Tag Archives: Education
Trossen Announces RoboticsToys.com
Trossen Robotics has launched a sister site, RoboticsToys. Much like the main Trossen site, Robotics Toys is definitely fired up about robots.
Roboticstoys.com aims to be the number one place to find all your robotics kits, toys, and decor for that budding roboticist in your family. Robotics is a great way to spark an early interest […] Continue reading
Pick Some Words Out of Little Pim’s Word Bag
Little Pim’s Word Bag
When you’re learning a foreign language, it’s helpful to have frequent vocabulary reminders for words you have learned. To help with that, the creators of the Little Pim DVDs (which Jonathan and I reviewed recently) have written an app for the iPhone/iPod Touch called Little Pim’s Word Bag*. The app contains both […] Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Electronic Geek, Foreign language, French language, ITunes Store, learning, Spanish language, Vocabulary
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How Do We Stop Hollowing Out the Middle of America?
Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America by Patrick Carr & Maria Kefalas
I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that the majority of our readership doesn’t live in a rural area. I mean, the majority of America’s population doesn’t live in a rural area—that’s […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Books, brain drain, community development, Education, Midwest, reviews, rural, Science and Education, small town, youth
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What’s That Stuff? The Chemistry Behind Everyday Products
Right around the time I started writing for GeekDad, I embarked on an adventure of learning about chemistry at home with my kids. Since I’m the type to obey any warning about using things only as directed, this was a giant leap for me. By the end of the year, though, we had performed more […] Continue reading
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Tagged AmericanChemicalSociety, Chemical Engineering News, Chemistry, Education, Science and Education
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Beautiful 19th Century Maps Drawn by Children
For some reason, maps have always piqued my interest. Even as a child, I loved rifling through old maps of places near and far, imagined and real, tracing the boundaries and plotting adventures.
Sadly, precious few maps have survived the centuries. But one of the most remarkable collections I’ve ever seen came to my attention via […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, cartography, children, Education, History, kids, mapmaking, maps, Science and Education
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Kids Will Love the Virtual Toys at Poisson Rouge
With a lot of kids’ time so planned out these days, with their fun and learning both quite regimented, it is important to let them just be free to explore interests on their own. There are lots of ways to do this off-line, but some free form places exist online as well.
One of my kids’ […] Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Exploring, Kids and Teens, Science and Education, The Internet, Toys and Technology
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