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Greg Tang Math http://gregtangmath.com – Kakooma is a particularly fun and fast-paced game on this site

NCTM Illuminations http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx

Bedtime Math http://bedtimemath.org – there is also a Bedtime Math book available!

Thinking Blocks (mathplayground.com)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pixie-by-tech4learning/id609012680?mt=8

https://www.kodable.com/

http://lightbot.com

Swift Playgrounds (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swift-playgrounds/id908519492?mt=8)

• Drag simple blocks of code
• Very gentle introduction to coding
• Begin with controlling a video game character
• iPad only

Scratch Jr (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scratchjr/id895485086?mt=8)

• Drag icons that represent code blocks
• Tablet only (iPad & Android)

Blockly (https://blockly-games.appspot.com/)

• Similar to Swift Playgrounds in its introduction
• Begin with controlling a video game character
• Gentle introduction to coding
• Exposure to basic programming syntax
• Runs in browser
• Tablet version in beta

Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu/)

• More complex desktop version
• Exposure to basic programming syntax
• Also runs in browser

Hopscotch (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hopscotch-learn-to-code-creatively-and-make-games/id617098629?mt=8)

• Nice video tutorials
• Considers a broader range of applications than the other ones
• Slightly less gentle introduction to coding
• Tablet only (iPad & Android)

R Datacamp (https://www.datacamp.com/courses/free-introduction-to-r)

• Browser-based introduction to R
• Video tutorials
• Guided interactive coding exercises
• Full programming syntax

https://www.nature.com/articles/549293a

https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/computing-with-random-pulses-promises-to-simplify-circuitry-and-save-power

https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/7361/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramidal_cell

https://www.nature.com/news/neuroscience-the-mind-reader-1.10816