Nurture for the future.
Some time back we were invited to try the iTooch educational apps series but with so much going on, it took us a while to get around to it. I’m glad we finally made time for it because it is actually pretty good. The iTooch series of apps are created by eduPad. What’s great about them [...]
Some 5 years ago I complained about the dearth of digital educational products (and I mean real educational products, not the crappy stuff that are really games masquerading in the educational category). Now, digital products are are so plentiful, they’re spilling out of every nook and cranny. Here’s another one that popped up on the [...]
Science Friday is a cool science website which I included on my great educational websites list post from a few days back. It is basically a science resource site with loads of audio and video recordings on all sorts of cool science stuff. The reason why I decided it needed its own dedicated post was [...]
I would have said cool toys for boys but the girl child that I was would have enjoyed playing with this as well if only any of the adults thought it was an appropriate gift for a girl… Engino Models Engineering Sets These are great for budding, young scientists who enjoy working with their hands [...]
Here’s another great website with free resources. It’s called “Make Me Genius“. What’s on it: Science Videos: e.g. types of rocks, photosynthesis, the muscular system, water cycle, states of matter, etc. Cools Facts: e.g. oceans and seas, human body, solar system, etc. Educational power-points: plants, earth, food and nutrition, etc. Jokes for Kids Science Projects [...]
Hercules’ loves learning through music. His favourites are Peter Weatherall‘s Human Biology and They Might Be Giant‘s Here Comes Science. I often hear him singing to himself even when the music is off. Recently, we added a new series to our collection: Ballads from the Age of Science. These are really old but the content [...]
Oh my, oh my! How fun it is to be a child in this generation. I stumbled across another range of interesting science kits by Science Wiz while browsing through Borders. Check them out… About Science Wiz The award winning ScienceWiz line started in 1995 when with the release of their first title ScienceWiz Electricity. This cool line of [...]
We’ve been on the lookout for science kits when I stumbled upon the National Geographic science kits by Thames & Kosmos: The kits look pretty comprehensive. For instance, the Earth Science: Crystals, Rocks and Minerals kit contains real specimens of granite, limestone, basal, marble, pumice, calcite, pyrite, quartz, hematite, bornite, fluorite, magnetite, and soapstone. It also provides the [...]
Ein-O Science Box Kits are great little science kits to teach children about physics, human biology, and chemistry. They are compact, affordable and specific so you can focus on topics that your child is interested in. The kits come with easy-to-follow instructions and the experiments are simple enough for children to perform. The kits cover a [...]
I found these when Aristotle was at the peak of his dino-mania and have been meaning to write about them but never got around to it until now. I figured I ought to publish them since I’m sure there are plenty of dino-fans out there who might be interested. If you missed our earlier posts [...]
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