Showing posts with label innovation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label innovation. Show all posts
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Cozy Coding - Collaborative Slideshow About Computer Programming!
A few weeks ago, we had our highly anticipated "Cozy Coding Day". Room 209 came in jammies and brought stuffies and blankies and we coded for a big chunk of the day.
Check out the slideshow we collaborated on about our experience!
Saturday, 3 May 2014
Friday, 25 April 2014
Making our Classroom a Maker Space
Watch these videos and leave a comment with an idea of how we might be able to use MaKey MaKey or Sphero in our classroom.
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Chromebook Questions
Skye had an awesome idea and it was to include parents in our Chromebook pilot project by hosting an information night for them about the devices and how we plan to use them. We talked about the options of having the teacher present, doing small student-run presentations for a group of parents or "Speed Geeking" (using a "Speed Dating" model to have students share apps, projects or ideas as parents rotate through stations). If parents are interested in an evening event to learn about Chromebook use, please get in touch with Shauna and one will be arranged!
Many students returned to school today with signed Appropriate Use of Chromebooks agreements. Some very interesting questions and issues were raised. Please remember that this is a learning process for ALL of us: admin, teachers, students and families! Please continue to raise questions and make comments as you notice issues.
Here are my thoughts on questions that were raised with the agreements.
"Students have no expectations of confidentiality or privacy with respect to any usage of a Chromebook. Teachers may use monitoring software that allows them to view the screens and activity on student Chromebook."
How will this happen? What are the consequences for students not doing what they are supposed to be doing?
For now, I will be monitoring the screens of students physically and having them live-blog/tweet or share their work on the Google Drives, so that students are accountable for their time online with the Chromebooks. Students will have clear guidelines and expectations of what they are to be working on and I will regularly check in with them to ensure they are doing so. If students are not working on approved tasks on approved sites, they will lose privileges. After an initial poor choice, the student will lose access to his/her assigned device for the remainder of the day, and have a discussion with the teacher. Next time, he or she will lose access for a full week. Finally, if it happens again, we will collaborate to find an appropriate consequence.
As we get things up and running, I've learned about some ways that I can see all student screens at once. There are a couple of possible ways to do this. NetSupportSchool and Hapara have systems that can be purchased and allow a teacher to monitor a class set of Chromebooks, by being able to view all users and what is on their screen at any time. Below is a video from NetSupportSchool showing how their system works.
"I will not download or use programs that my teacher has not approved."
What is the approval process?
For the first several weeks using the Chromebooks, students will all be using the same online programs, websites, apps and extensions. I am doing a lot of research on which programs, apps and extensions will enhance and transform our learning and have several to train the students in. When students learn about apps/extensions of programs they would like to add to our repertoire (Clara has already shared about things like Lucidchart and Powtoon), they can share information with me and I will make a decision about how to introduce and use them in class. Students and I can work together to formally create an approval process for when it becomes necessary.
"I will log on to the school network and my Google account using only my own credentials (username and password)."
Will students be asked to only use their OCDSB Google account?
For now, yes. One of the great things about Google Chrome is you can have multiple users logged in at once. For example, I have a "teacher" account (with a ninja image) and a "home" account (with a little kitty) open in seperate tabs and don't have to log in and out several times a day. Right now, students will set up their cloud.ocdsb.ca accounts. Some students have their own gmail accounts and we MAY, in the future, add those as well. The main reason for adding a second account would be that, right now, on our cloud.ocdsb.ca accounts, we can't access Google Hangouts (Google's version of Skype, with other functionaliites), and Google Hangouts would be very helpful for us to collaborate with another 1:1 class, such as the students in Ms. Robin's class in California. We'll deal with this after all students are comfortable first using their own cloud.ocdsb.ca accounts.
I am open to input and ideas, please feel free to share comments here or send in a note or email!
