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Minecraft Designer Hour of Code: Kids’ Coding Club

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments coding, games, minecraft, school age, STEAM, tweens, videos

We had 198 participants in our Zoom coding workshop today! For today’s workshop I walked everyone through a Code.org Hour

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Coding Fun for All Ages

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments coding

Coding has quickly become one of the defining skills of the 21st century. Coding involves problem solving, logical and sequential

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Making Flappy Bird Games on Scratch: Kids Coding Club

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments coding, computers, games, school age, scratch, STEAM, tweens

Our first coding class for ages 7-12 on May 29 had a total of 115 attendees! 115! Not all of

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Citizen Science Anyone Can Do at Home

May 8, 2020June 11, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments apps, citizen science, school age, science, space, STEAM, tweens, videos

For many kids and teens, summer is a time for traveling and expanding their knowledge of the world. For some

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Using “Twin Texts” to Get Kids Excited About Reading & Learning (Grades K-3)

April 13, 2020April 14, 2020 Marie Plug 0 Comments Library Class Visits, Paired Readings, Reading Comprehension, school age, Twin Texts

If you are trying to come up with some fun strategies for getting children excited about learning you may want

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Bouyancy ~ What sinks? What Floats? – Preschool STEAM

March 5, 2020March 9, 2020 Marie Plug 0 Comments preschool, Preschool Science, toddler

Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, technology, math and art!  There is no right or

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Exploring the Night Sky

March 2, 2020April 22, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments coloring, school age, science, space, STEAM, tweens

On Thursday, February 27, we had a special astronomy festival for the whole family! People of all ages got to

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Arts & Crafts STEM 

Preschool STEAM ~ Spin Art ~ Centrifugal Force

February 15, 2020February 18, 2020 Marie Plug 0 Comments art, preschool, STEAM, toddler

Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, technology, math and art!  There is no right or

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LEGO Robotics: Mindstorms

February 1, 2020February 13, 2020 Jane Gov 0 Comments

Our Teen Advisory Board partnered with our friends at Wolf Corp Robotics to host an afternoon of LEGO Robotics –

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Using Computer Science for Good — Kids’ Coding Club and Computer Science Education Week

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments coding, STEAM, tweens

Yesterday, to celebrate Computer Science Education Week, we focused on learning about one of the newest trends in computer science:

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