Cyberchase, an Emmy Award-winning animated series for 8-11 year-olds is now completely available online. This fun, STEM-rich series is full of hands-on math, engineering, and physics lessons weaved creatively into the stories. Learn more about Cyberchase over at GeekMom
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Award-Winning PBS Animated Series Now Available Online
Posted by ginac on December 5th, 2011
Posted in Activities, Interdisciplinary, Math, Online Tools, Science, STEAM 
Tags: computers, Cyberchase, PBS, STEM, technology, Thirteen, WNET 
Comments OffDIY Makers Bring Neuroscience Research to Everyone
Posted by ginac on December 2nd, 2011
Enterprising engineers and graduate students are creating low-cost devices and methods for conducting basic neuroscience research. Using iPads, apps, blue LEDs, and other off-the-shelf items from Radio Shack, products like Backyard Brains are cropping up to support the DIY biology hacking movement. Building affordable scientific instruments is perhaps the biggest hurdle to accessible research in [...]
Posted in Biology, Chemistry, Electronics, Make, Science, technology Tags: backyard brains, Biology, DANA Foundation, DIY, hacking, Makers, Neuroscience Comments OffKhan Academy Expanding through Bricks and Mortar and Crowdsourcing
Posted by ginac on November 30th, 2011
Sal Khan, founder of the now famous online math and science video tutorial website Khan Academy, is thinking about expanding his online tools into the physical world and beyond. Although Sal already runs a small summer camp in Silicon Valley for science and technology middle and high schoolers, he is thinking about possibly creating a project-based [...]
Quantum Camp Teaches Advanced Calculus and Physics to Homeschoolers
Posted by ginac on November 4th, 2011
An ambitious summer camp and tech school for homeschoolers in Mountain View, California, is fast becoming a full-fledged mainstream school. At Quantum Camp, youngsters dive into advanced physics, math, and technology. The founders, of course, are physics and math experts. Ryan Nurmela taught entry-level physics as a lecturer at California State University, San Francisco and [...]
Immigrant Science Award Finalists Credit Attitudes
Posted by ginac on November 1st, 2011
Children of immigrants took 70 percent of the finalist slots in the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search Competition, an original-research competition for high school seniors. According to LiveScience.com, only 12% of Americans are foreign born, so statistically, “one would expect only one child of an Indian (or Chinese) immigrant parent every two and a half years [...]
Posted in Biology, Chemistry, Culture, Diversity, Eclectic Homeschooling, Physics, Science, social change, technology Tags: culture, family values, immigrants, intel science award, Science, science award, success, tolerance Comments OffVia Nova: Carl Sagan Reads From Pale Blue Dot
Posted by ginac on September 29th, 2011
Enjoy this short video featuring Carl Sagan reading from Pale Blue Dot. Watch the video to regain perspective after a bad day. Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space is a non-fiction book written by Carl Sagan in 1994. Carl passed away in 1996, but through his writing and his award-winning [...]
10 Reasons to Visit Your Local Museums on Free Museum Day
Posted by ginac on September 21st, 2011
Saturday, September 24 is Free Museum Day. Most Smithsonian and Smithsonian-affiliated museums are free on this day. There are many reasons to take advantage of Free Museum Day, but here are our top ten: Expand your family’s interests. Visit a museum that you wouldn’t normally visit. Seek to find possible new interests. Engage with learning. [...]
Posted in Activities, Eclectic Homeschooling, History, Interdisciplinary, Just for Fun, Learning Methods, Science Tags: aquarium, Art, Free museum day, history, MOSI, Museum, natural science, Smithsonian 2 Comments »Cool Ways to Learn with Legos Beyond S.T.E.M.
Posted by ginac on August 29th, 2011
Most Lego fans are familiar with the connection between building with Legos and engineering, programming, and science. Lego Education products have awesome kits full of pulleys, gears, and even programmable robots that respond to light, motion, and more. But what about learning with Legos for kids who love to create stories, read, or create art? [...]
Posted in Activities, Learning Methods, LEGOs, Make, Online Tools, Reading, Science, STEAM, technology, Writing Tags: constructivism, Lego Minifigures, LEGOs, Mindstorms, S.T.E.A.M., S.T.E.M., Seymour Papert Comments OffHow to Turn Your iPod Touch into a Microscope
Posted by ginac on August 23rd, 2011
4th Generation iPod touch devices are amazing. The latest version of the iPod touch comes standard with a built in microphone, digital camera and a video camera. If the camera and video camera weren’t cool enough by themselves, just attach an inexpensive mini microsope to create a portable, inexpensive scientific exploration tool any young learner [...]
Posted in Eclectic Homeschooling, Electronics, Make, Science, technology Tags: Apple, Biology, Hack, How-to, IPod Touch, ipod touch microscope, make, microscope, mini microscope, Science Comments OffCollect Micrometeors During Meteor Showers
Posted by ginac on July 28th, 2011
We’re excited about collecting micrometeors during the upcoming meteor showers over the next few weeks. Want to learn more about micrometeors and the upcoming meteor showers? Check out the post over at GeekMom for all the details! Collecting Micrometeors
Posted in Activities, Science Tags: aquarids, astronomy, meteor showers, meteors, micrometeors, perseids Comments Off
