Photos

First Meeting - October 2, 2008

Photos from our first meeting on October 2, 2008

Tour of the Cleveland Institute of Art - Oct 16, 2008

Explorers Post 631 toured the Cleveland Institute of Art to see how they use computers to make art and music.

Tour of Exercise Countermeasures Lab Oct 23 2008

The Explorers mini-lesson for the day was a tour of NASA Glenn's Exercise Countermeasures Lab

Learning about Animation using Art of Illusion

Explorers Post 631 learns about animation and then begins to create their own animations using Art of Illusion

Learning about Animation using Art of Illusion continued

Explorers Post 631 continues to learn about animation

Learning about Animation using Art of Illusion - making an animation

Explorers Post 631 works on their animations

Gamemaker - November 20, 2008

The Explorers learn how to make games using Gamemaker

Tour of some facilities in West Area Buildings

The Explorers got a tour from "Mac" of some facilities in the West area.

The Explorers Begin to Learn About Gamemaker

Gamemaker is a program used to create games. It is easy enough for beginners to use.

December 11, 2008 - Stereo Photography

Jay teaches stereo photography to the Explorers

December 18, 2008 - Holiday Party

The Explorers celebrate the holidays at the annual Explorers Post 631 Holiday Party

January 8, 2009 - Scratch Programming

The Explorers begin to learn how to program in Scratch

January 15, 2009 - Scratch

The Explorers wrap up learning Scratch. Julie Kleinhenz talks to the group about her work on the RESOLVE project.

Explorers Post 631 at the Cleveland Foodbank

Explorers Post 631 volunteered their time at the Cleveland Foodbank. We sorted and packed food.

Janiel Gives a Talk about FIRST

Janeil Nold talks about the upcoming FIRST event that her team will be competing in.

Python Programming on Feb 26, 2009

The Explorers complete learning Python programming by creating a simple GUI.

Beginning work on Robotics

The Explorers start to work on their robots

Explorer Post 631 Plays Whirlyball on March 19

The Explorers in Post 631 had fun at Whirlyball

March 25 2009 Robotics Continued

The Explorers program their robots to complete the course

April 2, 2009 - Robotics and Tour of Icing Tunnel

The Explorers continue to work on robotics and take a tour of the icing research tunnel.

Video of Explorers Robot solving the maze

Bobby and Tommy's robot solves the maze!

April 24, 2009 - Tour of Case Labs

The Explorers tour a robotics lab, a gaming lab and a Formula I car lab

Post 631 Goes Hiking

Explorers Post 631 went hiking in the Rocky River Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks. Our excellent guide was Chris Larson-McKenzie.