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"A tree diagram is simply a way of representing a sequence of events. Tree diagrams are particularly useful in probability since they record all possible outcomes in a clear and uncomplicated manner."

Educators have been tapping into the wildly popular online game Minecraft for its potential as a learning tool for a while now - to teach physics, math, and computer science. But until recently, the game was mostly the territory of computer science teachers, and even they were forced to use the commercial version of the online game. So a few months ago, two teachers, Santeri Koivisto and Joel Levin, decided to make the software more accessible and relevant to teachers. They joined forces to found MinecraftEdu and started offering discounted educator licenses to Minecraft.

Kids Like . info is dedicated to bringing you the best, and most fun, educational resources for free. Our main emphasis currently is on teaching computer programming, math, and science. Information about business and innovation will be coming in the future.

Teacher blog about success teaching Python with a games approach. Links in blog to resources.

This website teaches computer programming. Programming is a very useful skill: you can write programs to automate computer tasks, make art and music, interpret and process data, create software for others to use, run custom websites, and build upon code developed by other people, for example.

The Botball Educational Robotics Program gives students skills, experience, and opportunities to succeed as they work in teams to design, build and program a pair of autonomous robots for regional and international competitions

Excellent summary of the realities of teaching a subject like mathematics or physics, with some tips on how to overcome the hurdles. Equally applies to CS.

Highlights for High School features MIT OpenCourseWare materials that are most useful for high school students and teachers.

Aeronautics to Writing MIT offers a wide selection of online (non-credit) video based courses. The computer science one is particularily good.