Many students returned to school today with signed Appropriate Use of Chromebooks agreements. Some very interesting questions and issues were raised. Please remember that this is a learning process for ALL of us: admin, teachers, students and families! Please continue to raise questions and make comments as you notice issues.
Here are my thoughts on questions that were raised with the agreements.
"Students have no expectations of confidentiality or privacy with respect to any usage of a Chromebook. Teachers may use monitoring software that allows them to view the screens and activity on student Chromebook."
How will this happen? What are the consequences for students not doing what they are supposed to be doing?
For now, I will be monitoring the screens of students physically and having them live-blog/tweet or share their work on the Google Drives, so that students are accountable for their time online with the Chromebooks. Students will have clear guidelines and expectations of what they are to be working on and I will regularly check in with them to ensure they are doing so. If students are not working on approved tasks on approved sites, they will lose privileges. After an initial poor choice, the student will lose access to his/her assigned device for the remainder of the day, and have a discussion with the teacher. Next time, he or she will lose access for a full week. Finally, if it happens again, we will collaborate to find an appropriate consequence.
As we get things up and running, I've learned about some ways that I can see all student screens at once. There are a couple of possible ways to do this. NetSupportSchool and Hapara have systems that can be purchased and allow a teacher to monitor a class set of Chromebooks, by being able to view all users and what is on their screen at any time. Below is a video from NetSupportSchool showing how their system works.
"I will not download or use programs that my teacher has not approved."
What is the approval process?
For the first several weeks using the Chromebooks, students will all be using the same online programs, websites, apps and extensions. I am doing a lot of research on which programs, apps and extensions will enhance and transform our learning and have several to train the students in. When students learn about apps/extensions of programs they would like to add to our repertoire (Clara has already shared about things like Lucidchart and Powtoon), they can share information with me and I will make a decision about how to introduce and use them in class. Students and I can work together to formally create an approval process for when it becomes necessary.
"I will log on to the school network and my Google account using only my own credentials (username and password)."
Will students be asked to only use their OCDSB Google account?
For now, yes. One of the great things about Google Chrome is you can have multiple users logged in at once. For example, I have a "teacher" account (with a ninja image) and a "home" account (with a little kitty) open in seperate tabs and don't have to log in and out several times a day. Right now, students will set up their cloud.ocdsb.ca accounts. Some students have their own gmail accounts and we MAY, in the future, add those as well. The main reason for adding a second account would be that, right now, on our cloud.ocdsb.ca accounts, we can't access Google Hangouts (Google's version of Skype, with other functionaliites), and Google Hangouts would be very helpful for us to collaborate with another 1:1 class, such as the students in Ms. Robin's class in California. We'll deal with this after all students are comfortable first using their own cloud.ocdsb.ca accounts.
I am open to input and ideas, please feel free to share comments here or send in a note or email!
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Chromebook Arrival - First Unboxing
After much anticipation (Ellis was sure we'd been waiting 5 months). the 31 Chromebooks for our 1:1 pilot project arrived!
We went over our Chromebook questions from last month and then worked on a document of Chromebook Expectations. Students took a copy of this home tonight to read over with their parents and sign. This is working document which is their contract and acceptable use policy.
Some students stayed in at recess to do the very first unboxing. OC's name was drawn and she got to unbox Chromebook #31 (our "spare"). Aaron put together a little video to show our excitement.
There are still some things to discuss and look at before everyone is assigned a device. For the first few weeks of using Chromebooks, we'll be working slowly and on the same tasks. We are going to make sure that everyone can effectively use these tools before students can "take their ideas and run with them".
Some of the things we'll be doing the next few days include unboxing and labelling all the Chromebooks, setting up our charging stations, logging into them for the first time and setting up user accounts, and watching some training videos.
We'll start with Introducing the Chromebook:
We'll watch a video giving a Chromebook Education Overview:
We'll talk about how to care for and handle the Chromebooks.
Then, we'll practice how to use the Chromebooks (before we even get our hands on them!).
Finally, students will unbox Chromebooks and set them up for their first charge!
