Archive for April 18th, 2012
Evidence – The Exploratorium
The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception located in San Francisco, California. They create tools and experiences that help you to become an active explorer and a Web site with over 25,000 pages of content!
“Curiosity and asking questions can lead to amazing moments of discovery, learning, and awareness, and can increase confidence in your ability to understand how the world works. We believe that being playful and having fun is an important part of the process for people of all ages”.
There are many different online elements to explore, from deep sea exploration with The Nautilus, to solar eclipses.
For most of us, science arrives in our lives packaged neatly as fact. But how did it get that way?
Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? examines that process, revealing the ways in which ideas and information become knowledge and understanding.Codecademy
Codecademy is website with step-by-step tutorials for learning programming in javascript, CSS and HTML. Each block has a short example and then gives the opportunity to try it out yourself. The site uses points and badges to encourage pupils to “stick with it” & celebrate successes.
As well as our events, we like to share interesting, and more often than not, FREE tools, resources and ideas, some old, some new, and we hope you might find something useful. We'd love your thoughts. Tim & Sarah
