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Coding: Algorithms
Algorithms are a repeatable series of steps that, when followed, complete a task. Computers use algorithms all the time to solve problems and accomplish various tasks. The instructions are you write an algorithm to navigating the maze. There is often more than one way to accomplish a task, so there may be more than one algorithm for any given task. 0
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La Codifacación: Los algoritmos
Los algoritmos son una repetible serie de pasos que, al seguirlos, completan una tarea. Las computadoras usan los algoritmos todo el tiempo para resolver problemas y cumplir varias tareas. Las instrucciones que escribiste son un algoritmo para navegar el laberinto. A menudo hay más de una manera de cumplir una tarea, así que puede haber más de un... 0
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Thirsty Candle
Patrons use a candle, dish, water, and a drinking glass to experiment how a flame interacts with oxygen to create low and high pressure systems. 0
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Home Sweet Home
A habitat is the natural home or environment of a plant, an animal, or other organism. A habitat provides an animal with food, water, and a place to live. Sometimes animals cannot live in their natural habitats, and humans must build habitats for them. To meet the animals’ needs, people try to mimic their natural habitats as much as possible. 0
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Marine Debris Magnets
Patrons make a magnet about marine debris and ocean pollution to spread awareness about keeping the ocean free of trash. 0
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Waffle Gardens: Sustaining Life in the Desert
This Take & Make kit explores an effective method of agriculture in arid environments - Waffle Gardens! This technique was developed centuries ago by Indigenous Peoples of the American southwest and is still used today. Patrons create their own waffle garden and test how it withholds soil moisture compared to a non-waffle garden. 0
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Walk Through Time: Water in the Four Corners Region...
This brand new activity allows patrons to learn more about their community's history with water through a digital photo gallery! Be one of the first to try out this draft activity and leave a review to tell us how it went! 0
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Aviary Architect
Patrons build a roof for a birdhouse that will stay cool in the summer. 0
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Design a Better Pinwheel
Engineers are consistently challenged to improve the performance of their designs. Take the simple pinwheel—how can we create a better pinwheel? Students compete to design a pinwheel that spins in the slightest breeze possible. 0
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Saving Sea Turtles
Newly-hatched sea turtles use moonlight to find their way to the sea. Tall, bright lights can confuse them. Build a prototype of beach lighting for paths that guides humans safely but doesn't distract turtles. 0
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Animal Tracker
Use the micro:bit's accelerometer and radio features to make a prototype of a device to help scientists track polar bears or other animals and discover how they are being affected by climate change. 0
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First Come, First Served
Participants role-play various scenarios of competing water use as they learn about water rights and the principles of how water is "allocated" or divided in watersheds. 0
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