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August 2nd, 2018

Summertime Renewable Energy Activities for Elementary School Students to Inspire Eco-Consciousness

As a 14-year-old boy, William Kamkwamba was forced to withdraw from school in Malawi due to hunger when a prolonged nationwide famine left 70% of the population starving to death. Desperately hungry but still curious, William began to read books... Read more

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July 30th, 2018

Can Video Games Make Kids Smarter? Channeling Gaming and Tech into Life Skills Via Summer Camp

Gamification: it’s a buzzword in education today, referring to the application of game elements to an unrelated field such as sales or learning. No one would deny the draw of games for kids; they provide a powerful and motivating option... Read more

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July 26th, 2018

Supplementing Transitional Kindergarten Curriculum in the Bay Area With Summer Camp Learning

Transitional kindergarten (TK) expands educational options for pre-K kids in the Bay Area. It provides a developmentally appropriate, modified kindergarten curriculum for kids that miss the birthday cutoff for admission to kindergarten and gives them an extra year to get... Read more

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July 24th, 2018

Makerspace Challenge Ideas for Middle Schoolers Inspire Summertime Creativity and Collaboration

“My generation had it easy. We got to ‘find’ a job. But [now], more than ever, our kids will have to ‘invent’ a job.” Though we have heard the statistics that two-thirds of today’s children will work in careers that... Read more

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