Nov 26, 2022Our 3rd year journey(ACF Monthly App Challenge)Keep growing and keep building global applied computing community 🙌 Who we are: As ACF MAC members go to alumni team, our current team and commitment still heavily hinges on our mission to provide a platform and to reach out to as many students and adults as possible(especially from underrepresented groups in STEM…8 min read8 min read
Nov 13, 2022Our Adventure in coding combining History with Pygame 🗺 👩🏻💻by Python Vipers Our group (Ian and I, Cayden) created this team. Our goal is to create a game that would educate people who will still have fun at the same time. We want people to comprehend better in a specific subject, history. To begin with, we were just trying…Acf4 min readAcf4 min read
Nov 3, 2022Aliens got invaded massively by ACF Pygame team “Alien Apocalypse” 👽One Year of Surviving & Thriving the Alien Apocalypse and going forward to our season 6 🛸 By ACF Alien Apocalypse Developers What is Alien Apocalypse? The Alien Apocalypse is a team of two young people, Chris and Jaeho making a survival video game. …STEM3 min readSTEM3 min read
Oct 22, 2022Let’s go Electric Donkey 🏎ACF Startup team “Electric Donkey” field trip to Donkey Car Meetup in Oakland A couple of weeks ago, we drove to Oakland to go to a Donkey Car meetup. Donkey Cars are essentially self-driving RC cars, and we(aka “Electric Donkey” team) have been using it and learning about self-driving. Hence…Acf5 min readAcf5 min read
Sep 17, 2022How not only we built the 3D block puzzle game from scratch but also built our team and confidence 🧩Intro Introducing Team Avocado! We are a small group consisting of Audrey Paleczny, Evan Li, and Nina Li, our coach, Mr. V, and assistant coach, Siu Wu. We’ve been working on a game project since June of 2021, though we’ve been working as a group since March of 2020. Even…8 min read8 min read
Sep 10, 2022Note blasters’ music & tech journey just taking off 🎶Who We Are We are a group of highly motivated high schoolers who formed this team because of our shared interests and experiences in music and coding. Music was definitely a major part of our education, and we’ve found that it permeates everyday life. Our team decided to create Noteblast after observing the…AI3 min readAI3 min read
Aug 12, 2022Unforgettable summer internship with ACF stem camps 👩🏻💻Seungho L(High school intern for Lego Mine storm & Arduino camps) ACF summer camp internship is a valuable experience for anyone who is looking for exposure to the real world. Having a real-life experience can grow your knowledge and learn more about yourself. Teaching students for several hours every day…STEM4 min readSTEM4 min read
Aug 3, 2022Escaping into the Global Teen Founder Community at the 1517 SummitAs our project progresses, the importance of networking, as well as the importance of pitching and receiving feedback on our project from industry professionals increases exponentially. …10 min read10 min read
May 19, 2022BerriBasket team’s first expedition 🍓to farmer’s market 👩🏻🌾 Coach Conner’s Reflection It was a fantastic experience to visit the Palo Alto’s farmers market and have an opportunity to have a conversation with real farmers and active customers. The environment at the farmers market felt very down-to-earth with relaxing music playing and people everywhere having…4 min read4 min read
Nov 24, 2021Mentoring (chess game + environment) project for 3 middle schoolers for a year during the tough times…By Grant Cheng(ACF Startup team “Ecohero” coach) After more than a year of work, the Ecohero team has slowly but surely created their environmentally-based chess app from scratch. Alvin, Dohyun, and Jarron have gone from no experience in JavaScript to developing a full-blown, competition-worthy chess app built almost entirely from…5 min read5 min read
