Stem Programs and Collaborative Learning With SSBI Kenya Youth 

​2017 Programs​

Global Citizenship
Connect Kids STEM
We welcome the interest of schools, after school programs, and churches. Call us at (617) 320-1098 if you want to join a session or start one in your community.​
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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."
Small Solutions Connect Kids: Summer Classes
Instructors:  Sandra Thaxter, Alan Papert, Susan MacPhee
Session I:July 17 - 21  9:15 AM - 12 PM  Ages 4 - 7

​Scratch Junior or Scratch;  Basic Game Design on and off the computer.  Story animations. Makey Makey activities.
  • Cost for Full Session $150;  Single Day $30 each. 
Session II: July 24 - 28  9:15 AM - 2 PM    Ages 7 - 13
  • Scratch and Scratch extensions.  Makey Makey;  Game Design. Scratch Extensions with Music, and sensors.Cost for Full Session $180;  Single Day $50 each
 
Unitarian Church 26 Pleasant Street, Newburyport MA 01950
Registration:  http://smallsolutionsbigideas.org  or sandra@smallsolutionsbigideas.org
Scholarships and multi-child discounts considered. Drop-ins welcome.
Registration is Open - Click Here To Register
On-going Tech Activities Thursdays at 4 PM

Or Email sandra@smallsolutionsbigideas.org
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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