Kids Code & Computer Science

Collection of the Learnmore links from all of the August 2022 stories, in one place.

The Shifting Sands

Sand Crisis

https://graphics.reuters.com/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/SAND/ygdpzekyavw/

Sustainable Building

https://www.timeforkids.com/g34/building-green-2/?rl=en-710

Building Design Facts

https://kids.kiddle.co/Building_design

Sustainability

https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/sustainability/631786

Sand Shortage

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/05/sand-shortage-the-world-is-running-out-of-a-crucial-commodity.html

Global Sand Supply Shortage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev4il9tVV9U

Calculating Global Sand Demand

https://phys.org/news/2022-03-global-sand-demand-years-ways.html

Replacement of Sand in Concrete

https://gharpedia.com/blog/replacement-of-sand-in-concrete/

Alternatives to Using Sand in Construction

https://www.proudgreenbuilding.com/news/infographic-finding-alternatives-to-using-sand-in-construction/

Alternatives to Sandbox Sand

https://ownplayground.com/what-can-you-use-instead-of-sand-in-a-sandbox/

7 Alternatives to Sandbox Sand

https://sunshineandplay.com/7-sandbox-alternatives-for-sand/

Using Plastic Waste to Solve Sand Shortage

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57832425

Managing Sand

https://www.science.org/content/article/world-needs-get-serious-about-managing-sand-says-un-report

The World is Built on Sand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2_PADr0jAA

The Messy Business of Sand Mining

https://graphics.reuters.com/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/SAND/ygdpzekyavw/

22 Uses of Sand

https://civiltoday.com/civil-engineering-materials/sand/266-uses-of-sand

How Sand is Made

http://www.madehow.com/Volume-3/Sand.html

Pet Tech Goes Off-Leash

Instructables IoT feeder

https://www.instructables.com/IoT-Pet-Feeder/

Migo smart collar

https://www.yankodesign.com/2021/08/13/these-iot-pet-devices-uses-smart-technology-to-allow-owners-to-interact-with-their-dogs-while-away-from-home/

Smartpaw litterbox

https://www.sgsmartpaw.com/products/petree-automatic-cat-litter-box-gen-2-wifi-model

Smartpaw robot

https://www.sgsmartpaw.com/products/skymee-owl-robot-camera-treats-dispenser

Five IoT products for pets

https://welink.com/2021/08/20/5-iot-devices-that-make-pet-care-a-breeze/

IoT Pet Tech Solutions

https://www.cogniteq.com/blog/iot-pet-tech-solutions-future-smart-technologies-pets

Pet IoT

https://master.org.br/en/news/pet-iot-2/

IoT Tech for Pets

https://imaginovation.net/blog/iot-tech-for-pets/

IoT Wearables Keep Pets Safe

https://www.softeq.com/blog/iot-wearables-keep-pets-healthy-happy-and-safe-why-and-how

IoT Products for Puppies

https://www.iotforall.com/iot-products-for-puppies

Making Dogs More Than Just Man’s Best Friend

https://news.rakwireless.com/iot-making-the-dog-more-than-just-mans-best-friend/

The Internet of Things vs. Cats

https://dashkitten.com/internet-things-cats-connectivity/

Fun Automatic Pet Feeder Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUcY138t3OU

Face It: We Love Our Emoji

The Softbank Emoji

https://emojitimeline.com/the-real-original-emojis/

History of DoCoMo

https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-origin-of-the-word-emoji/

Who invented Emoji

https://kids.tpl.ca/wonders/573

A Brief History of Emoji

https://www.bustle.com/articles/152580-where-did-emoji-come-from-heres-a-brief-history-of-everyones-favorite-pictograms-video

Origin of the Word Emoji

https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-origin-of-the-word-emoji/

The Invention of Emojis

https://www.hackreactor.com/blog/the-invention-of-emojis-a-brief-history

The Man Who Invented Emojis

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/emoji-shigetaka-kurita-standards-manual/index.html

How Many Emojis Are There?

https://www.webnots.com/how-many-emojis-are-there-in-total/

New Emojis

https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-15-4-emoji-changelog/

Now Wait a Second!

Using Quasars to Measure the Earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59Bl8cjNg-Y

Leap Seconds 101

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=leap+second+national+geographic#kpvalbx=_YU4iYt6wJOqQggfzw4m4Aw17

No leap second for December 31, 2021

https://earthsky.org/human-world/leap-second-june-30-december-31-why-need-controversy/

Leap Seconds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second

What is a Leap Second?

https://www.timeanddate.com/time/leapseconds.html

Why Do We Need a Leap Second?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_KidUQpeKo

The Future of Leap Seconds

https://www.timeanddate.com/time/leap-seconds-future.html

Negative Leap Second

https://www.timeanddate.com/time/negative-leap-second.html

How Do We Measure Time?

https://www.nist.gov/how-do-you-measure-it/how-do-we-measure-time

How Measuring Time Shaped History

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-measuring-time-shaped-history/

