{"id":528809,"date":"2022-06-03T19:45:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T19:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=528809"},"modified":"2022-06-03T19:45:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T19:45:59","slug":"528809","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=528809","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"> has revealed it is expanding its range of free online STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) activities to keep children educate and entertained over the  holidays.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-t-R1dgeXca0\/Uakd5nLSbbI\/AAAAAAAAAKU\/Jn_DRbK8raI\/s280\/6.jpg\" alt=\"Info Pendidikan dan Pekerjaan: 10 Perguruan Tinggi Swasta (PTS) Terbaik ...\" style=\"max-width:450px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The tech company&#8217;s selection of activities includes a new game called\u00a0Cyber Robotics Challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This three-hour long event tasks a youngster with using maths to ensure a friend&#8217;s birthday present gets delivered by an Amazon fulfilment centre robot.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amazon has also expanded its popular educational platform\u00a0Maths4All to include secondary school-level activities as well as those geared towards younger pupils.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Maths4All offers hundreds of worksheets on Kindle and Fire Tablets and maths challenges via Alexa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amazon said its free activities &#8216;can help maintain and accelerate learning and development&#8217; at a time when children have had to adapt to life in a pandemic.\u00a0<span class=\"mol-style-bold\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col sciencetech\" id=\"v-7525246246212550879\"> <video controls=\"\" class=\"video-js vjs-default-skin\" preload=\"none\">  <\/video> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-5292bc7808457c04\" height=\"435\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Shot of the interactive\u00a0Cyber Robotics Challenge, letting children learn how Amazon manages to deliver so many packages with same-day delivery\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Shot of the interactive\u00a0Cyber Robotics Challenge, letting children learn how Amazon manages to deliver so many packages with same-day delivery\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ofsted\u00a0 that UK children of all ages and backgrounds have lost some basic skills and learning as a result of school closures and restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;At Amazon, we are passionate about education and learning,&#8217;\u00a0said John Boumphrey, UK country manager at Amazon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;After a disruptive year of Covid-19-related school closures and distanced learning, we wanted to support families by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deer-digest.com\/?s=providing%20free\">providing free<\/a> and easily-accessible educational resources to help young people keep learning while having fun over the school holidays.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Here&#8217;s a look at the free activities available to children as part of Amazon&#8217;s push for children to make up for lost learning in STEM subjects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-track-module=\"am-related_carousel^related_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])\" data-dm-rotator-rotate=\"false\" data-track-pos=\"static\" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" data-dm-rotator-auto-init=\"\" id=\"p-21\" class=\"related-carousel with-fb-or-tw sciencetech\" data-dm-rotator-active-class=\"active\" data-dm-rotator-page-count=\"1.0\" data-dm-social-article-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-page-size=\"1\">\n<div class=\"rotator bdrcc\">\n<div class=\"rotator-title\">\n<h2>RELATED ARTICLES<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rotator-pages link-xocc\">\n<li class=\"rotator-prev\"><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li class=\"rotator-next\"><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>     <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><i><u><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb\"><\/u><\/i><\/p>\n<p><h2>Share this article<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"share\"><span class=\"wai\">Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"count\"><span>29<\/span> shares<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-medium sciencetech-ccox\">Cyber Robotics Challenge\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-bf1208f2aaa7abed\" height=\"529\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Cyber Robotics Challenge is a three-hour virtual learning experience where students learn the basics of computer science\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Cyber Robotics Challenge is a three-hour virtual learning experience where students learn the basics of computer science\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Cyber Robotics Challenge is one activity on Amazon Future Engineer, the tech giant&#8217;s programme for lower-income backgrounds to try computer science and coding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Challengers have to take control of Hercules, Amazon&#8217;s small, round fulfilment centre robot, to deliver their friend a birthday present on time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The challenge is hosted virtually by Fernanda and Jacques, two real-life Amazon Future Engineer apprentices, who guide each student through the challenge and teach them about their own careers in computer science.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Students need to sign up with an account on the Cyber Robotics Challenge homepage and complete to earn a spot on a virtual leaderboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As well as hosting students, teachers can sign up an entire class on the platform within a &#8216;virtual classroom&#8217; for a group play mode.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Other free resources available as part of Amazon Future Engineer include Hour of Code: Dance Party, an interactive dance-themed online coding tutorial.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The programme includes opportunities for students from lower income backgrounds aged 18 and over to apply for apprenticeships and university bursaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-medium\"><span class=\"sciencetech-ccox\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Maths4All\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-563d746e4aa911b9\" height=\"299\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Amazon highlighted how\u00a0some school children had lost basic skills and learning as a result of school closures caused by the pandemic\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Amazon highlighted how\u00a0some school children had lost basic skills and learning as a result of school closures caused by the pandemic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In July, Amazon teamed up with education bodies to , an online &#8216;storefront&#8217; providing free primary maths resources.