Mars Month: Build a Rover with Remote Control Machines: Space Explorers
Remote Control Machines: Space Explorers is an engineering, robotics, & science kit that allows kids to build and control their own machines.
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Tag: Engineering
10 Things to Know About the 2020 Chevy Bolt EV
The Chevy Bolt 2020 from the test drive. All cars today are half computer and half vehicle, and the 2020 Chevy Bolt is no exception, with the added tech that also goes with full electric vehicles. Here are 10 things that the average driver (rather than car enthusiast) will want to know about the Chevy […]
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Ignite an Interest in STEM With Groovy Lab in a Box
With all the monthly box subscriptions available on the market these days it can be tough to choose. As an educator mom and unexpected homeschooler, we have tried a number of monthly subscription kits over the years. Some are fantastic and some are anything but… and then there is ‘Groovy Lab in a Box’, which is amazing.
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Geek Speaks… Fiction! Guest Author J. Kathleen Cheney
Please help us welcome fantasy author J. Kathleen Cheney to GeekMom! Ms. Cheney is the author of The Golden City series from Roc Books. “The Shores of Spain,” book 3 in the series, has just been released today.
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Tinker, Pilot, Maker, Oh My! 3 Picture Books Starring Girls Who Love to Build
Here are three charming picture book picks featuring girls who love to tinker, fix, build, and make.
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Add ‘Batman Science’ to Your Kid’s Summer Reading Pile
Get kids who love superheroes interested in the amazing engineering in the real world.
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Breast Pumps at the MIT Hackathon
This weekend, the MIT Hackathon focuses on making the breast pump Not Suck!
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Space Opportunities and News
Student unmanned aircraft competitions, opportunities to launch payloads on NASA rockets, a space anniversary, and more.
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Book Review: Women of Steel and Stone
This book contains the inspiring stories of 22 women architects, engineers, and landscape designers during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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Talking Cars, STEM, and Moms With One of the Women Behind the New Ford Mustang
GeekMom Nicole spoke with Ford Vehicle Line Director Marcy Fisher about working on the new 2015 Ford Mustang, getting kids into STEM careers, and her path to engineering.
Continue ReadingGoldieBlox: An Interview with Debbie Sterling and a GeekMom's Take On Girls and STEM
An interview with the founder of GoldieBlox inspires this GeekMom to take a closer look at what girls really need to become engineers.
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Margaret E. Knight, Inventor Extraordinaire
We should all know more about Margaret E. Knight, an inventor in the 19th century. Her process for making paper bags is still used today.
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Building on Her Own Terms: From Lego Foe to Lego Friends
At first baffled by the appearance of Lego Friends, Cristen finds herself challenged by her daughter’s opinions on the matter.
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How a Dragon Helped My 3-Year-Old Understand Internal Combustion Engines
The Hideous Zippleback from the movie How to Train Your Dragon has helped us explain lots of things, from kitchen safety to how cars move.
Continue ReadingPensacola MESS Hall: A Hands-On Science Experiment Museum
My sons and I have already paid two visits to Pensacola, Florida’s newest science museum, the Pensacola MESS Hall. Where MESS = Math, Engineering, Science, and Stuff. My husband is now bugging us to go. At the MESS Hall, everything — and we mean EVERYTHING — is meant to be hands-on. There is guidance for math and science activities, but the kids drive it all. Yes, really. There is no wrong answer at the MESS Hall.
Continue ReadingThe GeekMoms Podcast #26: Chevy’s Mom Engineers Talk Cars and Encouraging Kids’ Dreams
General Motors recognizes the importance of having women involved in the development of its cars and had a whole team of mom engineers working on the new Chevy Malibu. GeekMom Nicole Wakelin talks with two members of that team and discusses what it’s like being a woman in a predominantly male field as well as how to encourage kids to pursue their dreams in spite of stereotypes that might tell them otherwise.
Continue ReadingIntroduce A Girl To Engineering Day
I am happy to be tackling once again the subject of getting girls into the STEM majors, this time in honor of Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day. To better understand the problem about why so few women are going in engineering, Intel conducted a study among 1,004 teens to determine their perception of engineering. […]
Continue Reading2012 White House Science Fair
Nothing like flying marshmallows to keep the secret service busy protecting President Barak Obama. Tuesday was the second annual White House Science Fair. The president seemed to have a blast playing with science yesterday, he even caused a little bit of innocent trouble with 14 year old Maker Faire veteran, Joey Hudy of Phoenix, AZ, […]
Continue ReadingBookmark This For 2012 Fun
January 13: Friday the 13th The upcoming year offers us three chances to enjoy Friday the 13th. What a great reason to read a scary book and show a scary movie. It’s also a perfect opportunity to make some creepy foods that normally only show up at Halloween parties. We suggest meatball mice, breadstick fingers, […]
Continue ReadingAntikythera Mechanism Built Out of LEGO Bricks
I’m not even going to pretend I understand the finer details of this – but the fact that I’m not a mathematician doesn’t make this project any less awesome. Andrew Carol is an Apple engineer by day, but in his spare time? He’s busy creating things like an Antikythera Mechanism out of LEGO bricks. Modeled […]
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