Clubs

There are many different kinds of clubs around the world

Technovation - https://technovationchallenge.org/

Technovation is a competition for girls in middle and high school. Girls work in teams to build both a mobile app and a business plan to launch that app, supported by mentors and guided by our curriculum. Teams start to get organized in November and December and the season runs from January through May.

First Lego League and First Robotics - https://www.firstinspires.org/

The "First" series of events offers 4 different clubs for different age groups, from Kindergarten all the way up through grade 12. The competition opens in August and runs through December, with state and national championships every year. Details are in the image at the bottom of this page or on their website.

Girls Who Code - https://girlswhocode.com/

Girls Who Code is a national non-profit working to close the gender gap in technology. Our Clubs are free after-school programs for 6-12th grade girls to use computer science to impact their community and join our sisterhood of supportive peers and role models

Google CS First - https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/en/home

CS First offers both one-off activities (like Hour of Code) and complete multi-week curricula for ages 9-14. They also offer physical materials including posters, stickers, passports, etc.

CoderDojo - https://www.coderdojo.com

CoderDojo is a world-wide club with about 2,000 "dojos". The biggest advantage is that it can be set up however you want to play to your strengths. Do you know a lot of web-designers? It can be a web-design club. Do you prefer electronics? It can be a Raspberry Pi or Arduino Club. Want to do a little bit of everything and have the students choose every week (or every month)? Great! That's what we're doing!

There is a lot of support from the organization itself and if you can get some volunteers to help, you'll be on your way.

The handbook can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17HKD4dIbJbs1dIkZ6drEYvf0pWMeAA1i/view

BDPA (Black Data Processing Association)

The BDPA is a national organization whose goal is to advance minority participation in tech careers. Our local chapter is focused on providing middle and high school students with tools and education to create websites and participate in the national championships every year.

CodeClub - https://www.codeclubworld.org/

Easy to follow coding projects which help children learn Scratch, HTML & CSS and Python by making games, animations and websites. The projects gradually introduce coding concepts to allow children to grow their understanding of digital making. This gradual approach also means there's no need for the adult running the session to be a computing expert.

HackClub - https://hackclub.com/

Hack Clubs are student-led clubs dedicated to fostering the hacker culture in high schools. In meetings, students learn to code through building real-world projects like websites, apps, and games. They also host hackathons and hack camps