Thursday

We want you to know that we think you are awesome! 

Every lady here at camp has put in crazy amounts of effort, and it shows in your projects!

Margaret Hamilton 

Hamilton standing next to the navigation software that she and her MIT team produced for the Apollo project.


In case you don't know, the Apollo project was the NASA space program that eventually landed a man on the MOON! 
That's right, THE moon.

Margaret Hamilton was on the team that developed the in-flight software including algorithms designed for the command module, lunar lander and the Skylab.They also designed and developed software that included error detection and recovery software including a specific display that helped prioritize necessary computer functions.

Hamilton's priority software made the difference between landing safely on the moon or not!


Girls sure do rule!

Guess the Staff Member

At the end of camp each day, you will guess what fact goes with which staff member. 

Winner gets a prize!

1. This staff member plays the french horn and the piano. 

2. This staff member can memorize and rap songs really well.

3. This staff member can juggle. 

Who are they?

By the end of the two weeks you will need to be able to answer the following questions about one or all of your projects. From today on, answers these questions for each project you complete, to help with your final portfolio questions later next week. 

1. Describe one of your projects.  

2. What were you required to learn to complete it?

3. Did you use variables, loops, conditional statements, functions, list/arrays, methods or any other computer science concept?

4. Did you use abstraction, algorithms, correctness, efficiency, iteration or loop statements, variables or any other computational thinking principle?

5. How could your project relate to the "real world"? What did you learn or use that will help you outside of camp?

6. What about your project do you want people to notice most?

7. What would you do differently if you could do your project over again?

8. Does your project show how much effort you put into it? Why or why not?

Morning 

Afternoon