STEMcoding hour of code submission

[Orban, Christopher]

Hi colleagues,
              About a year ago I discovered that hourofcode.com, which is the world's most popular K12 coding site, has very few science-focused coding activities for high school students and zero physics-focused coding activities. So I started an effort called the STEMcoding project (u.osu.edu/stemcoding) and, as many of you know, the girls in the ASPIRE camp have used these physics-focused coding activities the last two summers.
             Recently, the STEMcoding project submitted an activity to the hour of code that includes fun tutorial videos and a segment on the physics of video games. Here is the link to it:

go.osu.edu/hourofcode

High school physics teachers have provided a lot of feedback to the coding activities and I think you'll find that they do helpfully reinforce physics concepts, and do not just teach computer science.
              HERE IS THE BIG ASK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please share the go.osu.edu/hourofcode link with STEM educators that you may know, possibly even the physics teacher you had in high school. Even as I work with AAPT and NSTA there are a number of educators who won't be reached by these channels. Teachers can e-mail me at orban at physics.osu.edu if they have any questions or concerns. Thanks in advance for your help.
              regards,
              Chris


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