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Maths4All provides a selection of free, curriculum-linked maths worksheets, apps and games to complement work done at school.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Now, Maths4All is being expanded this week to also offer free maths learning resources for secondary school students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">New offerings include\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px\">GCSE and A-level prep books, maths books and workbooks from the Open University and  <a href=\"https:\/\/Teknokrat.Ac.id\/berita\/universitas-teknokrat-indonesia-deretan-kampus-terbaik-di-lampung\/\">PTS terbaik ASEAN<\/a> the University of Cambridge and computing books from University College London.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amazon has also teamed up with\u00a0The Open University and maths sites including Conquer Maths and Cazoom Maths for the new secondary content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to the Amazon, it&#8217;s added hundreds of new resources like books and worksheets for Kindle and Fire Tablets and free games and apps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Jamie Frost, who runs the online learning platform Dr Frost Maths, has also contributed a number of original secondary resources to Maths4All.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I want to engage students in a way that is relevant to their interests and their lives, as this is the best way to encourage students to consider further study in these subjects,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Our passion and enthusiasm as teachers plays a key role in developing world-class learning resources.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold sciencetech-ccox mol-style-medium\">Alexa &#8211; the Maths Coach\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-78b16dc04dd7dfb9\" height=\"474\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Young owners of an Amazon Echo smart speaker (pictured, the new spherical model released this year) can engage with Alexa in a round of maths tests\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Young owners of an Amazon Echo smart speaker (pictured, the new spherical model released this year) can engage with Alexa in a round of maths tests<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Any bored children during the Christmas holidays can also test their maths skills with Alexa, Amazon&#8217;s digital assistant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Just like Amazon offers apps for smartphones, it offers &#8216;skills&#8217; for its Amazon Echo range of voice-activated smart speakers, which are powered by Alexa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amazon users can enable and disable Alexa Skills on their Amazon account with a simple click of a button.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">For the Christmas holidays, &#8216;Maths Coach&#8217; is a skill that aims to keep children&#8217;s &#8216;mathematical brain active&#8217;\u00a0with five levels of difficulty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Once Maths Coach is enabled, kids can say &#8216;Alexa, ask the Maths Coach to start a test&#8217; or &#8216;Alexa, ask the Maths Coach for a hard addition test&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">For some more &#8216;light-hearted learning&#8217;, they can also say &#8216;Alexa, tell me a fact about maths?&#8217;, &#8216;Alexa, tell me a joke about maths&#8217; or &#8216;Alexa, rap about pi&#8217;.\u00a0<span class=\"mol-style-bold sciencetech-ccox mol-style-small\"><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">There are also games that can be enabled through Alexa Skills, including Math Mountain, where players have to answer seven maths questions correctly to reach the summit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-7dae6bcea1103c27\" height=\"296\" width=\"633\" alt=\"Amazon account holders can enable Maths Coach online, turning digital assistant Alexa into a maths expert\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Amazon account holders can enable Maths Coach online, turning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savethestudent.org\/?s=digital%20assistant\">digital assistant<\/a> Alexa into a maths expert<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"sciencetech-ccox mol-style-medium mol-style-bold\">Amazon Longitude Explorer Prize\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In November, Amazon launched the Amazon Longitude Explorer Prize, a\u00a0UK-wide challenge for 11- to 16-year-olds to submit their ideas on how they would use technology for social good.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Teams are invited to &#8216;put their passion for STEM subjects to the test&#8217; by creating solutions to some of the world&#8217;s biggest issues from climate change to ageing populations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The programme hopes to provide young people from all backgrounds with an introduction to the possibilities of entrepreneurship in STEM.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Children can form team and enter the virtual competition until February 12, making the Christmas holidays a perfect time to enter, according to Amazon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The firm said it&#8217;s also\u00a0working with education charity Teach First to support the recruitment and training of 50 secondary school computer science teachers and more than 200 careers strategy personnel.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&lt;div class=&quot;art-ins mol-factbox sciencetech&quot; data-version=&quot;2&quot; id=&quot;mol-7fed60c0-34aa-11eb-8b65-4b08ea74f04a&quot; website launches free STEM resources for kids\u00a0for the Christmas break<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>has revealed it is expanding its range of free online STEM (science, technology, engin\u2026","protected":false},"author":196310,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19824],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/196310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=528809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":528810,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528809\/revisions\/528810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=528809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=528809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=528809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}