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Power of Creativity Challenge

Covid Slide, Digital Skills, Entrepreneurship, Leadership girls, STEM education, STEM in Community dee@greenapplecampus.orgNovember 16, 2020November 16, 2020COVID 19, Creativity in STEM

3 Design Challenges in the Power of Creativity News comes at us from all directions these days which can be stressful. Did you know that creativity can help reduce stress? It’s true, Creativity is powerful! It can: Increase Happiness Improve Mental Health Boost Your Immune System Improve Cognitive Function Tapping in to your creative energy […]

Rube Goldberg Challenge

Covid Slide, Digital Skills, Mini Design Challenge, STEM education, virtual learning Girls Take the LeadSeptember 28, 2020September 28, 2020Rube Goldberg Machine

Your Challenge is to Build aRube Goldberg Machine with a Halloween Twist Let’s get started! Your Halloween themed Rube Goldberg Machine must do something at the end. This could be to turn off a light, put candy in a cauldron, make a scary noise. Surprise us with something spooky! Who Was Rube Goldberg? Rube Goldberg […]

Calling STEM Entrepreneurs

Career Skills, Entrepreneurship, Leadership girls, Pay Gap, STEM education, STEM Gap, STEM in Community dee@greenapplecampus.orgSeptember 4, 2020September 4, 2020entrepreneur bootcamp, gender pay gap, Girls Entrepreneurship

STEM Entrepreneur Bootcamp Join GreenApple for the STEM Entrepreneur Bootcamp series focusing on the rapidly growing STEM Education and Virtual Learning business sectors. You will gain the entrepreneurial mindset and skills to successfully launch and grow your education business, learn how to pivot and maximize opportunity. Why Launch a STEM Education Business? STEM education is a rapidly […]

Free Webinar Series Students & Job Seekers

Career Skills, Digital Skills, Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship camps girls, Innovation Engine, Leadership girls, STEM education Girls Take the LeadAugust 31, 2020August 31, 2020Girls Entrepreneurship, STEM careers

Looking for a new job, brushing up your digital skills or changing careers? This webinar series is for you! And its Free! Digital Skills for Everyday Tasks / September 22 @ 1pm EST Create a Resume with Google Docs / October 6 @ 1pm EST Power Your Job Search with Google Tools / October 20 […]

Learning Pods

Covid Slide, Learning Pod Resources, live virtual camps, Private Lessons Math, Private Lessons Reading, virtual learning Girls Take the LeadAugust 1, 2020August 1, 2020learning pod resources, learning pods, micro schools, pandemic pods, safe centers online learning, scol

Enrich Your Learning Pod with Girls Take the Lead What are Learning Pods? Learning Pods are small group learning environments formed by parents, communities, schools and school districts. Learning Pods, as a response to covid, are a new form of schooling to fill the gaps as we all return back to school. How do Learning […]

Create with Code

entrepreneurship camps girls, Innovation Engine, Leadership girls, live virtual camps, STEM education, virtual learning Girls Take the LeadJuly 13, 2020July 13, 2020imagiCharm, imagiLabs

We are excited to partner with imagiLabs to offer Creative Coding with imagiCharm, a Live Virtual Camp. Kids learn to code with Python to create personalized digital displays on their imagiCharm. Learn to create with code to customize your imagiCharm, collaborate and share with friends. Be a creator of technology! Creative Coding with imagiCharmAugust 10 […]

How to Beat the Covid Slide

Covid Slide, Private Lessons Math, Private Lessons Reading, STEM education, STEM in Community Girls Take the LeadJune 10, 2020July 13, 2020COVID 19, covid slide

Educational institutions including GreenApple Virtual Campus and GirlsTaketheLead.org are rolling out special programs to help kids stay engaged in education and on track to continue learning. What is the Covid Slide? You have probably heard of the summer slide, the backwards steps kids can take in literacy and math over the the summer when they […]

Jumpstart Your Innovation Engine

Innovation Engine, Leadership girls, STEM education, STEM in Community dee@greenapplecampus.orgApril 29, 2020July 13, 2020Innovation

The Power of the Pivot in solving problems and positioning for the future. At times in business or in life you need to pivot while still maintaining true to your vision. When we think of the term pivot we might think of a basketball pivot or that episode of Friends where Ross is moving a couch […]

Mini Design Challenge Spring Into Citizen Science

Climate Crisis, Leadership girls, Mini Design Challenge, STEM in Community Girls Take the LeadApril 22, 2020July 13, 2020citizen science STEM, civic engagement teens

Be Part of the Climate Solution with this Mini Challenge Spring is a great time to get outdoors for some Citizen Science. You can join a Citizen Science program to share your observations or use your own Bird Journal Notebook or Bird Journal app. Though digital, the apps also have a community component to share […]

Mini Design Challenge Water Footprint

Climate Crisis, Mini Design Challenge, STEM education, STEM in Community, Uncategorized Girls Take the LeadApril 4, 2020July 13, 2020Calculate Water Footprint, Water Conservation

Calculate Your Water Footprint What natural resource is more precious that oil? Yep, water. Water is more precious than oil, especially in areas where there are no rivers or lakes and very low annual rainfall. According to Water.org 1 in 9 people do not have access to safe water. In our new normal we are all […]

STEM in the Community

Leadership girls, Mini Design Challenge, STEM education, STEM in Community, teen civic engagement Girls Take the LeadMarch 28, 2020July 13, 2020CBE, Community Based Engineering, COVID19, Learn@Home

Get Girls Involved! Kids are learning at home and schools are practicing distance learning, so let’s explore collaborative STEM engineering projects that kids can work on remotely now, then build in person when we get back to life before COVID19. One way to frame these projects is Community Based Engineering or CBE. If you don’t […]

Mini Design Challenge Ultimate Upcycling

Climate Crisis, entrepreneurship camps girls, Mini Design Challenge, STEM education, Sustainable Fashion Innovation Challenge, teen civic engagement Girls Take the LeadMarch 21, 2020July 13, 2020Ultimate Upcycling Challenge, Upcycling, Upcycling Challenge

Thank you for your positive feedback on our first challenge. Good News! A new challenge will be posted every 2 weeks with themes in STEM, Entrepreneurship and Leadership while exploring topics in Innovation, Climate, Sustainability and Civic Engagement. April is Earth MonthLet’s Go Offline For the Ultimate Upcycling Challenge In the Ultimate Upcycling Challenge you are […]