[TriLUG] Middle School and High School Linux project ideas?

[Judy Hallman]

Forwarding a message from "Mark R. Smith" <w4chl at rtpnet.org> -- Judy

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Subject: Fw: [Fwd: [TriLUG] Middle School and High School Linux project 
ideas?]
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:09:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mark W4CHL <RTPnet-w4chl at sneakemail.com>
To: hallman at email.unc.edu

Shawn,

There are a number of people who have brought robotics based exercises 
into the schools, particularly middle schools, as part of EWeek. Check 
out EWeek.org,  and our local NC-EWeek.org is starting to prepare for 
the 2009 EWeek visit cycle. The EWeek.org site has links to many actual 
hands-on activities including some on robotics and linkages into the 
math and science curricula in the schools.

We also have an upcoming session at the NC Museum of Life and Science in 
Durham on 16Aug, come talk to our team which usually includes at least 
one hands-on robotics demo see:
http://www.ncmls.org/visit/events/engineerday

The museum day is targeted toward upper elementary kids, but the 
presenters are core EWeek  volunteers. We welcome you coming out and 
talking with us though at present we aren't seeking any more volunteers.

Cheers de Mark
Mark Smith   C3H IT Services IT Architect

-----Forwarded Message-----
 >From: "Judy Hallman hallman-at-email.unc.edu |W4CHLatRTPnet20031001|" 
<...>
 >Sent: Aug 7, 2008 11:55 AM
 >To: "Mark R. Smith" <w4chl at rtpnet.org>
 >Subject: [Fwd: [TriLUG] Middle School and High School Linux project 
ideas?]
 >
 >Mark,
 >
 >Perhaps you have suggestions for Shawn.
 >
 >Judy
 >
 >-------- Original Message --------
 >Subject: [TriLUG] Middle School and High School Linux project ideas?
 >Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:39:40 -0400
 >From: Shawn Hartsock <hartsock at acm.org>
 >Reply-To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion 
<trilug at trilug.org>
 >To: trilug at trilug.org
 >
 >School is just around the corner and I have gotten some excitement
 >around Middle School computer and robot club going at my Triangle area
 >school... great! now what? Does anyone have some ideas for teaching
 >robotics, physics, and related math to middle school kids? I'm already
 >aware of http://www.usfirst.org/ and the ACM programming contest (more
 >suitable for high schoolers obviously)
 >
 >Anybody got other ideas?
 >
 >--
 >/** Shawn.Hartsock http://hartsock.blogspot.com/ //*/
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