Measurement of Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTeIi-R_eTI

Physics of Time

https://www.exactlywhatistime.com/physics-of-time/

Bill Nye – Measuring Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5fTugaLjyw
Scientists Redefine How We Measure Time

https://thenextweb.com/news/why-scientists-are-trying-to-redefine-how-we-measure-time-syndication

IERS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Earth_Rotation_and_Reference_Systems_Service

Living and Learning with Moxie

Meet Moxie

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/19/world/moxie-robot-hnk-spc-intl/index.html

Rethinking Social Development with Moxie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dd_r-aqecw

Embodied Moxie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YRNjclHTHg

Real Stories about Moxie

https://embodied.com/blogs/real-stories?gclid=Cj0KCQjw8O-VBhCpARIsACMvVLMKMglqsFx75NabqWIDHefcdQvKTUrs08ZNqjrvwp07voU-59-hEwQaAsrDEALw_wcB

Moxie Launch

https://sada.com/insights/customer-story/sada-and-google-cloud-support-embodied-in-revolutionizing-child-development-with-the-launch-of-moxie/

VR is the Best Medicine

NASA and VIEW

https://www.nasa.gov/ames/spinoff/new_continent_of_ideas/

History of VR

https://www.fi.edu/virtual-reality/history-of-virtual-reality

VR and Vaccines

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-covid-vaccine-clinics-kids-1.6281533

The Oxford Medical Simulation

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/mar/16/it-reduces-surgical-error-can-vr-train-better-doctors

Virtual Reality in Medicine

https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/virtual-reality-medicine

Five Ways VR is Changing Healthcare

https://medicalfuturist.com/5-ways-medical-vr-is-changing-healthcare/

VR and the Future of Healthcare

https://www.cedars-sinai.org/blog/virtual-reality-future-healthcare.html

VR Making Medical Care Less Scary for Kids

https://leaps.org/virtual-reality-is-making-medical-care-for-kids-less-scary-and-painful/particle-1

VR Explained for Kids

https://blog.cospaces.io/virtual-reality-explained-for-kids-118ab3c5cf9

Boston Children’s Hospital Uses VR

https://patientexperience.wbresearch.com/blog/boston-children-hospital-vr-strategy-for-kids

Applications of VR in Medicine

https://www.news-medical.net/health/Applications-of-Virtual-Reality-in-Medicine.aspx

How Will VR Change the Future of Medicine?

https://www.docwirenews.com/how-vr-will-change-the-future-of-medicine/

VR Gives Kids Power to Dream

https://www.madebyeden.com/insights/how-vr-breaks-confinement-walls-healthcare-escapism

Own a Piece of the Internet

What is Neocities?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocities

Neocities

https://neocities.org

Yesterweb

https://yesterweb.org/

Yesterweb Webring

https://yesterweb.org/webring/

Blissnet

https://blissnet.neocities.org/

Neocities: Social Media Alternative

https://www.polygon.com/23024357/neocities-social-media-alternative

Talking Neocities with Founder Kyle Drake

https://www.hostingadvice.com/blog/neocities-empowers-site-owners-to-showcase-their-creativity-online/

Build a Neocities website

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoO6rg45mQs

A New Weapon in the Marine Trash War

Satellites Site Coastal Plastic Waste

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220202111841.htm

Satellites Identify Plastic Marine Debris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgZmCZd2xRc

Detecting Plastics in Coastal Waters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylT4J6wCctQ

Marine Plastic from Orbit

https://www.planet.com/pulse/all-eyes-on-marine-plastic/

Satellites Spot Coastal Plastic Waste

https://www.planet.com/pulse/all-eyes-on-marine-plastic/

Satellites Connect Scientists with Ocean Life

https://www.noaa.gov/stories/3-ways-satellites-connect-scientists-with-ocean-life

Scientists Use NASA Satellite to Track Ocean Waste

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/esnt2021/scientists-use-nasa-satellite-data-to-track-ocean-microplastics-from-space

What is Marine Debris?

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/marinedebris.html

Marine Plastic Pollution

https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/marine-plastic-pollution

Learn About Aquatic Trash

https://www.epa.gov/trash-free-waters/learn-about-aquatic-trash

Trash Talk About Marine Debris

https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/videos/trash-talk-what-marine-debris

Marine Debris Impacts

https://www.doi.gov/ocl/marine-debris-impacts

Ocean Pollution Threat to Human Health

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/programs/geh/geh_newsletter/2021/2/articles/new_study_finds_ocean_pollution_a_threat_to_human_health.cfm

Impact of Marine Debris

https://whyy.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/noaa-interactive-15/marine-debris-impacts-ocean-today/

Seven Solutions to Reduce Ocean Plastic Pollution

https://www.oceanicsociety.org/resources/7-ways-to-reduce-ocean-plastic-pollution-today/

Ten Scientific Solutions to Plastic Pollution

https://earth.org/scientific-solutions-to-plastic-pollution/

Kevlar: It’s Everywhere!

