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Designed at the MIT MediaLab, Scratch is a free programming language that allows you to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art - and share your creations on the web. Instructors Buck Bailey and Eli Baum will bring their special expertise to teach beginners and non-beginners alike.
For returning students, the challenges offered will depend on your current level of skill with Scratch.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The Frankenstein story, first published by Mary Shelley in Eli Whitney's time, has come to life again as it seems to every four years. Perhaps it's a reminder that we must be galvanized to keep the awkward machinery of government moving by the spark of the vote.
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Designed at the MIT MediaLab, Scratch is a free programming language that allows you to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art - and share your creations on the web. Instructors Buck Bailey and Alex Tavares will bring their special expertise to teach beginners and non-beginners alike.
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