Open to all high school STEM teachers in Pittsburgh and the surrounding Appalachian Region in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Western Maryland.

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WORKSHOP MATERIALS

Schedule

Monday, July 16
8:00-9:00 Registration, Breakfast
9:00-9:30 Welcome, Surveys
9:30-10:30 Computer Science Unplugged
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Algorithmic Thinking: Iteration and Conditions
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Computer Lab
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-5:00 Computer Lab
5:00-6:00 Dinner
Tuesday, July 17
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Recursive Thinking
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Sorting Data and Computational Efficiency
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Computer Lab
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-5:00 Computer Lab
5:00-6:00 Dinner
Wednesday, July 18
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Recursion in Math and Science
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Computability: Can Computers Solve Any Problem?
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Computer Lab
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-5:00 Computer Lab
5:00-6:00 Dinner
Thursday, July 19
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Cryptography
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Computer Science Roadshows
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Computer Lab
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-5:00 Create a STEM-Related Program for Friday Showcase
5:00-6:00 Dinner
Friday, July 20
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:30 Computation and STEM: College Majors and Careers
9:30-12:00 Create a STEM-Related Program for Friday Showcase (cont'd)
12:00-1:00 Working Lunch, Submit Programs for Showcase
1:00-3:00 Presentations for CT Showcase
3:00-4:00 Assessment and Survey
4:00-5:00 Wrap-Up

 

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