We couldn't be more excited to get started and look forward to learning with this new technology and sharing our progress and challenges!
Now, to think about screen time limits...
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Huge News!
As always, we've been keeping very busy in Room 209. So busy, in fact, that this poor little blog has been rather neglected as of late. Not for long, however. This blog is about to get a whole lot more contributors, maybe before next month!
As you know, we applied for a grant from EdTechTeam after I attended the Google Apps for Education Summit in Montreal. Students worked incredibly hard, even with me out of the school, to complete an excellent application. We've been waiting, crossing fingers, toes and eyes, hoping to get news. Every day, several sentences begin with, "If we get ChromeBooks, we can...".
This evening I got wonderful news. Room 209's grant was accepted and ChromeBooks will be on their way shortly! Students and parents got the news minutes after I did and my inbox promptly filled with enthusiastic replies:
Aaron is "over the moon", as his mom says;
many students, like Millie and Mel wrote obviously enthusiastic replies in all caps;
Hannah was concerned with details and made sure that EdTechTeam knew about our new student, Philip, she also thinks we should have more cake (after two days in a row already!);
Skye's mom filled an email with more than 10 exclamation marks for only two sentences of text;
Vickie used her mom's email to say that she was speechless (for once!);
Fiona is floored that out of potentially hundreds of applications, we won;
Erika wrote a 5-line exclamation to show her excitement;
Hunter's email was completely incoherent, from excitement, I hope;
I don't think Miguel could believe the news, as he confirmed with a quick, "So, we got ChomeBooks?"reply;
Apparently both Molly and Clara nearly made their mothers deaf with their happy screams;
Gabby told her mom she couldn't believe it.
I can't really believe it either. We thought we'd be getting the news on Thursday, and after not hearing for so long after when we thought the "official" announcement was, we figured we hadn't gotten the grant.
I've never seen so many "OMG"s in one night. I feel the same way, Rainbow Eggheads. I feel the same way.
We have SO much to talk about and so many lists of Success Criteria to come up with! We have lots of work to do together before we even get the ChromeBooks (which I think will be very soon!).
Something else that I've been thinking about tonight is how we can share with others. I know that we'll be blogging and tweeting about our adventures with the ChromeBooks, but we also need to think about how to share our learning with other students in our school and be role models for the use of technology. After all, this grant is designed for for classes doing "pilot projects". How can we share our learning with our Buddies and our friends who help make up "Room 208", the other grade 5/6s in Room 207? I look forward to coming up with all kinds of generous, creative, thoughtful ideas with you!
I can't wait to see your smiling faces tomorrow!
As you know, we applied for a grant from EdTechTeam after I attended the Google Apps for Education Summit in Montreal. Students worked incredibly hard, even with me out of the school, to complete an excellent application. We've been waiting, crossing fingers, toes and eyes, hoping to get news. Every day, several sentences begin with, "If we get ChromeBooks, we can...".
This evening I got wonderful news. Room 209's grant was accepted and ChromeBooks will be on their way shortly! Students and parents got the news minutes after I did and my inbox promptly filled with enthusiastic replies:
Aaron is "over the moon", as his mom says;
many students, like Millie and Mel wrote obviously enthusiastic replies in all caps;
Hannah was concerned with details and made sure that EdTechTeam knew about our new student, Philip, she also thinks we should have more cake (after two days in a row already!);
Skye's mom filled an email with more than 10 exclamation marks for only two sentences of text;
Vickie used her mom's email to say that she was speechless (for once!);
Fiona is floored that out of potentially hundreds of applications, we won;
Erika wrote a 5-line exclamation to show her excitement;
Hunter's email was completely incoherent, from excitement, I hope;
I don't think Miguel could believe the news, as he confirmed with a quick, "So, we got ChomeBooks?"reply;
Apparently both Molly and Clara nearly made their mothers deaf with their happy screams;
Gabby told her mom she couldn't believe it.
