Fractals are proof that math can be visually beautiful. What are they exactly? A definition on Wikipedia states, “A fractal is a mathematical set that exhibits a repeating pattern displayed at every scale.” The best way to explain it is showing one of the oldest and simplest fractals – the Sierpinski triangle. It is created using
Have you finished a few sections of the Karel course? Then you are ready to create your first Karel coding game! This is an exciting break from logic and problem solving into imagination and creativity. Moreover, this is lots of fun. Your Karel games can be saved in your NCLab user account and shared with
We are thrilled to announce that Homeschool.com included NCLab among top 100 educational websites for homeschoolers. According to Homeschool.com, “NCLab provides a comprehensive curriculum in essential 21st-century STEM job skills – computational thinking, computer programming, and 3D modeling. Learn rigorously, but with the fun of a computer game. All courses are 100% self-paced and self-graded.
Recently, the NCLab Team added SVG output to both the Turtle Coding course and the Turtle Coding app. What does this mean? SVG files are vector images that are superior to many other image file formats. But more importantly – they are universally accepted by laser cutters. Laser cutting allows students to have their Turtle
Full STEAM Ahead – Issue 2 (January 2017) Happy New Year! We are excited to share the second issue of our newsletter Full STEAM Ahead. The newsletter delivers messages from prominent personalities, comments on recent developments as well as on the exciting history of computing, brings updates from schools and libraries, presents tutorials and short
NCLab was selected by Educents to be among Top 101 Educational Websites. This is what they say about NCLab: NCLab’s award-winning curriculum uses the power of games to teach computer programming and 3D modeling to 6th-12th graders. In the fundamental Karel Coding course, students learn computational thinking and all key programming concepts by writing programs
Brief Summary of 2016 – Projects, Team, Courses, Software 2016 was an exciting and productive year for NCLab. We have started several new projects in Nevada, welcomed new team members, made important changes to all courses, added new open source software to the free Creative Suite, and improved NCLab’s internal client-server infrastructure. New Projects in
We are excited to announce that NCLab joined ALA – the American Library Association. The NCLab team strongly believes in informal education, and in equitable access to modern educational technologies for all people, which is only possible through public libraries. The door of a library is open to everybody, disregarding what part of town they were born in, or
We are pleased to announce the acceptance of our full day ISTE 2017 Workshop Gentle Introduction to Coding and 3D Modeling! ISTE 2017 Workshop Gentle Introduction to Coding and 3D Modeling – Outline The six hours will be divided into three parts: Part 1: Karel Coding (110 minutes plus 10 mins break) Part 2: Turtle
Full STEAM Ahead – an Introduction The NCLab Team is excited to launch Full STEAM Ahead, a monthly newsletter dedicated to computing. In one way or another, computing plays an important role in every area of modern STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math). Every month, Full STEAM Ahead will deliver messages from prominent personalities,