Coding is one aspect of digital making. When you write code, you are writing instructions for a computer to follow. The instructions might just be "turn this graphic by one degree each second", or ...

What kid doesn’t want to be a superhero? Especially this year – between the Avengers, Black Panther, and Ant-Man movies, everyone’s feeling inspired. Now, when you gift someone littleBits, kids (or ...

There’s no doubt the STEM toys category has lost a bit of its magic. The hype that started about a decade ago, powering a wave of startups to launch creative and experimental products — pitching ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Scientific modeling and coding are critical skills to be integrated into K-12 instruction. Research has shown that preservice teachers are ...

Coding is a necessary skill in today’s world, but it is relatively challenging to master, especially for kids. Its complexity is not necessarily because it is incomprehensible, but because it is a new ...

The Education arm of the Lego Group has launched a new STEAM learning package designed to give kids of all abilities more coding confidence. The Spike Prime set includes hundreds of Lego bricks, ...

A lone starfighter floated on a pitch black computer screen, rotating on an invisible axis. All at once, the ship lurched into action, firing a white bolt that dissolved its target, then swiveled to ...

It’s a Sunday morning at East Dulwich Picturehouse in South London, and a group of three- and four-year-old children is playing in a backroom. But not with cars or dolls. Instead, they are learning ...

MOUNT VERNON - Laila Issa had taken a class in block-based coding program called Alice a few years ago but left with the feeling that she “didn't really understand it that much.” Although the ...

Uncommon Schools, a public charter school organization with more than 50 schools across New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, is attracting underserved students to careers in computer science by ...

In 2020, parents and guardians are super spoilt for choice in the STEM toys gift department — which is great news in the midst of a pandemic that’s supercharging homeschooling needs. The category has ...