I can't really believe it either. We thought we'd be getting the news on Thursday, and after not hearing for so long after when we thought the "official" announcement was, we figured we hadn't gotten the grant.
I've never seen so many "OMG"s in one night. I feel the same way, Rainbow Eggheads. I feel the same way.
We have SO much to talk about and so many lists of Success Criteria to come up with! We have lots of work to do together before we even get the ChromeBooks (which I think will be very soon!).
Something else that I've been thinking about tonight is how we can share with others. I know that we'll be blogging and tweeting about our adventures with the ChromeBooks, but we also need to think about how to share our learning with other students in our school and be role models for the use of technology. After all, this grant is designed for for classes doing "pilot projects". How can we share our learning with our Buddies and our friends who help make up "Room 208", the other grade 5/6s in Room 207? I look forward to coming up with all kinds of generous, creative, thoughtful ideas with you!
I can't wait to see your smiling faces tomorrow!
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Vickie's Idea - Our Quote Wall
In order to inspire her classmates and other students, parents and staff around the school, Vickie came up with the idea of posting a graffiti Quote Wall outside of our classroom.
You should come and see how full the Quote Wall is now! Lots of inspirational messages are now posted here.
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Using Minecraft for a Project!
Austin in Tiiu's class created a whole bunch of structures in Minecraft and toured us through them, talking about the life of Chris Hadfield for his famous Canadian project. As I said yesterday, finally I see an educational use for Minecraft! Way to go, Austin, this was creative and innovative and I'm sure, very fun for you to create!
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Genius Hour #1
We are doing this cool new thing called Genius Hour. Genius Hour is where we do something with a purpose. It is kind of instead of Friday Free Time, which was where we basically do whatever we want. This time, we are doing Genius Hour!
Here are some examples of the things we do in Friday Free Time:
-play random games
-play with blocks
-SOMETIMES work on something that has a point
-goof around
Here are some of the things we do in Genius Hour:
-take things apart (example: toaster)
-record a song and put it on the class YouTube or blog
-write a story with Heather C’s grade 1s or 2s
-endangered species small projectsby Lauren and Millie
Haydon created Plasticene characters and used one of the class iPads to film Stop Motion animations.
Genius Hour Expectations:
Purpose:
-to be doing something that is useful but that you are not already doing for school - Fiona
-something productive have a goal! - Hunter
-you can work in groups or independently -Fiona
-it might not fit into a category/subject at school - Laryssa
-you may start to bring in supplies for Genius Hour - Pat
-if you’re NOT SURE, just CHECK!
Brainstorm ideas:
-take something apart (toaster) (CHECK WITH PARENTS and SHAUNA FIRST!) - Hunter
-make something - Gabby
-art project, make a painting - Kaleigh
-be an imagineer, make a model of a ride, submit it to Disney - Pat
-practice programming on Hopscotch - Shauna
-make a Puppet Pals video with a student from Heather C’s class about Skippyjon Jones - Shauna
-record yourself singing a song and post it on our Youtube channel - Shauna
-make a Show Me about Math - Jack
-create a Sifteo game - Fin
-draw on Paint with the new drawing pad - Fin
-install the new webcam - Shauna
-research an apple, make a Smart Ideas about it, make a whole project about it - Thomas
-make a Plasticene earth and split it in half - Molly
-make a video game - Hunter
-make a board game - Shauna
-make a Math game - Miggy
-do a project on “boys” and “girls” toys - Fiona
-draw something and label it with the drawing pad (an organ, for example) - Fin
-make something with Plasticene - Sophia
-make a news report - Madi
Liam and Daniel recorded themselves singing.
Math: Working with Coordinates
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Our Tech Innovators Slideshow
Students in Room 209, especially Hunter, Vickie, Rickie, Thomas and Fiona, worked really hard on this slideshow that we shared with an organization called Ottawa Network for Education. They wanted to learn about innovative technologies that are being used in schools around our city. After ONFE saw our slideshow, they selected us as one of three finalists to possibly win a $5000 grant to spend on technology for our school! This will be presented at an EduGala event later this month. On Monday, May 13th, a camera crew from GAPC will be coming in to capture some of the exciting things that we are doing!
