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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 […]

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 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 […]

Mini Design Challenge COVID19 Social Distancing

Climate Crisis, entrepreneurship camps girls, Leadership girls, Mini Design Challenge, STEM education, teen civic engagement Girls Take the LeadMarch 15, 2020July 13, 2020COVID 19, Social Distancing

Show Us Your Idea to Demonstrate Social Distancing in a FUN Way! Give Kids a Creative Outlet For Expression. COVID 19 precautions can be scary and uncertain. To give kids a creative outlet for expression we present this STEM/STEAM Design Challenge to demonstrate Social Distancing in a FUN way. This can be a short video, […]

Sustainable Fashion Open Innovation Challenge

Climate Crisis, entrepreneurship camps girls, Leadership girls, STEM education, Sustainable Fashion Innovation Challenge Girls Take the LeadMarch 2, 2020March 2, 2020global innovation challenge, Innovation Challenge, sustainable fashion

Launching March 8, International Women’s Day The Sustainable Fashion Global Innovation Challenge tasks young leaders to propose an innovative solution that supports and encourages Sustainable Fashion. The Sustainable Fashion Global Innovation Challenge is an Open Challenge. Teams can include mixed ages, moms and daughters, schools, clubs, friends. What do we mean by Sustainable Fashion? Sustainable […]

5 Keys to Girls’ STEM Success

entrepreneurship camps girls, Leadership girls, STEM education Girls Take the LeadFebruary 14, 2020July 13, 2020build STEM confidence, global innovation challenge

Build STEM Confidence Building Students’ Confidence for Success in STEM Programs and Careers. We have all read the statistics. Women make up half of the total U.S. college educated workforce today but hold only one quarter of the science and engineering jobs. How do we build confidence? Get girls involved in hands on STEM activities. These […]