Virtual Kids' Tech University

The Virtual Kids' Tech University has been updated with a lot of new components and features!
You can now begin exploring online materials that have been collected and created since the start of KTU in 2009.

-Visit the "Virtual World of Patterns" section to learn more from Dr. Laubenbacher's (Dr. L's) January 2011 lecture on patterns

-Send Dr. L more questions that you may have, read the answers to questions that students have posed to Dr. L, experiment with the Fractal Maker, and the Game of Life, and watch a video from the KTU Dance hands-on activity

-Challenge yourself with Math Games at "Calculation Nation" on the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) website

-Learn more about your home planet, Earth, at the KTU Ecosystems Lab

-Then visit the red planet, Mars, with the KTU Mars Lab

-In April 2009, Dr. Phil Christensen led a lecture about why humans can't survive on Mars. Be sure to ask Dr. C even more questions with the NASA designed "Ask Dr. C." A computerized scientist that will answer questions about Mars

-Learn more about what is happening in your own backyard at the 4-H Virtual Forest & 4-H Virtual Farm!

-As a follow-up to Dr. Caitlin Kelleher's February 2009 lecture, you can now (with your parents' or guardians' assistance) download the Storytelling Alice program and begin making movies on your home computer

-Explore the 2009 Math Lab to learn more about the mathematics behind animal patterns, which was taught to the January 2009 KTU participants by Dr. Keith Devlin

-"Meet the Scientists" section allows you to read about each KTU lecture from 2009 - 2011, learn more about the scientists and their research, visit their personal webpages, and watch the KTU lecture videos

-Read KTU feedback, and submit more feedback to be posted on the website

-Parents: be sure to read the "Info For Adults" section to learn more about the purpose of the Virtual Kids' Tech University and our goals with the website

Enjoy experimenting, exploring, and learning even more, right in your own home with the Virtual Kids' Tech University!