Below, check out last year's three finalists.
http://www.onfe-rope.ca/programs/capital-educators039-awards/attend-edugala/innovation-award
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Mathady Presentation
The amazing Digital Degus create innovative, exciting reflections in Math. You should have seen Laryssa's last two presentations! She shared her version of Jeopardy, "Mathady" with us to demonstrate her learning about Area and Perimeter. 
Three contestants, Liam, Kaleigh and Vickie, got to participate as Hunter kept score and Laryssa hosted. Thomas even brought Anna up to watch on Skype!
Many of her classmates were eager, enthusiastic and inspired by Laryssa's amazing creation of these games and subsequent hosting!
Using the Google Drive - by Finley and Pat
In the computer lab today, Laryssa showed me and Pat how to get onto the Google Drive which is a hard drive (which saves things) that google owns and it is a very large hard drive because it can store a lot of data and documents. I (Fin) was starting to write a script for me and Pat's Where project and I noticed a Share button, so I clicked it and it said for me to type in an email or name so I typed in "Patrick" and I sent the document to him and we were both working on it at the exact same time. It was really cool! If other students want to learn more about the Google Drive, please talk to Pat and Fin! :)
-Pat and Fin
-Pat and Fin
Friday, 8 February 2013
Thursday, 7 February 2013
Take an Idea and Run With It!
Hello Digital Degus,
Today in the computer lab, you will be taking an idea and running with it! I have posted A LOT of ideas lately and want you to take some time to build on those ideas. You can select which TWO blog posts to comment on, but you must comment on at least TWO of the blog posts listed below:
(Alternately, if you have your own blog, you could make two posts describing your ideas, then leave a comment on the appropriate post to link to your blog!)
You MUST comment on TWO (or more of the posts below)
1. Pennies for Polio Fundraising Ideas
2. Flat Classroom project possibilities - A Week in the Life or Life Round Here
3. Read Aloud Day ideas
4. Awesome Project proposal
5. Stop Motion ideas
If you have selected a NEW item, you MUST update your Where Project topic
You may also visit and comment on the following blogs:
Laurie and Lisa's Blog
Rock of Ages Blog
or your classmates' blogs
Expectations for your comments:
-relates to the post that you're commenting on (Fiona)
-add new ideas! (Kaleigh)
-more than one sentence. (Sophia)
-JUICY! (include details and care) (Sophia)
-share your ideas before you forget them, you can write them on paper before typing them (or on a word processor) (Thomas)
-think before typing (Jackson)
-answer in full sentences, don't write gibberish (Laryssa)
-read over your work before hitting "publish" (Vickie)
-read the other comments before posting so you're not being repetitive (Laryssa)
-reply to other people's comments, continue the conversation, build on people's ideas, this can help us make groups for activities!
Today in the computer lab, you will be taking an idea and running with it! I have posted A LOT of ideas lately and want you to take some time to build on those ideas. You can select which TWO blog posts to comment on, but you must comment on at least TWO of the blog posts listed below:
(Alternately, if you have your own blog, you could make two posts describing your ideas, then leave a comment on the appropriate post to link to your blog!)
You MUST comment on TWO (or more of the posts below)
1. Pennies for Polio Fundraising Ideas
2. Flat Classroom project possibilities - A Week in the Life or Life Round Here
3. Read Aloud Day ideas
4. Awesome Project proposal
5. Stop Motion ideas
If you have selected a NEW item, you MUST update your Where Project topic
You may also visit and comment on the following blogs:
Laurie and Lisa's Blog
Rock of Ages Blog
or your classmates' blogs
Expectations for your comments:
-relates to the post that you're commenting on (Fiona)
-add new ideas! (Kaleigh)
-more than one sentence. (Sophia)
-JUICY! (include details and care) (Sophia)
-share your ideas before you forget them, you can write them on paper before typing them (or on a word processor) (Thomas)
-think before typing (Jackson)
-answer in full sentences, don't write gibberish (Laryssa)
-read over your work before hitting "publish" (Vickie)
-read the other comments before posting so you're not being repetitive (Laryssa)
-reply to other people's comments, continue the conversation, build on people's ideas, this can help us make groups for activities!
