Typing for Beginners

Provided By: Jennifer Thornton

Students will be introduced to keyboarding. Students will learn how to type in interactive lessons with fun games and exercises.

Grades 3-6

60 Minutes Per Session

Amazing Scratch Name Animation

Provided By: Jennifer Thornton

Students will create an amazing Scratch name animation to share with family and friends. This class uses Scratch, a coding platform developed by MIT, as a tool to teach basic computer science and coding concepts. Students will create an animation set to a music loop using the letters of their name and other shapes. The students will be using loops, sound, motion, looks, message, and pen extension blocks to complete this project.

Grades 2-6

50 Minutes Per Session

Speak Like a Leader

Provided By: Rachana

Communication breakdown is the primary reason for a lot of problems. Learn the parts of an effective speech and understand the pitfalls of linear communication. Learn how to speak with clarity while inspiring others to positive action. And find out the power of communication to convince, negotiate and persuade others.

Grades 3-10

55 Minutes Per Session

Connect To Calm

Provided By: Rachana

Trying to manage daily life and the chaos it comes with? Want tips to anchor yourself to calm, while things don't always go your way? Our MBSR certified coach will guide you and your child to set goals, stay happy and thrive in uncertain times. Learn practical and actionable calming techniques for parents and kids.

Grades 3-10

55 Minutes Per Session

Video Game Music

Provided By: Andy

From Mario to Minecraft, we will dive into the history of video game music and analyze some of the greatest video game melodies! Students will participate in creative listening activities, using only an audio clip to imagine what the on-screen action in the video game might look like. I will empower students with basic music vocabulary to describe what they are hearing (fast/slow tempo, rising/falling pitch, instrumentation), as well as teach students the basics of video game design and how it transforms the music (8-bit processing chips, non-linear stories, adaptive audio).

Grades 6-12

55 Minutes Per Session

Chess Lessons and Tournaments

Provided By: Rachana

Chess is the ultimate game of strategy, and superior brain training. Since 1972, when Bobby Fisher defeated Boris Spassky in the match of the century, this 1500 years old game has become a part of the human psyche all around the world. Already a player? Join our grade and rating level style monthly tournaments and take your game to the next level. Individual coaching and group coaching sessions available for K through 12. Ask for parent testimonies about our world class coaches! Three levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Grades 1-12

55 Minutes Per Session

Learn to Make & Play Arcade Games With MakeCode Arcade - Beginner

Provided By: Sreenidhi

Microsoft MakeCode is a free opensource programming platform. It allows users to create programs using blocks for a variety of hardware devices like the Tinkergen GameGo, Brainpad Arcade, Lego Mindstorms EV3, micro:bit, etc. MakeCode Arcade allows block-programming for retro arcade games. Hardware devices like Tinkergen GameGo, Brainpad Arcade, Kittenbot Meowbit, etc can be used as handheld gaming devices with the code downloaded on to them. Students can alternatively see the same results on the on-screen emulator that MakeCode Arcade provides. MakeCode Arcade allows switching between block-based programming as well as text-based coding in JavaScript and Python. Students will be able to see how their block code looks like, in JavaScript and Python by using this feature. With MakeCode Arcade's game editor, any kind of retro games can be brought to life. A Microsoft user account is not needed for this. Projects are stored locally in your browser's storage. Please visit https://arcade.makecode.com/ to take a look at the programming environment that we will be using.

Grades 3-6

60 Minutes Per Session

Coding & Puppies

Provided By: Lauren Mauel's Academic Coaching LLC

Children will learn about the concept of a dog rescue, a social program meant to save homeless dogs. In the process, they will create code for a dog animation in Scratch!

Grades 1-8

60 Minutes Per Session

Learn to Code with Scratch Jr.

Provided By: Sreenidhi

In this online course, students get to learn about ScratchJr, a block programming language and do several fun projects/activities. ScratchJr is a free programming language that is available as an app, that can be run on iPads, Android tablets, Amazon tablets, and Chromebooks. Students will be able to connect programmed blocks together to create an actual animated scene. The course starts with the first lesson which familiarizes the basic concepts and features of the app and progresses toward modifying the characters and making them move. The course culminates in making a fun Astronaut Escape Game/Movie! No prior coding experience is necessary. I have designed this course to be a step-by-step learning process in ScratchJr, so I have 6 classes, that each discusses the distinct features of ScratchJr. Each class we will be doing a project to learn about it. This class also recommends the use of any tablets/iPads/Chromebooks since the app will not run on laptops/desktops (we don't have a web-based version of ScratchJr released yet). Students will have to have the app installed on their devices prior to the first class to help facilitate learning faster. Please visit https://www.scratchjr.org/ to download the app.

Grades 1-2

50 Minutes Per Session

Fashionista of Data Science #1

Provided By: Lauren Mauel's Academic Coaching LLC

This is a course that teaches the computer and data science behind fashion and cosmetology. Computer science and data have really fun applications to real-world careers!

Grades 3-12

60 Minutes Per Session

Problem Solving with Programming 1

Provided By: Colter

Do you like puzzles? Do you want more more experience with Python? In this course, you can learn how to approach and solve puzzle-type problems using your Python skills from Python levels 1-3 at Create and Learn! We start off with some easy problems, and work our way up to easy-medium level problems. We also look at various problems and potential solutions to them, and why some solutions are faster than others. This also serves as an introduction to "competitive programming". These are contests in which people try to solve problems using their programming skills, while competing against others. (Note: Price listed gives 4 sessions)

Grades 5-12

60 Minutes Per Session

Fashionista of Data Science #2

Provided By: Lauren Mauel's Academic Coaching LLC

This is a course that teaches the computer and data science behind fashion and cosmetology. Computer science and data have really fun applications to real-world careers!

Grades 3-12

60 Minutes Per Session

Problem Solving with Programming 2

Provided By: Colter

In level 2, we learn more advanced tricks and techniques as well as expand on concepts that we are already familiar with! This will allow us to solve problems that are more difficult than those in level 1. This includes learning about the "collections" module, using lambdas, and more!

Grades 5-12

60 Minutes Per Session

Astronomy of the night sky

Provided By: Ben Lipper

Take an intergalactic tour of the universe without leaving your seat! Discover which planets are up in the night sky and how to find them, including how to see the moons of Saturn and Jupiter with only a simple pair of binoculars! We'll explore exotic moons, icy comets, rocky asteroids and dwarf planets on our tour of the solar system, and sneak a peek at interstellar objects recently detected that passed right through our solar system!

Grades 4-8

55 Minutes Per Session