Karen Burnham, Author at GeekMom

Upcoming Reading for 2015

January 8, 2015December 15, 2017Karen Burnham1

‘Tis the season for looking at what books will be published in the coming year!

Pulp Fiction in Pearl’s Peril

November 21, 2014December 15, 2017Karen Burnham2

Pearl’s Peril features a competent heroine whose engineering prowess often saves the day in this pulp fictional adventure game.

SF Worldbuilding: Dinosaur Train

October 20, 2014November 23, 2017Karen Burnham7

Karen tries to fill in the worldbuilding background to make PBS’s Dinosaur Train make science fictional sense.

Breast Pumps at the MIT Hackathon

September 19, 2014November 23, 2017Karen Burnham2

This weekend, the MIT Hackathon focuses on making the breast pump Not Suck!

Space Opportunities and News

July 6, 2014November 26, 2017Karen Burnham

Student unmanned aircraft competitions, opportunities to launch payloads on NASA rockets, a space anniversary, and more.

Pinbusted or Pintrusted: Fireworks in a Jar

February 17, 2014December 16, 2017Karen Burnham

Get a fireworks display in a jar–when you follow all the instructions correctly!

Canada vs. Mars in Temperature Death Match

January 10, 2014November 24, 2017Karen Burnham2

It was colder in Canada than on Mars! Except wait… maybe not. Fact checking FTW.

Ants… in… Spaaace!

January 9, 2014November 24, 2017Karen Burnham

The latest ISS re-supply mission will include a shipment of ants involved in a K-12 educational research project.

Favorite Christmas Present: Roll & Play Game

January 7, 2014December 16, 2017Karen Burnham

A fun introduction to board games for toddlers age 18 month and up.

Review: Shape the Village

November 21, 2013November 24, 2017Karen Burnham2

A new app for toddlers that teaches shapes in a bright and engaging way.

Astronauts Are Moms Too

November 20, 2013November 24, 2017Karen Burnham1

Dr. Karen Nyberg returned from six months on the International Space Station to her fellow-astronaut husband and their three-year-old son.

A Children’s Music Garden in an Industrial Land

November 20, 2013November 24, 2017Karen Burnham

Using recycled industrial canisters to make a music garden.

Interview: Running a Kid’s Track at a Geek Convention

November 15, 2013December 15, 2017Karen Burnham2

What does it take to run a kid’s programming track at a convention, one that keeps a multitude of kids entertained and engaged?

Review: Wee Rockets on the iPad and iPod Touch

November 12, 2013December 16, 2017Karen Burnham

Wee Rockets is a spaceship design app for the toddler set.

Pinbusted or Pintrusted: Melted Crayon Wax on Pumpkins

November 7, 2013December 16, 2017Karen Burnham

Melting crayon wax onto a pumpkin is an easy, fun craft that you can do even with a toddler.

NASA to Launch High School Students' Satellite

October 31, 2013November 24, 2017Karen Burnham1

NASA plans to launch a small satellite designed by students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia.

Scientists When They Were Little Girls

October 19, 2013November 24, 2017Karen Burnham

Cute little girl pictures of women who grew up to be scientists.

World's Largest Walking Robot is a Dragon

September 21, 2013December 16, 2017Karen Burnham

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this fire-breathing dragon is the world’s largest walking robot.

Food Allergy Cards for International Travel

September 16, 2013December 15, 2017Karen Burnham

Laminated cards that explain your (or your child’s) food allergies in a wide variety of languages.

Do You Randomly Gender-Swap Characters in Kids Books?

September 12, 2013December 15, 2017Karen Burnham6

If the characters in a book are all depicted as boys, we sometimes swap the genders around when we’re reading the stories out loud.