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Creating My Project

Participants will learn how to provide opportunities for youth to direct and manage their own learning and explore strategies to help young people learn to be problem solvers and contributors to computer science.
Strategy: 
Supporting Youth Development Through STEM
Skill: 
Giving Youth Control
Situation: 
Training (large group)
Length: 
60 minutes
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Seeing Patterns

Participants will learn how to help youth reflect and process experiences with patterns and trends in data to assist them in computation thinking.
Strategy: 
Developing STEM Practices & Mindset
Skill: 
Reflecting and Processing STEM Experiences
Situation: 
Training (large group)
Length: 
95 minutes
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Break It Down

Participants will learn how breaking problems into smaller, manageable parts is key to computational thinking and building this skill.
Strategy: 
Developing STEM Practices & Mindset
Skill: 
Enabling Active STEM Learning
Situation: 
Training (large group)
Length: 
120 minutes
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You're a Computational Thinker

Participants will learn how they are computational thinkers, how these practices fit into other activities, and how to develop computational thinking practices with youth.
Strategy: 
Supporting Youth Development Through STEM
Skill: 
Developing a STEM Identity
Situation: 
Training (large group)
Length: 
120 minutes
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Prepping for Learning

Participants will experience a poorly facilitated STEM activity and develop a list of considerations to make when planning for STEM learning.
Strategy: 
Preparing for Success in STEM
Skill: 
Preparing STEM Learning Opportunities
Situation: 
Training (large group)
Length: 
60 minutes
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Using Models

Participants will demonstrate the importance of models when trying to answer questions and draw conclusions.
Strategy: 
Developing STEM Practices & Mindset
Skill: 
Modeling Science Practices
Situation: 
Training (large group)
Length: 
85 minutes
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