Summer Science Fun: Track Fireflies!
The Clemson Vanishing Firefly Project wants your family to participate in real, meaningful science!
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Tag: Summer
Star Wars Workbooks – “Much to learn you still have.”
Make reviewing academics before school starts fun for your little jedi or siths! Workman Publishing has created a set of 12 affordable academic workbooks for preschool through second grade. This GeekMom loves them!
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Product Review: Oregon Scientific Grill Right Bluetooth Thermometer & Mobile App
Read about GeekMom Patricia’s adventure with a Bluetooth-enabled grill thermometer.
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Superhero Summer with SuperHeroStuff.com
GeekMom Dakster puts together some super family summer outfits with a little help from SuperHeroStuff.com.
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Summer + Nerf = A Blasting Good Time!
Dakster discovers the meaning of “playtime” with the new Nerf N-Strike Elite Centurion and Mega Magnus blasters.
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Gearing Up For ConnectiCon
One of my favorite summer geeky conventions is ConnectiCon. Is it right for you and your family?
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Book It to These Summer Reading Programs
It’s summertime, and you know what that means: It’s time to read!
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Summer Science Fun: Playing With Water Phases
Simple experiments with a cup, water and ice cubes that will demonstrate the water cycle to kids.
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This One Summer: Beauty in Realism
This One Summer is a new graphic novel by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki. It is a YA book that transcends the genre into where most adult novelists wish they could go: honest and nuanced characters in that familiar world you forgot to cherish. The details of a summer beach town, and two girls on the brink of teen, may not be your memories, but the yearnings, confusion, and relationships certainly will reveal half-buried reminisces.
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Backpack Science with Ken Finn: Stripped-Down Motor
Backpack Science is a summer series of easy at-home experiments geek dads can perform with their kids while school’s out. It is written by (San Francisco) Exploratorium science educator Ken Finn. This article is #8, and the final in the series.
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Backpack Science with Ken Finn: Straw Oboe
Backpack Science is a summer series of easy at-home experiments geek dads can perform with their kids while school’s out. It is written by (San Francisco) Exploratorium science educator Ken Finn. This article is #7.
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Backpack Science with Ken Finn: Rig a Rocketship
Backpack Science is a summer series of easy at-home experiments geek dads can perform with their kids while school’s out. It is written by (San Francisco) Exploratorium science educator Ken Finn. This article is #6.
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Nintendo Gives Us the Greens of Summer
In my house, at least, this has definitely been a Nintendo summer. Starting with the June release of Animal Crossing: New Leaf – and yes, I’m still playing that one – the Big N touched off a string of high profile releases rooted in the company’s rich history of fun first-party offerings, with each reflecting the vibrant color palette of the season.
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Backpack Science with Ken Finn: Surprising Structures
Backpack Science is a summer series of easy at-home experiments geek dads can perform with their kids while school’s out. It is written by (San Francisco) Exploratorium science educator Ken Finn. This article is #5.
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Backpack Science with Ken Finn: Your Dear Old Mummy
Backpack Science is a summer series of easy at-home experiments geek dads can perform with their kids while school’s out. It is written by (San Francisco) Exploratorium science educator Ken Finn. This article is #4.
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Backpack Science with Ken Finn: The Rainbow Explosion
Backpack Science is a summer series of easy at-home experiments geek dads can perform with their kids while school’s out. It is written by (San Francisco) Exploratorium science educator Ken Finn. This article is #3.
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Backpack Science with Ken Finn: Black Magic
Backpack Science is a summer series of easy at-home experiments geek dads can perform with their kids while school’s out. It is written by (San Francisco) Exploratorium science educator Ken Finn. This article is #2.
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Backpack Science with Ken Finn: Buzz Like a Bee
Backpack Science is a summer series of easy at-home experiments geek dads can perform with their kids while school’s out. It is written by (San Francisco) Exploratorium science educator Ken Finn. This article is #1.
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The Two Secrets to Planning Your Next Great Road Trip Adventure
It’s not too late for a summer road trip. In fact, sometimes the best road trips are the ones you don’t waste too much time planning.
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Beat the Heat With This DIY Slip ‘n’ Slide
When I was a kid, I remember building a homemade Slip ‘n’ Slide with my friends to have some outdoor fun on a hot summer day. We’d usually cut up a number of black garbage bags and try to overlap them to create a good run. Then turn a sprinkler or two on them, and get busy.
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It's Summertime – Find a Festival!
Do something different with your kids this summer; find a festival or event you’ve never experienced before!
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History Geek: 1930s Week
Swing dancing! The creation of Superman! Adagio for Strings! Radio Plays! Migrant Mother photojournalism! Heath bars! The Wizard of Oz! Monopoly! Last week I directed a summer camp all about America during the 1930’s.
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The Super Soaker Battle of 2013
The NERF Super Soaker family of water blasters continues to expand and two new 2013 models and a new backpack accessory are nice additions to an existing collection of interchangeable blasters and components.
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Disney Delivers Nod to Top Gun in First Planes Clip
The new animated adventure swoops into theaters this August.
Continue ReadingOur (Mostly) Electronics-Free Summer: Final Report
It’s been close to a month since our electronics-free summer period ended, and I have to say, it had positive, lasting effects.
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4-H Is 4 Geeks
One of the biggest myths I hear about 4-His that it’s only for farming families. While it’s completely true that the organization was set up as a tool to promote “modern” farming methods through after-school agriculture clubs, that’s not the whole picture. There’s still a lot of farming in 4-H, yes, but there’s also a lot of science and art. In fact, there are even rockets and robots.
Continue ReadingGadgets For Grilling: Brookstone Talking Remote Meat Thermometer and More!
The Brookstone Talking Remote Meat Thermometer takes the guesswork out of summer grilling. It’s one of the biggest challenges all us would-be Bobby Flays face. How do you know when the meat is done?
Continue ReadingExclusive Video: Phineas and Ferb, Other Disney Animation Creators on What Summer Means to Them
We asked Disney to talk to the shows’ creators about what summer means to them, but they went us one better and put together this awesome video wherein they do just that, only with lots of cool animation mixed in. …
Continue Reading17 Summer Vacation Ideas for Your Kids
What do your kids do on their summer vacation? Many kids go to camp, or visit relatives, or enroll in special classes designed for children. But no matter if your kids are heavily scheduled, or if their time is completely …
Continue ReadingSchool’s Out — Go Make Something With Make: Magazine
If you’ve got kids just out of school (or close to it), then you’ve likely got your hands full with trying to find enough activities to keep them busy. The pool is great, and the library’s always a good option, …
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