Tag Archives: Science and Education
The GeekDad Space Report for January 11, 2010
Greetings all and welcome to another edition of the GeekDad Space Report. No launches this week and none from last week to report on, so lets dive right into news in the world of space.
AAS Meeting
This past week, the American Astronomical Society (AAS) held a meeting in Washington, DC and the mission results reported have been […] Continue reading
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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From High School Robotics to the White House
A few months ago, President Obama launched the “Educate to Innovate” campaign to strengthen competency in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. During this event, some students were invited to demonstrate their robot they built as part of the 2009 FIRST Robotics competition. One of those students, Steven Harris, commented on the importance of high school robotics […] Continue reading
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Build Your Own Dinosaurs With DinoMixer
Don’t you ever wish you could combine the head of a Triceratops, the body of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the spiky tail of a Stegosaurus? (No? Okay, maybe it’s just me.) Now you can, without all the cutting and stitching or DNA manipulation! All you need is an iPhone or iPod touch. DinoMixer is a […] Continue reading
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Tagged dinosaurs, Educational, Electronic Geek, iPhone Apps, kids, Science and Education, Toys and Technology
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Little Pim Teaches Your Kids Foreign Languages!
Ever since I started homeschooling my kids, I’ve been searching for a fun, age-appropriate Spanish program that doesn’t cost a lot of money. I didn’t start learning Spanish until the 5th grade, so I wasn’t sure where to start with my primary aged kids. We’ve checked out books from the library, bought a couple of […] Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese language, English language, French language, German language, Italian language, Japanese language, Science and Education, Spanish language
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The GeekDad Space Report for January 4, 2010
Happy 2010 everyone! This week’s report is the first for a year in which Sir Arthur C. Clarke wrote about a return mission to a Jovian orbit. No human missions to Jupiter on the books for the year but we will try and keep you up to date on space related activities.
The one launch scheduled […] Continue reading
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Tagged Hubble, New Horizons, Science and Education, Space
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You, Too, Can Make Amazingly Beautiful Fractals With Apophysis
I’ve loved fractals since I was a kid. I remember writing lots of programs to generate them when I was in high school, including (just because I could) programming my graphing calculator to display a monochromatic version of the Mandelbrot set. Fractals are the perfect intersection of math and art, but they’re not easy for […] Continue reading
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Take A Guided Tour Of The Universe In New York City
The First Tuesday of every month The Museum of Natural History hosts The Known Universe:A Grand Tour at the Hayden Planetarium. Guests are taken from earth to the edge of the known Universe with an astrophysicist as the tour guide.
Tuesday January 5th at 6:30 P.M. you can join astrophysicist Brian Abbott on the biggest […] Continue reading
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The GeekDad Space Report for December 28th, 2009
Welcome to 2009’s final edition of the Space Report! As reported last week there were no scheduled launches this past week. There was, however, an important event at the International Space Station, more on that below.
Let’s take a look at the activities for this week.
Launches (Sources: Spaceflight Now World Launch Schedule, Wallops Flight Facility Daily […] Continue reading
MIT’s Summer Technology Program for Girls
Every year, women in MIT’s Graduate School design and teach a summer program aimed at High School girls. The Women’s Technology Program (WTP) hosts 60 High School seniors for a four week residential summer program. During the program the girls will explore engineering through hands on classes, labs and team projects. There are two programs […] Continue reading
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