Kevlar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevlar

How does Kevlar work?

https://www.explainthatstuff.com/kevlar.html

Why are Kevlar Vests Bulletproof

https://www.scienceabc.com/innovation/what-is-kevlar-material-clothing-why-kevlar-armor-vests-bulletproof.html

What is Kevlar and What are the Benefits

https://smicomposites.com/kevlar-101-what-is-it-and-what-are-the-benefits/

60 Kevlar Facts for Kids

https://www.factsjustforkids.com/engineering-facts/kevlar-facts-for-kids/

Kevlar

https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Kevlar

What Makes Kevlar So Strong?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-makes-kevlar-so-stro/

Kevlar products

https://www.dupont.com/fabrics-fibers-and-nonwovens/consumer-products.html

Body Armor Made from Spider Silk

https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-tactical/body-armor-from-spider-silk/

Lab-made Spider Silk

https://www.futurity.org/lab-made-spider-silk-polymeric-amyloid-fiber-2602842/

Is Spider Silk the Next Bulletproof Material?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBVA_i4R1VY”

Stronger Than Steel, Tougher than Kevlar

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210720185821.htm

History of Body Armor

https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-body-armor-and-bullet-proof-vests-1991337

Body Armor Materials

https://www.safeguardarmor.com/articles/body-armor-materials/

It’s Later than You Think

History and Science of Hourglasses

https://stuffkidslove.net/sand-timers-guide/

Hourglass

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hourglass

Water Clock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_clock

Unix Time

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time

Gregorian Calendar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar

Hebrew Calendar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar

Islamic Calendar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calendar

French Republican Calendar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar

Decimal Time in France

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time#France

History of Timekeeping Devices

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_timekeeping_devices

Clocks

” target=”_blank”>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock

cURLing

What is cURL?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL

Everything Curl

https://everything.curl.dev/

How does Curl Relate to APIs?

https://developer.ibm.com/articles/what-is-curl-command/

Curl Command Exercise

https://linuxize.com/post/curl-command-examples/

Daniel Stenberg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Stenberg

Make a clock timer

How to make a clock timer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lV3qRXCpbc

Create a Countdown Clock and Stopwatch Timer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWb3xZG_YSI

Making a timer in Scratch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkaoRl2BcQ4

Let’s Make Some Random Noise

What is Perlin Noise?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perlin_noise

Perlin Noise

https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/programming-natural-simulations/programming-noise/a/perlin-noise

Perlin Noise Facts

https://kids.kiddle.co/Perlin_noise

Perlin Noise

http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Perlin_noise

Perlin Noise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perlin_noise

Ken Perlin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Perlin

A Chat with Professor Ken Perlin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro2h-e02fIQ

Wardle’s Wordle World

Josh Wordle

https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/josh-wardle-wordle-gdc-2022

What is Wordle?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordle

What to know about Wordle

https://www.cnet.com/culture/internet/wordle-what-to-know-about-the-viral-word-game/

What is Wordle and How to Play It?

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/what-is-wordle-how-to-play-it-everything-about-the-world-famous-game/articleshow/91624394.cms?from=mdr

Meet Worldle Geography Game

https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2022/02/14/meet-worldle-wordle-spinoff-for-geography-nerds/?sh=28e1e574599a

Best Games Like Wordle

https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/best-games-like-wordle/

What to Know About Wordle

https://www.today.com/popculture/popculture/wordle-know-popular-online-word-game-rcna11056

All About Quordle

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/all-about-quordle-and-how-is-it-different-from-the-world-famous-game-wordle/articleshow/91748389.cms?from=mdr

On-the-Dot Bot

Hook and simulate keyboard events on Windows and Linux

https://github.com/boppreh/keyboard

Linux 101: Introduction to sudo

https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/linux-101-introduction-sudo/

Teach, Learn, and Make with Raspberry Pi

https://www.raspberrypi.org/

Codecademy Introduction to Classes

https://www.codecademy.com/courses/learn-python-3/lessons/data-types/exercises/class

Text-to-speech x-platform

https://pypi.org/project/pyttsx3/

What Happened to Schedule Bot?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gzMCoku6ek

Gotta ‘Craft Them All!

Minecraft, MC Mods, Pixelmon

https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/pixelmon

Minecraft-Pixelmon Guide

https://codakid.com/minecraft-pixelmon/

Mod-Pixelmon

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mod.modpixelmon.pixelmon&hl=en_US&gl=US

How to Install Pixelmon mod

https://gamertweak.com/how-to-install-pixelmon-mod/

Capturing Creativity with Retro Game Design

Making Games with a Retro Aesthetic

https://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/articles/going-old-school-making-games-with-a-retro-aesthetic–gamedev-3567

Build Your Own Retro Game Machine

https://gizmodo.com/12-ways-to-build-your-own-retro-game-machine-1791770932

Raspberry Pi Based Retro Video Game

https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-build-a-raspberry-pi-powered-retro-video-game-console

Best Tools to Make Games

https://www.commonsense.org/education/top-picks/best-tools-to-make-games

Video Game Design influence

https://99designs.com/blog/design-history-movements/video-game-design-influence/

Computing at School

Computing at school

https://sitenamehere.org/computing-at-school/

CAS website

https://www.computingatschool.org.uk/

Computing at School

https://www.subjectassociations.org.uk/member/computing-at-school-cas/