Home - Barefoot Computing Barefoot Computing The Resource Pack Explore how girls can be happy and successful at work Welcome to People Like Me – the revolutionary approach that uses girls’ natural tendency to create and articulate their self-identity with adjectives to help them see themselves working happily and successfully in science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM). This pack equips teachers and STEM Ambassadors with materials that can show girls from a diverse range of backgrounds that, if they continue with at least one STEM subject post-16, they are likely to have better prospects and more career choice. The pack contains a quiz to show girls where people just like them are happy and successful in their work. The pack is targeted at girls aged 11-14. WISE recommends using the pack in an all-girl setting, where girls have been found to feel more comfortable sharing their strengths and aspirations. Find out more about the People Like Me project. Pack contents Download the resources
Bridge Building Stem Challenge that Combines Fun and Fascination. When my husband and I were early in our marriage we were broke, but Christmas was still coming. I couldn’t think of anything that was affordable and fun. It was a hard year and we probably went into credit card debt that year to buy some cheap gifts. You can create affordable and awesome gifts for little investment and a lot of fun. This bridge building stem challenge kit is one of those options. The kit download is almost instant gratification. Downloads: Bridges Cheat Sheet & Building Challenge InstructionsBuilding Materials (purchase separately): Masking Tape-any type will do (here are some cute options: plain or patterned)Regular Paper ClipsBendable Straws (You might try paper straws, but I’m not sure how they would work and they are pricey)Index Cards100 Pennies1 Enter your info below to grab the kit immediately: I found the bridge activities online incomplete. The 4 types of basic bridges that you’re going to see in the activity are suspension, beam, arch, and drawbridge. Kim Related
5 Ways To Utilize Kids Programming Toys | KinderLab Robotics Posted By christina On July 24, 2019 in Blog “Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.” Those are the words of the late Dr. Haim Ginott, who was a school teacher, a child psychologist and psychotherapist, and a parent educator. The idea of introducing coding to kids down at the preschool and elementary school level has been made possible by the evolving nature of coding itself. Kids learn faster when learning is made fun, and it is beneficial to use programming toys to enhance critical thinking skills — comprising a vast set of problem-solving and analytical capabilities, habits, dispositions and approaches often required in the field of computer science and programming. The question remains, how do coding robots foster learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM)? How Programming Toys Foster Steam Learning Ways To Integrate Programming Toys Into Early Education Curricula 1.
Practical work in science We are working in partnership with the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and Wellcome Trust on a programme of work exploring how we can better enable all schools and colleges to engage their students with good practical work in science. The programme aims to track changes in practical work over time, to build a secure evidence base on which to inform science curriculum and qualifications reform, and to generate ideas for where and how practical science can be strengthened. Practical work is an essential part of science education. It gives students the necessary skills for higher education and employment, deepens their knowledge of scientific ideas and enables them to engage in the processes of science. Practical work can only flourish when teachers are confident in its use, schools and colleges are sufficiently resourced, and the practical skills gained by students are appropriately recognised in science qualifications. Current projects in this programme include:
4 Engineering Challenges for Kids (Cups, Craft Sticks, and Cubes!) Here’s a simple open-ended building activity for kids of all ages – Colored craft sticks, wooden cubes, and small plastic cups! Simple materials, and yet we have been having a blast building all kinds of amazing structures with them. This project is the second project in our Summer STEAM Camp series! This week, we are exploring with the sense of touch. Here are the materials we used for this project: (Amazon affiliate links) Who knew that craft sticks, cubes, and cups could be so interesting? Challenge #1: Build a structure with one cube as the base. When I announced this one, the boys told me it would be impossible. So then Owen came up with this: And Gresham built this: As long as you add pieces on both sides of your structure simultaneously, you can build some amazing designs! Challenge #2: Using any size base, build the tallest possible structure. Stacking craft sticks on top of plastic cups allows you to build a much more vertical structure than what you can make with cups alone. Save
National curriculum in England: computing programmes of study Purpose of study A high-quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. Computing has deep links with mathematics, science and design and technology, and provides insights into both natural and artificial systems. The core of computing is computer science, in which pupils are taught the principles of information and computation, how digital systems work and how to put this knowledge to use through programming. Building on this knowledge and understanding, pupils are equipped to use information technology to create programs, systems and a range of content. Computing also ensures that pupils become digitally literate – able to use, and express themselves and develop their ideas through, information and communication technology – at a level suitable for the future workplace and as active participants in a digital world. Aims The national curriculum for computing aims to ensure that all pupils: Attainment targets
Practical Action | Technology justice to challenge poverty Latin America In Peru and Bolivia, we help communities set up small-scale technological solutions in remote areas where there is no access to basic services, including electricity, heating, clean water and sanitation. Western Africa Building on our recent extension of consultancy work into west Africa, Practical Action has recently set up an office to deliver impact at scale in Francophone west Africa. Eastern Africa Our offices in Kenya and Sudan work with communities to develop practical solutions in energy, agriculture and urban water and waste, reducing the impact of conflict and disasters. Southern Africa Our Southern Africa office works primarily in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique, with an emphasis on improving access to clean drinking water and better sanitation in urban slums, increasing the productivity of smallholders in arid regions, and increasing energy access in rural and urban areas. South Asia UK office