We were lucky to have the ‘Josh and Gab Show’ revisit the students to promote the ultimate anti-bullying message this past Thursday! Josh Verbanets and Gab Bonesso are two Pittsburgh-based writers, performers, educators, and public personalities. They perform for all ages by using a ‘musical-comedy approach’ about how to stop […]
Code.org created something ingenious. The plethora of learn it yourself fun game-like software design programs have created this bite-sized introductions and made it available for free on their website the week of December 8-14. Schools across the world (yes – WORLD!) are offering students a window of an hour of […]
That’s right. 4th and 5th graders Enrichment students have logged in each week to Stanford University where they were enrolled in the the online class taught by Professor Jo Boaler on How Kids Learn Math. MOOC is an acronym for “Massive Open Online Course.” It is an online class offered […]
Pickles is a 15-year-old male. He is black and white and very friendly. The Beaver County Humane Society in located at 3394 Brodhead Rd. Center Twp, Pa 15001. Their phone is 724-775 5801. Pickles and many other cats would love a new home for the holidays.
Mothers and their daughters (ages 10 and up) are invited to join Veronica Judt (Media Lab Research Fellow), Audra Bradford (Beautycounter by Audra), and Jennifer Scheib (photographer) for a two hour Beauty 101 Workshop. Beauty 101 Saturday morning December 6 10 am to noon Baden Academy Media Lab The workshop […]
Parents and students who want to attend the afternoon session of Duquesne Conference on Companion Animals and the law to support Miriam and Jadyn may sign up for free tickets at Duquesne University’s websites. Read more about their upcoming presentation and documentary in the Grow a Generation Blog: Two Fifth Graders […]
The Baden Academy Naturalists Club will hold its first meeting Thursday November 6, 2014 2:45-3:45 The Baden Academy’s Media Lab What we are going to do: Have a club all about nature. Suggestions for topics will be taken at our first official meeting. We already have some fun ideas planned […]
Learners in grades 2-5 can earn one media lab point for submitting a paragraph description of the difference between a hard drive and Google Drive in the cloud. Their paragraph must be original, include an opening sentence, several clear researched facts, a concluding sentence. Learners can earn a second point […]
Congratulations to Will Ritchie for earning the most points in the last Scratch challenge. Good work! There were some people who remixed the project who did not leave their name, so I am not sure who to give points to. Claim your prizes. Steps to enter the challenge. CLICK THIS […]
Eighteen incredible year long projects announced with forty-four 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade research fellows. Look over the list, and contact Ellen Cavanaugh at medialab@badenacademy.org with ideas you may have for resources and mentors. Fellows meet once a week for support in their passion based project then log long hours […]