JUMP! into Blogging – Step-by-Step Instructions for Tumblr
Following on from our Start a Blog post, we wanted to give you detailed instructions on how to set up your blog. We will show you the three main blogging platforms, and talk you through setting up a...
View ArticleBlogging on WordPress – A Step By Step Guide
Continuing our How To Blog Series, with the blogging on WordPress, So, you want to have a blog. Blogging is a lot fun, can be educational, and can even change the world. The first thing you need...
View ArticleBlogs By You
When we started Jump! Mag, we hoped that our young readers would contribute some articles, but we had no idea of the breadth and depth of talent that we would find. Some of you have contributed just...
View ArticleBlogging on Blogger – A Step by Step Guide
So, you want to have a blog. Blogging is a lot fun, can be educational, and can even change the world. Before you go any further, read our article on starting a blog for information on naming your...
View ArticleThe First Computer Programmers
Girls are told, all the time, that there are things they can’t do because, well, they’re girls. I’m here to tell you: it’s not true. Let me tell you about a girl I know. It was the early 1960s, a...
View ArticleWhat is a Stick Bomb?
11 year old Andre Jefferson explained stick bombs as being, ‘a kinetic chain reaction that is weaved together with jumbo popsicle sticks, that creates tension, and when you take one of the sticks out,...
View ArticleGet Cracking With Computer Coding for Kids
Kids computing – there’s a lot of talk going on about it right now. What do you learn about computing in your school? Are they teaching you how to make cool video games? How to come up with a story...
View ArticleSupercars and Science – London Science Museum High Performance Festival
Do you like fast cars? Have you ever seen a racecar powered only by the sun? Believe it or not, solar-powered racecars do exist, and they can be quite zippy – getting up to 99 mph running on nothing...
View ArticleHigh Performance – Women in Engineering
Jump! Mag sent 13 year old Katherine to the London Science Museum to report on inspiring women in engineering, and their fascinating projects During my day at the Science museum, I spoke to a range...
View ArticleHigh Performance Festival – It was EPIC! – Written By You
We sent 9 year old Emilia to the London Science Museum to investigate the High Performance Festival, and have a chat to some of the guests. I think the High Performance Festival at the Science...
View ArticleLearn To Code – Resources and Communities to Learn Pogramming
In my last post here, I gave a few ideas as to why you as a young woman should get your hands dirty with coding: it’s fun, it’s easy, it’s creative, and it’s meaningful. Today I wanted to follow that...
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Jump Into Games – Create Your Own Video Game
Recently our editor Lynn visited Dare To Be Digital, a games fair in Dundee to find out a bit about gaming, and how girls can get involved. This week we will feature tips from successful women in the...
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Not Games for Girls, Games for Everyone
Earlier this week, we gave you some suggestions on how to create your own video games, and today we are going to highlight some fun apps that you might not have discovered yet. Lynn took her 9 year old...
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Talking in Text
Text speak is very confusing for a lot of people, but it is one area in which children and teenagers are far more advanced than adults. Mobile phones and the internet are recent inventions. Imagine...
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Great Women You Should Know… Hedy Lamar
You probably do not know who the actor Hedy Lamarr was as her last film credit was in 1958. If you ask your parents they may have a vague recollection or at least know her name. What they...
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Six Ace Classroom Gadgets You Won’t Want to Miss
There’s no getting around it – school can sometimes feel like a drag. We’re willing to bet that some of these cool gadgets and new technology would make school life much easier! Something for the...
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Great Gifts For Kids and Adults
After the success of our Ace Classroom Gadgets article, we thought we’d follow up with some great gifts for kids and adults. In the run up to Christmas, you might be wondering what to buy your family....
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A Fun Rainy Day Activity – A Schnitzeljagd
‘What on earth is a Schnitzeljagd?’ I hear you say. A Schnitzel is a German word for a thinly sliced piece of pork, chicken or veal, which is dipped in egg and then coated with breadcrumbs....
View ArticleVideo Games for the Family – For Everyone To Enjoy
My name is Andy Robertson and I write about video-games for a living and have three children (10, 8 and 6 years old). Video-games are a tricky part of life to get right in a family, too much and they...
View ArticleWhy DO Kids Want to Play Minecraft?
Sitting back, ready for another interesting and rather aggressive night on COD (Call of duty), I launch my dashboard to see the usual suspects all gathered playing the latest shoot ‘em ups. Except...
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