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Shauna's Learning: Book Club Webinar
As you know, I spend some time at home working on our blog and trying to get great ideas for things for us to try in class. The other night, I found out about a cool webinar from some people I follow on Twitter. I went into an "Elluminate" classroom. It's an online classroom with a whiteboard, chat room and microphones. The webinar was about digital learning and being responsible digital citizens. I got lots of great ideas and I am so excited!
Monday, 4 February 2013
Sunday, 2 December 2012
1:Face Watch
Saturday, 1 December 2012
14 of the Most Inspirational Kids of 2012
Hello boys and girls,
I found this great list of 14 of the most inspirational (and certainly innovative) kids in 2012. As I read more about these kids, I realized that some of the accomplishments happened in 2011, so the list isn't totally accurate, but it's so good, I had to share!
Take some time to watch the slideshow and/or click on the links below to learn more about the kids Mashable deemed the 14 most inspirational of the year. You'll certainly recognize their #1!
Do you agree with their list? Who else would you add? Would you change the order?
I was thinking, maybe this could be the topic for our next news show...what do you think?
1. 10 year old American Caine Monroy - the namesake of one of our degus and a personal hero in Room 209 - created the inspiration for our Cardboard City, the Cardboard Arcade! People donated nearly $250 000 to a scholarship fund in Caine's name and a charitable foundation pledged to match those donations, dollar for dollar, to help start the Imagination Foundation!
2. After Hurricane Sandy, 11-year old American, Jacob Hughes heard that kids in New Jersey and New York couldn't go trick or treating. He took all his candy, packed it up and sent it to them!
3. Kelvin Doe lives in Sierra Leone and gets electricity in his town once a week, if he's lucky. He has had NO lessons or instruction in engineering and is completely self-taught and loves inventing. He created a battery from metal and wire scraps to "power lights in people's houses".
4. 17-year old American, Nithin Tumma is a teen scientist whose reserach on slowing the growth of cancer cells will lead to better treatments and maybe a cure for breast cancer!
5. 15-year old American, Clara Ma wrote an essay to NASA and got to name the Mars rover! She is responsible for choosing the name "Curiosity"! Her essay is below.
Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone's mind. It makes me get out of bed in the morning and wonder what surprises life will throw at me that day. Curiosity is such a powerful force. Without it, we wouldn't be who we are today. When I was younger, I wondered, 'Why is the sky blue?', 'Why do the stars twinkle?', 'Why am I me?', and I still do. I had so many questions, and America is the place where I want to find my answers. Curiosity is the passion that drives us through our everyday lives. We have become explorers and scientists with our need to ask questions and to wonder. Sure, there are many risks and dangers, but despite that, we still continue to wonder and dream and create and hope. We have discovered so much about the world, but still so little. We will never know everything there is to know, but with our burning curiosity, we have learned so much.
6. 15-year old American Jack Andraka invented a low-cost, non-invasive, ultra-sensitive test to identify pancreatic cancer in its early stages.
7. 12-year old Justen Beer from the Netherlands is a breakdancer whose short film went viral this summer. He plays a young boy who was having trouble at home and at school and turned to dance. His appearance in a short film is stunning and reminds us how important the arts are for ALL kids to express themselves.
8. 19-year old American DIY engineer-photographer Adam Cudworth launched a camera 20 miles into the atmosphere with a high-altitude balloon and took amazing photos of the Earth. He shows us that almost anyone can do space exploration with a little ingenuity and not that much money!
