In my previous post The Human Body, I touched on the Kids Health website that encouraged kids to learn more about their bodies through entertainment. Why is this so effective? Simple, we gravitate towards fun. It seems that our very souls need this to feel alive.
“The human body has been called the microcosm of the universe, a little world of wonders and a monument of divine wisdom and power, sufficient to convince the most incredulous mind of the existence of the Great Designer.“ sermon by A.B. Simpson
Whether you are a believer or not, there is no denying that our bodies [...]
Did you know that the kingdoms of life that are typically taught in most schools is not the most up-to-date method of classification?
In the United States, many text books use the six kingdom classifications that go like this: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Archaea, Bacteria while English and Australian textbooks use Robert Whittaker’s five kingdoms [...]
I recently ran across an awesome inventor who could very well revolutionize the way we think about water among other things. His name is Michael Pritchard and he’s figured out how to solve the worlds’ water contamination problems. Check this out. Click here if you can’t see the video.
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Pattie Maes, an associate professor and Pranav Mistry, a PhD student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT’s Media Lab, have teamed up to almost bring us the ‘SixthSense’ technology.
Reaching an altitude of approximately 20,000 ft and possibly exceeded Mach 1, the 20 foot tall, 180 lb rocket from Flometrics, Inc. produced approximately 1000 pounds of thrust, burned for 14 second, reached an altitude of 20,000 feet and ran cleaner than the rockets using the standard RP-1 refined [...]
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We’ve started learning the basic elements of the Periodic Table of Elements and found some very cool resources.
Want to have fun playing with the Periodic Table of Elements? Check out the newest Elementeo Chemistry Card Game that is getting great reviews.