• Rural Lunch & Learn: Using Roleplaying Games in (Virtual) Classrooms

    Exploring the intersections of critical thinking, creativity, and SEL in storytelling with Dr. Karl Smith (Dr. Sparks). Join professional STEAM storyteller Dr. Karl Smith in this hourlong discussion of how to use the mechanics of collaborative storytelling as a way to foster social and emotional learning, open-ended problem solving, and creativity. You may be asked […]

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  • Unschooled: documentary screening

    Unschooled is a documentary film focused on a world where children have the power to decide what and how they learn. The film follows the story of three teens – Amani, Miles and Jaya – and their families in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Germantown as they transition from public school to the newly-opened Natural Creativity Center […]

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  • Virtual MakerEd Meetups: Virtual Maker-Ed Summer Camp Chats

    Join other makers for a free virtual zoom chat to brainstorm ways to facilitate virtual camp options in maker topics including tinkering, computer science, digital design/fabrication, electronics, textile arts, VR/AR/MR, carpentry, physical computing, a/v production, and robotics. Participants can join breakout rooms to discuss ideas for specific age ranges and for virtual camp administration.

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  • Virtual MakerEd Meetups: Virtual Maker-Ed Summer Camp Chats

    Join other makers for a free virtual zoom chat to brainstorm ways to facilitate virtual camp options in maker topics including tinkering, computer science, digital design/fabrication, electronics, textile arts, VR/AR/MR, carpentry, physical computing, a/v production, and robotics. Participants can join breakout rooms to discuss ideas for specific age ranges and for virtual camp administration.

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  • Visual Poetry – Learning in the Making: LIVE!

    Learning in the Making: LIVE! Join Maker Ed for “Visual Poetry” on May 20 at 1:00 PM PST at bit.ly/MakerEdLIVE Looking for something fun to make at home? Each week we are collecting and curating resources around a topic and this week’s is Visual Poetry. We are focusing on making with what you have around […]

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  • #Lunchbites: Let’s Make! Supporting Families With Innovative At-Home Activities

    Bring Out Your Inner Innovator with our guest The Tech Museum! Build, make, create wherever you are. The Tech Museum has put together a collection of fun and easy activities for parents and educators. They’ll share educational resources and links to some of your favorite educational IMAX films!

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  • Berkeley Lab K-12: Live Science Series: 3D Design & Fabrication

    3D Design & Fabrication – May 22 Did you know that our engineers custom build a lot of the equipment used in Berkeley Lab research? Meet some of some of the people behind the big magnets and running experiments on our Advanced Light Source! Stay for a quick introduction to TinkerCAD and learn about the […]

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  • Virtually Maker Faire

    Featuring Makers and projects responding to COVID-19, Virtually Maker Faire provides an opportunity for makers to connect, share their projects and talk about what they do and how they do it. It will take place completely online through video sessions over a 24-hour period and as a curated collection of maker exhibits. The goal is […]

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  • Shelter in Plays

    DEADLINE TO APPLY: 11:59 P.M. PDT ON SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2020 We invite you to join a unique, remote opportunity where you’ll collaborate to compose and a play to be performed by professional actors, all within 24 hours. Please join us to stretch our creative muscles and use design abilities to tell stories. Absolutely NO […]

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