10 Cool Things to Look at Under a Microscope
Our kids got a new AmScope Compound Microscope for Christmas and it has opened up a whole new world of
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How to Teach Kids Engineering – 5 Keys to Success
An engineering education can prepare kids for an exciting career or provide them with life-long skills.The key is to make it fun as they learn!
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6 Engineering Youtube Channels We Love
In my previous post, How to Teach Your Kids Engineering, I presented 5 keys to engaging your children in engineering
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Our Favorite Lego Mindstorms EV3 Projects
Here are some of our favorite Lego Mindstorms EV3 projects from around the web.
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James Dyson Foundation STEM Challenges
6 STEM Challenges from the James Dyson Foundation: A Cardboard Chair, a Spaghetti Bridge, a Cardboard Boat, a Marble Run, a Balloon Car, and a Periscope.
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Rube Goldberg Machines and the Art of Over-Engineering
When I teach our kids about engineering, I always teach them about efficiency. But sometimes it’s fun to be inefficient!
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How to Inspire a Love of Learning
How to inspire a love of learning and take things to a whole new level.
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How a Rubik’s Cube Inspired my Kids Love for Algorithms
Once we had the resources we needed to get started and the extra inspiration, it didn’t take long for us to become proficient in solving the cube and to start becoming a little competitive in trying to beat each other’s times…
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3 Keys for Teaching Kids to Set Goals
My favorite thing about January is that it’s a great time of year to set some meaningful goals. A few years ago,
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Amazing Engineering Jobs: Meet the Engineers of National Geographic
Do you ever wonder how photographers and scientists are able to capture images from the deepest parts of the ocean
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Our Favorite Rubik’s Cube Videos
We poured over many Youtube videos and sought out our favorite Rubik’s Cube videos of all. These videos have fueled our family’s inspiration to learn more about speed cubing and gave us the idea for our latest project, a Rubik’s Cube Stop Motion Explosion.
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Create Your Own Video Game – Bloxels Review
Are your kids interested in designing their own video game? Bloxels is a great product to introduce them to the world of game design. Bloxels Review.
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To Minecraft or Not to Minecraft?
It is 2015, and as a family we have resisted jumping onto the Minecraft bandwagon for a very long time.
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Teach Kids Engineering Key #1 – Always be Building the Foundation
Teach Kids Engineering Key #1 – Always be Building the Foundation A few weeks ago, I guest posted on the
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This Week: Guest Post and Preview of a New Project
Latest Guest post on How to Teach Your Kids Engineering and a preview of our next project – A LEGO Mindstorms Basketball Robot.
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Introduction to Stop Motion Animation
Animation projects can be a fun way to develop multiple new skills and to help kids learn to navigate some
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Introducing Kids to Electronics
Electronics is one of the key foundational skills to teach kids since a basic understanding of electronics is essential to
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Teaching Kids to Code
Our kids our growing up in an age where there are seemingly unlimited resources to learn new skills such as
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Inspiring Innovation – The Making of OK Go’s Music Video Needing/Getting
This is my favorite music video and I think it has a number of great inspirational lessons for kids. I
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