When educators asked for better programmable interlocking bricks that were compatible with LEGO, SBrick Plus answered the call. Check out their fully funded Kickstarter before Monday, November 7.
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Nail biting is classified as an obsessive-compulsive disorder. Does this mean your child should be treated for the very common habit?
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I’m no particle physicist, and I am unlikely to ever enter CERN laboratories. But for one brief, shining moment, I could imagine being there. All for the price of a museum ticket.
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We’ve gone to many museums to visit dinosaurs — the Smithsonian in DC,the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, the Museum of Science in Boston — but one of our favorites is just next door, in the Connecticut River Valley.
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I, uh, stayed up last night and watched the Perseid Meteor Shower / It was, um, amazing.
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All the details of the Back-to-Hogwarts party Amy hosted at her public library this past weekend.
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Anika interviews a biologist to discover how Pokémon and real-world science intersect.
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Here’s a textbook from a Hogwarts Potions class, which, remarkably enough, can also be used as a textbook for fun chemistry experiments in your own Muggle home.
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If you’re looking for a STEM kit that dives deep into concepts, StemBox could be the box your tweens look forward the most every month.
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Not getting vaccinated is like playing a game against a team of vampires. They are bigger, stronger, and faster. The odds are in their favor, and it will undoubtedly wear you out to beat them. But even if you do beat them, there’s a good chance someone from that team of vampires will wander off into the stands to attack someone else.
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Do you hate creating and remember passwords? So do most of us. But what are the alternatives?
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The Mover Kit: Wearable tech for kids; with a huge range of possibilities to code, create, and encourage kids to do more. It’s fairly simple in appearance but like any child’s imagination – it’s the potential within which is amazing.
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Your early reader may be ready for Bitsbox, even if your child a few years younger than recommended.
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Okay, I get it. Some people do nothing but get consumed by a screen. Do you really think walking away from the screen for one random week will solve this issue?
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Many STEM-based subscription boxes that I’ve seen have been targeted toward younger kids, getting them excited about STEM subjects early. This is a very good thing, of course. But what about older kids and teens?
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You know how I don’t like to spend Saturday? Watching kids play with Lego bricks. Especially if I’m not allowed to play with them myself. So how I found myself driving three sixth grade Montessori boys (one of them my own spawn) and offering to spend the entire day in an auditorium watching nineteen teams […]
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What do you think about Facebook’s new “reactions”?
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A child’s distraction tactic launched my three-year-old daughter’s reading, writing, and typing exploration. It can launch your child’s journey as well.
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Basic computer programming will be as important to our children as reading is to us. Do we have a path to get our children there?
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Is there a Zombie apocalypse happening to the Sea Stars of our West Coast?
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When you or your child are on antibiotics, your gut can really take a beating. Learn how to keep healthy!
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Behind the intimidating circuitry hidden inside the impersonal hardshell exterior known as computers is an elegant simplicity that can unlock countless possibilities limited only by your imagination. The beauty of it is that it is so fundamentally easy to understand, yet capable of doing so, so much. Much like dancing.
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Science says grieving someone you only met through their art is normal, real, and healthy. And I say it’s beautiful.
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The thirteen year old boy who lives in my head is telling me to tell you that that bread’s delicious fluffiness is, essentially fungus urine and farts.
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Now the Hour of Code is finished, what do you do with your budding game developers? EG Mum takes a look at one of the academic programmes for older students and interviews Dr Maria Stukoff, Head of PlayStation First.
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What would you think if your doctor called to say there was a 99% chance that your baby had Down Syndrome?
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Teaching four-year-olds to control a computer without a computer is as complicated as it sounds.
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Most of us thought we were adults in our twenties, but brain research shows it takes a long time to finish developing our minds. Risky behavior is a prominent feature of the adolescent brain; how can we keep our kids safe?
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Weather stations can bring a lot of fun and education, as well as weather data, into your home. If your family is into science, a weather station is a great buy.
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Yes, it took two days of data entry and a lot of work to figure out the best plan for my family, but I’m confident in the plan I chose.
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