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Extracurricular Opportunities
Missouri S&T Summer Camps - robotics, aerospace, and more
Robotics Resources
VEX EDR V5
VEXcode (scroll for links to VEXcode Blocks & VEXcode Text)
VEX STEM Labs (scroll for links to VEX V5 and VEXcode VR)
VEX EDR V4 (legacy Cortex format)
Robot Virtual Worlds (RVW)
Design and Customize a robot using 3D/solid modeling software (Fusion 360)
3D/Solid Modeling Resources
Autodesk FREE Education Plan/Licensing
Fusion 360 - professional quality cloud-powered design, 3D modeling, simulation, collaboration tools & more
Autodesk Inventor Professional - professional quality CAD software for 3D mechanical design, documentation, and product simulation
Revit - BIM software for architectural design, structural design, detailing, engineering, and construction
Autodesk Mudbox - digital painting and digital sculpting for 3D artwork
Ultimaker Cura - 3D printing/slicer software
Alternative FREE solutions and platforms
Tinkercad - web-based user-friendly, block-based 3D CAD program
Onshape - web-based 3D CAD and product development platform
Sketchup for Schools - browser-based Sketchup for users with G-Suites accounts or Microsoft Education accounts
Vectary - web-based 3D CAD program (low-poly and smooth surface models)
Sculpteo - web-based 3D CAD program from BASF and 3D printing service
Siemens FREE Education Plan/Licensing (including NX) - professional quality 3D CAD software for modeling and machine tool programming
Planner5d - user-friendly 2D/3D home design tool
Cinema 4D, Autodesk 3ds Max - 3D graphics & animation
3D/Solid Model Repositories
Web Apps / FREE software
Digital Design/Design-related
Illustration
Gravit Designer - vector design (web app)
Inkscape - vector graphics editor (download)
Krita - open source painting program (download)
Napkin - turns your text into visuals so sharing ideas is quick and effective
Animagraffs - illustrations of how stuff works (amazing examples; not a creator/editor)
Photo-editing
Digital Manufacturing
SketchChair - design & build digitally fabricated furniture
Drawing
Mockups & Dielines
Pacdora - online mockup generator for product design, packaging, books, or appearal.
Infographic Makers
Canva, Easelly, Vengage, Pictochart (requires email authentication)
Animated movies & presentations
Avatar Creators
Word Clouds
Coding/Gaming
Code.org Hour of Code - user-friendly, object-oriented, create moves to solve puzzles
CodeCombat - learn computer science and programming by playing a game
Made with Code - user-friendly, object-oriented, emphasizes sequencing, variables & more
Microsoft MakeCode - fun projects & immediate results with block and text editors
Codecademy, Girls Who Code, W3Schools, JS Bin - learn & apply web developer skills/languages online
MIT App Inventor - create apps for phones or tablets right in your web browser
VEXcode VR - learn to program a robot in a virtual environment using simulation software
CoSpaces Edu - build your own 3D creations, animate them with code and explore them in captivating ways, including Virtual and Augmented Reality
Mind Makers - learn computational thinking and code autonomous vehicles to navigate the globe in their Maps app (click the globe icon in the upper, right-hand corner for English)
BlackbirdCode - learn and teach with an educational version of JavaScript (and program a robot to complete functions).
Godot Game Engine (requires download) and Godot Web Editor (web-based) - learn to create a platformer game with node-based architecture, 3D renderer design, 2D engine, object-oriented coding in GDScript, C#, and C++
Scratch - object-oriented programming developed by MIT
Alice - 3D programming environment developed through a multi-university initiative
FlowLab - create your own online & mobile-friendly games
Ruby on Rails - open-source web framework for creating beautiful code
Tynker - learn to code with the right level of complexity AND ease of use
Processing & p5.js - a flexible design software sketchbook & language for learning how to code within the context of the visual arts
Bootstrap - learn algebraic and geometric concepts through programming
Eclipse - a community for individuals and organizations who wish to collaborate on commercially-friendly open source software
Kodu - create games on the PC and Xbox using a simple visual programming language
Python - Learn Python The Hard Way (book and programming course)
Twine - open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories
Hardware Tester - Gamepad tester
Interactive Simulations
Gear Generator - explore gear types, gear ratios, and gear trains
Simple Machines, Interactives, Dynamic Systems & Putting It To Work - investigate simple machines, mechanisms & dynamic systems
CityPlanner - design, sketch, analyse, and import from 3D cities with high-res imagery
Electude - engine management/troubleshooting simulator
Coin Flipper & Dice Roller - probability tools
Molecular Workbench - explore simulations AND use the modeling tool to create your own!
Gizmos - online simulations that power inquiry & understanding
PhET - open source research-based science & math simulations (Java, Flash, HTML 5)
MIT Education Arcade - explore virtual worlds & experiment with technology
Interactive Physics - physics simulation software for the classroom (and home)
CSU Simulations & Animations - a hub of sites & directories
MicroWorlds - perform mathematical experiments, explore science simulations & more
WISC - digital library of learning objects
ITSI-SU (Concord Consortium) - STEM activities that integrate technologies including modeling, computational thinking & real-time data acquisition
NanoDoc - online game that allows bioengineers and the general public to design new nanoparticle strategies towards the treatment of cancer
EyeWire - play a game to map the brain - a 3D structure of neurons
EteRNA - make molecules & solve RNA folding puzzles (dev. by Carnegie Mellon and Stanford)
Foldit - crowdsourcing computer game enabling you to fold proteins to solve puzzles
Mathematics
Physics
Forces Lab - Simulate how forces affect structures
Catapult - Experiment with a virtual catapult by changing variables
Engineering
Building Big - Explore large structures & what it takes to build them
Super Bridge - Match the correct bridge to the correct location
Measurement
Electricity
Autodesk 123D Circuits - electronic project simulator
Media (images, audio & video)
Soundtrap - audio recording, editing, and mixing of beats and loops
Web Tools
Website Design
Color Theory
Screen & Video Recording
Interactive Online Whiteboards
Engineering Games
InventionAtPlay - tinker, sketch, solve & more (see Tinker Ball and Puzzle Blocks)
Cargo Bridge 2, Bridge Builder - bridge building games
Insurgo - tower construction game
NitroHaul - vehicle building game
Problem Solving / Metacognition
Common problems
Other problem solving sites
Ask yourself: What strategy am I using? Is it working? What can I do differently?
Hands-on/Maker Sites
Other Design & Technology Sites
Community Programs
St. Louis ArtWorks - art apprenticeships & volunteer opportunities
Connect A Million Minds - resource to find informal science & technology learning opportunities in your area
GCAA Makerspace - a “STEAM Room” - a space for students to maximize their creative genius
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