Engineering Mindset 9: Children Work Effectively in Teams When you think teamwork skills as part of afterschool activities, I’m going to guess that science isn’t the first activity that comes to mind. Stereotypes may conjure images of wild-haired, lab-coat donning mad scientists or guys with pocket protectors and sports allergies sitting away from team focused […]
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The American Camp Association (ACA), the CDC, and the Association of Camp Nursing (ACN) have teamed together to answer your questions and deliver updated guidance from the CDC.
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Engineering Mindset 8: Children Persist and Learn from Failure Can you remember a time when you failed? Was it public–a moment when you get a pit in your stomach, your heart sinks, you hang your head, your face gets hot and you suddenly feel like the world is staring and you want to hide. Or […]
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I was looking through my email this morning and I caught site of a BOOST blog with the above title. I have grandchildren and I’ve been using them as guinea pigs, along with the rest of the neighborhood children. It’s fascinating to watch children grow and see the various effects on children by how parents…parent. […]
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The Lt. Governor’s Coding Challenge is a statewide coding competition for Connecticut students.
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National Geographic is again promoting their terrific, free resources to afterschool educators.
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Engineering Mindset 6: Children apply Science and Math Knowledge to Problem Solving Engineers use knowledge of math and science to solve problems. They combine that knowledge with their own creativity to design technologies. Soooo maybe you’re feeling pretty good about engineering and you’re ready to share it with the young people in your life. You’re […]
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Engineering Mindset #4: Children Consider Criteria and Constraints that Require Tradeoffs If you’ve tried to solve a problem, or teach problem solving skills in a blue sky sort of format you are likely familiar with the expanse of the human imagination. Let’s consider something small like, you’ve got the day off. You just got up […]
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The Afterschool Matters Journal is a national, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting professionalism, scholarship and consciousness in the field of afterschool education.
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