9. 14-year old American Julia Bluhm started a online petition urging Seventeen magazine to stop editing photos of young girls. She collected so many signatures that Seventeen magazine's editor in chief listened and agreed to never change the shape or size of a girl's face or body in their magazine! That's serious Girl Power!
10. 16-year old American Marian Bechtel shared her Landmine Detection Research at the White House Science Fair! Hip Hip Yeah for girls and Science!
11. 4 young Nigerian girls, Duro-Aina Adebola (age 14), Akindele Abiola (age 14), Faleke Oluwatoyin (age 14) and Bello Eniola (age 15) created a urine-powered generator that can turn a litre of water into six hours of electricity! Quadruple Hip Hip Yeah for girls and Science!
I found this great list of 14 of the most inspirational (and certainly innovative) kids in 2012. As I read more about these kids, I realized that some of the accomplishments happened in 2011, so the list isn't totally accurate, but it's so good, I had to share!
Take some time to watch the slideshow and/or click on the links below to learn more about the kids Mashable deemed the 14 most inspirational of the year. You'll certainly recognize their #1!
Do you agree with their list? Who else would you add? Would you change the order?
I was thinking, maybe this could be the topic for our next news show...what do you think?
1. 10 year old American Caine Monroy - the namesake of one of our degus and a personal hero in Room 209 - created the inspiration for our Cardboard City, the Cardboard Arcade! People donated nearly $250 000 to a scholarship fund in Caine's name and a charitable foundation pledged to match those donations, dollar for dollar, to help start the Imagination Foundation!
2. After Hurricane Sandy, 11-year old American, Jacob Hughes heard that kids in New Jersey and New York couldn't go trick or treating. He took all his candy, packed it up and sent it to them!
3. Kelvin Doe lives in Sierra Leone and gets electricity in his town once a week, if he's lucky. He has had NO lessons or instruction in engineering and is completely self-taught and loves inventing. He created a battery from metal and wire scraps to "power lights in people's houses".
4. 17-year old American, Nithin Tumma is a teen scientist whose reserach on slowing the growth of cancer cells will lead to better treatments and maybe a cure for breast cancer!
5. 15-year old American, Clara Ma wrote an essay to NASA and got to name the Mars rover! She is responsible for choosing the name "Curiosity"! Her essay is below.
Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone's mind. It makes me get out of bed in the morning and wonder what surprises life will throw at me that day. Curiosity is such a powerful force. Without it, we wouldn't be who we are today. When I was younger, I wondered, 'Why is the sky blue?', 'Why do the stars twinkle?', 'Why am I me?', and I still do. I had so many questions, and America is the place where I want to find my answers. Curiosity is the passion that drives us through our everyday lives. We have become explorers and scientists with our need to ask questions and to wonder. Sure, there are many risks and dangers, but despite that, we still continue to wonder and dream and create and hope. We have discovered so much about the world, but still so little. We will never know everything there is to know, but with our burning curiosity, we have learned so much.
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| Do you think Jack was excited when he won one of the world's largest Science Fairs? |
7. 12-year old Justen Beer from the Netherlands is a breakdancer whose short film went viral this summer. He plays a young boy who was having trouble at home and at school and turned to dance. His appearance in a short film is stunning and reminds us how important the arts are for ALL kids to express themselves.
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| Adam Cudworth, his camera, his contraption and one of his incredible photos! |
9. 14-year old American Julia Bluhm started a online petition urging Seventeen magazine to stop editing photos of young girls. She collected so many signatures that Seventeen magazine's editor in chief listened and agreed to never change the shape or size of a girl's face or body in their magazine! That's serious Girl Power!
11. 4 young Nigerian girls, Duro-Aina Adebola (age 14), Akindele Abiola (age 14), Faleke Oluwatoyin (age 14) and Bello Eniola (age 15) created a urine-powered generator that can turn a litre of water into six hours of electricity! Quadruple Hip Hip Yeah for girls and Science!
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