Science non fictions books and fun experiments for kids to do at home.
My son tried out the Meccano Mountain Rally 25 Model Set. He likes to assemble things but hasn’t really had a lot of opportunity to use tools so I thought that would be fun for him. It’s a kit with a lot mechanical pieces and a detailed instruction manual on how to assemble it. My son…
This week is Computer Science Education Week! I have been trying to get my 11-year-old son to program as a way to combat his love of screen time. It turns out that he likes making his own games so it’s a win-win situation. We started off when he was in third grade — he’s now in…
Jeanette and I love doing the Left Brain/Right Brain Gifts for Kids list. She is taking the Right Brain art toys today and I’m tackling Left Brain STEM toys with a math or science bent. Is that even right? I looked it up from About Education: The Right Brain According to the left-brain, right-brain dominance…
Did you catch the supermoon lunar eclipse this past September 27th, 2015? It’s a supermoon and a lunar eclipse or ‘blood moon’ happening at the same time. It was visible around much of the planet in a rare celestial event. The last one was in 1982 and the next one is in 2033. We watched it here a few miles…
My favorite time-lapse video is of Lotte growing up. Her father shot her every day and made two versions: Birth to 12 Years and 0 to 14 years. This is under my life list: Things I Would Do If I Could Do It Over Again. I think I was just too brain-dead when I was…
My son saw this video on The Kid Should See It and wanted to build a 3D Hologram Projector. Build Hologram Projector Video It looks simple enough and it certainly caught my 10-year-old son’s attention. The materials are easy to come by too. You just need: CD Case that you can cut up X-Acto Blade…
My son and I have been enjoying The Kid Should See This curated videos. We picked out four of our favorites after watching several dozen. What do we have today? Bach played like you’ve never heard it — by whacking plastic tubes The Guinness World Record for the largest popsicle stick chain reaction Freeline skate…