Classroom Challenges

Coding Challenges

• Coding Challenges (Hour of Code)

  • (Learn to code through self-led tutorials by designing your own game, for all ages.)

• Codecademy (sign in with your Google login) (recommend people start with Learn HTML & CSS: Part I.)

  • Codecademy is an online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in 12 different programming languages.

• http://www.codegirlmovie.com/ (CodeGirl-movie trailer 2min)

• Computer Club Coding Links (links to Programming, App making and coding websites)

Engineering Challenges

• Engineering Games

• http://www.learnengineering.org/

Other Challenges

• Map Crunch Activity - Critical Thinking

• Smarty Pins - (Follow-up to Map Crunch Activity) - Critical Thinking

• GeoGuessr - Critical Thinking

• How It's Made Challenge for All Modules

• Build it Bigger Challenge

• Inventor Biography Challenge

• Design Squad

• TED Talks

Other Research Items:

• Voyager 1- the Interstellar Mission: The NASA spacecraft, lunched from Earth in 1977. 

• Green Shield-invention from highland park high-school student.

• Raising the Concordia Cruise Ship that sank.

• Water Spouts on Lake Michigan.

• "Flight of the Lawn chair man"- using helium balloons to fly.

3D Design Challenge

Autodesk INVENTOR ENRICHMENT PAGE

Robotics Challenges

• http://www.robotc.net/tutor/Cortex/cortexunits.php?platform=Cortex