Innovative Tech STEM Newburyport Based Classes Ages 6 - 13
​Scratch & Scratch Junior Classes
&  
Global Citizenship Programs Collaborating with Kenyan Youth 


Global Citizenship

​ From our Kenyan Leader, Bonaventure: "It was fantastic for our kids to exchange ideas. Tell all the kids that participated that one day they will change the world through technology, unity, and diplomacy."
   Global Citizenship in Your School or After School Program:September 29th 4 - 6 PM teacher workshop to assist in integrating Global Connections into your programs.
  Youth workshop for teens September 22nd 4 - 6 PM

Both meetings will be held at Unitarian Church 26 Pleasant street Newburyport: Lower Meeting Hall Rooms A&B

 Call us at (617) 320-1098 or email to register for one of these workshops.  sandra@smallsolutionsbigideas.org 

  We will be forming collaborative projects for youth grades in grades 5 - 8 at Newburyport Youth Services.  Sign up on their website. newburyportyouthservices.com
 
  
Thinking About Thinking and Learning with Technology
Together these youth take on common challenges, such as improving their daily lives and economic situations, protecting their country’s natural and human resources  .Global Citizenship is youth building a future together.
Small Solutions Scratch & Scratch Jr:  
Spring and Summer Classes

APRIL VACATION:  
Scratch Jr: Wed & Friday 10 - 12 AM Unitarian Church. 26 Pleasant Street, Newburyport. $20 Per class.
To register email sandra@smallsolutionsbigideas.org
Instructors:  Sandra Thaxter, Laurel Hanke, Susan MacPhee
Using Scratch programming as an environment for youth to learn logic, sequencing and designing complex systems. We will use localized problems as subjects. 
Scratch and Scratch extensions.  Makey Makey;  Game Design. Scratch Extensions with Music, and sensors.  
Hands on Activities: Scratch Games, Animations, and Design
This program is based on the fact that the most useful property of a computer in education is that it enables the student to carry out experiments with great precision, using many different approaches. Major projects will be suggested by the presenter, but the students will be encouraged to pose their own goals at times.

​This project incorporates the following approaches:
  • Project orientated learning
  • Learning by discovery
  • Community of Inquiry (COI)
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Class Challenges:  
  • Create an animated story of your community
  • Animate your name: use move, costumes and sound features
  • Create patterns of colors, circles, and create repeating shapes
  • Create a maze game based on poachers searching for elephants to harvest their tusks.  Draw your own 'sprites', use your imagination to keep elephants safe from poachers.
  • Design a youth center with 3d design tools