Vickie Liou

C.O.O.L.ᵀᴹ Time Capsule: This Month in History — August Written by: Vickie Liou A Golden Opportunity? On August 16, 1896, gold was discovered in a remote part of Canada called the Klondike. Figure 1. Map of Klondike. (Image source: generated by ChatGPT) At first, word spreads slowly. But as stories of gold and sudden fortunes travel farther, excitement begins to build. And then the news exploded. Fast forward to the summer of 1897. You hear the news that everyone is talking about: “GOLD...

C.O.O.L.™ Time Capsule: This Month in History — July Written by: Vickie Liou How much money do you think it costs for a country to fight a war? The answer is A LOT. During World War I (1914–1918), countries spent enormous amounts of money on soldiers, weapons, ships, airplanes, food, and supplies. The bills became so huge that countries like Britain and France borrowed billions of dollars from banks in the United States just to keep fighting. When the war finally ended, the fighting was...

Ridgeland, MS – Over the past four weeks, scholars in SR1’s C.O.O.L.™ Zone program explored storytelling, animation, and computer programming through Scratch-based courses designed for both elementary and secondary scholars.