alice-teacher PBSKids “SciGirls” featuring Alice

[Pappafotopoulos, Dianne]

Thanks for sharing!

Dianne M. Pappafotopoulos
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On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 5:19 PM Katie Hessen <khessen at tpt.org> wrote:

> Today is the premiere of a new episode of SciGirls on PBS kids! This
> episode, titled Cartoon Coders, features 3 middle school girls using Alice
> to create an animation that urges kids to take action in their own
> communities. Each episode of SciGirls features a group of real girls (not
> actors) working on a STEM project they find meaningful. If you watch
> closely, you will see that the girls in the episode actually used both
> Alice 2 and 3 to get the variety of scenes and characters that they wanted,
> but we don't go into this kind of detail in the show.
>
> This new episode can be streamed starting today via the PBS apps, and
> various websites (see below). It also airs on PBS stations nationwide,
> check your local listings for broadcast times and dates.
>
> Watch on the PBS Kids website:
> https://pbskids.org/scigirls/videos/?keyword=show504
> Watch or Download on the SciGirls Educator website:
> http://www.scigirlsconnect.org/resources/cartoon-coders/
> Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/_xYSe9Cj7IU
>
> Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!
> Katie Hessen
>
> A little background on SciGirls:
> SciGirls is an Emmy Award-winning PBS television series that explores,
> encourages and educates girls (and boys!) around science, technology,
> engineering and math, or STEM. Produced by Twin Cities PBS (TPT) and shared
> with public television stations nationwide, SciGirls’ five seasons are
> packed with STEM energy. In addition to standards-based episodes, children,
> families and educators everywhere enjoy SciGirls’ popular PBSKIDS.org
> website, hands-on activities and educator workshops. All of SciGirls’
> resources work together to address one simple but powerful goal: to change
> the way girls see STEM and the way the world sees girls!
>
> Season Five continues the SciGirls STEM adventure with a focus on a
> critical 21st-century skill: coding. Across five new episodes, smart,
> creative and real girls—not actors—team up with adult STEM professional
> role models to track urban wildlife, “paint” with music, explore Florida’s
> ocean life, animate, communicate and create—all by using computer coding.
> As always, SciGirls’ animated characters Izzie and Jake are along for the
> ride, using STEM to solve problems, help people and have fun!
>
> SciGirls is produced by Twin Cities PBS, and is made possible by major
> funding from the National Science Foundation. Additional support is
> provided by the Cargill Foundation, The Craig Newmark Foundation and the
> PPG Foundation.
>
> Katie Hessen | she, her, hers |  STEM Content & Outreach Specialist,
> SciGirls
> tpt Twin Cities PBS  |   172 East 4th Street  |   St. Paul, MN 55101
> Khessen at tpt.org |  o: 651-229-1428  |   m: 757-272-3866
> TV, Games & Interactive at pbskids.org/SciGirls  <
> http://pbskidsgo.org/scigirls>  |   Free guides for educators at
> SciGirlsconnect.org
> SciGirls  Media and education that change how girls see STEM and how the
> world sees girls!
>
>
> On 12/28/19, 9:08 AM, "alice-teachers on behalf of Don Slater"
> <alice-teachers-bounces+khessen=tpt.org at lists.andrew.cmu.edu on behalf of
> don at alice.org> wrote:
>
>     On Jan 2, the PBSKids program, SciGirls, will air the episode “Cartoon
> Coders”, that features girls making an animations using Alice.
>
>     SciGirls  Media and education that change how girls see STEM and how
> the world sees girls!
>
>     Free guides for educators at SciGirlsconnect.org.
>
>     See the link below for more information.
>
>     https://pbskids.org/scigirls
>
>     Don Slater
>
>     Sent from my iPad
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