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Enhancing Anatomy Through Games

Jacquie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:34:49 +0000

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.

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The Human Body

Jacquie — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:42:04 +0000

“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 are incredible and fantastic wonders to behold. Studying the body can leave you humble not only because of the incredible mechanics, systems and organism that we understand but because of the vast amount that we have yet to understand.

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Redefining the Kingdoms of Life

Jacquie — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:08:40 +0000

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 as Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, and Prokaryota or Monera.

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Modern Day Thomas Edison

Jacquie — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:56:19 +0000

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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‘SixthSense’ Technology Offers a New Way to Learn

Jacquie — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:36:01 +0000

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. (...)
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Bio-fuel Rocket Launch

Jacquie — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:48:27 +0000

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 kerosene rocket fuel.(...)
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Real Time Recreation of The First Moon Mission

Jacquie — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:08:12 +0000

Want to have a front row seat to the first moon mission? (...)
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The Periodic Table of Elements

Jacquie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:36:48 +0000

We’ve started learning the basic elements of the Periodic Table of Elements and found some very cool resources.

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Chemistry Made Fun

Jacquie — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:13:21 +0000

Want to have fun playing with the Periodic Table of Elements? Check out the newest Elementeo Chemistry Card Game that is getting great reviews. (...)
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