Virginia Tech DC Metro Area Thinkabit Lab STEM Education and Workforce Development Programs: Boolean Girls Full STEM Ahead

Virginia Tech's DC Metro Area Thinkabit Lab STEM Education and Workforce Development Programs is the longest-serving collaborator in the Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab network. The mission of our Thinkabit Lab is to serve Washington, D.C. area students, teachers, administrators, parents, and collaborators in technical career exploration and the hands-on electronic and programming foundations of IOT and Smart Cities, AI and robotics automation, sensors, actuators, and data collection and analysis.

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Boolean Girls Full STEM Ahead - Episode 1 Pong

The live session broadcast from the Virginia Tech Thinkabit Lab was recorded for playback from

https://booleangirl.org/full-stem-ahead/

Episode 1: Pong

March 11, 3-4 PM Eastern Time

Ages: 8-13

In this episode, we will work together to create a game in Scratch. We will start by covering the basics, so even a beginner can complete this project.

Build the game Pong and learn how to:

Log in to scratch, create code and save your work;
Use events to make a Sprite move;
Use variables to keep score; and
Use conditionals to know when to make something happen.