Last week’s class on data analysis was a huge success and had kids eager to learn more. This week we learned how to make data more straightforward to analyze by creating graphs. Graphs are a great way to help someone visualize a large dataset. Instead of using simple charts on sites like Excel, I decided … Continue reading Data Analysis Day 2 – Yash Gupta
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Data Analysis Day 1 – Yash Gupta
Our next online unit was data analysis. What is data analysis, you may ask? Exactly what it sounds like. Collecting data on a particular topic and analyzing it to create connections and patterns. Data Analysis is an essential part of today’s society. It is used every day by meteorologists who collect various amounts of information … Continue reading Data Analysis Day 1 – Yash Gupta
Cryptology – Mansi Airen
Today we started a new unit: cryptology! This unit was a little tougher for the kids to understand but once they did, they loved making their own ciphers! We first went over what it meant to encrypt and decrypt a cipher as well as some history of cryptology and how it was initially created by … Continue reading Cryptology – Mansi Airen
Stock Market Day 3 – Mansi Airen
We are onto Week 2 of distance learning! The stock market is a very difficult topic to learn and this group of preschool-2nd graders are PHENOMENAL. They all recorded their company’s progress and today, we used that data to show them what it means when the price changes. Last week, a lot of the kids … Continue reading Stock Market Day 3 – Mansi Airen
Stock Market Day 3 – Yash Gupta
For our last activity in the stock market, instead of being simple observers, kids turned into prospective investors deciding on which companies to invest in. Using this template, kids created their stock portfolios. They chose five companies that they would be willing to invest in. Kids were able to learn even more by having to … Continue reading Stock Market Day 3 – Yash Gupta
Stock Market Day 2 – Mansi Airen
Week 1 of distance learning was a success! We reviewed the lesson from last class and the message of managing money from the optional homework. We had the children present their companies. They loved sharing what they found about their favorite brands. Today, we dived right into our stock unit! We went over the definitions … Continue reading Stock Market Day 2 – Mansi Airen
Stock Market Day 2 – Yash Gupta
Our first online learning class was a huge success, and kids were so eager to learn more about the stock market. They were so excited to share what they had observed about their favorite companies even if the trends were going down. The next activity we did was learning about the different words related to … Continue reading Stock Market Day 2 – Yash Gupta
Stock Market – Mansi Airen
Hi everyone! Today was the first day of online learning for the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cafe for Group 1! Although we miss doing our usual hand-on projects, Sejal and I tried to come up with fun topics for the kids to learn while they were stuck at home. The main goal of this lesson was … Continue reading Stock Market – Mansi Airen
Stock Market Day 1 – Yash Gupta
Welcome to the Stock Market!! Home of every company that exists around the globe. It truly is a remarkable location where millions of investors, brokers, and companies interact to make money. Learning its basics and how it functions is essential in today’s world as the entire global economy depends on its survival. To introduce the … Continue reading Stock Market Day 1 – Yash Gupta
Zipline Race – Yash Gupta
Welcome to the Zipline Race!! In this activity, kids were asked to create a device capable of carrying an object(for example a lego figure) over a zipline. The winner is the team or individual who moved their object over the zipline three times the fastest. For a demonstration, click here. When I was first presented … Continue reading Zipline Race – Yash Gupta